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    Upgrade XP to SP3?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by vilmosz, Apr 30, 2010.

  1. vilmosz

    vilmosz Notebook Consultant

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    I had to do a restore and recovery and wondering whether at this time I should upgrade my XP to SP3 and if so, what is the suggested route for doing so? I thought that ThinkVantage would alert me about this upgrade or provide a path for doing it but I haven't seen it. Currently I have SP2 Version 2002 XP Professional.

    Thanks in advance.
     
    vilmosz, Apr 30, 2010
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  2. Mide

    Mide Notebook Consultant

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    Download it directly from Microsoft and you should be fine.
     
    Mide, Apr 30, 2010
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    lkpcampion Notebook Consultant

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    If you're doing a clean install anyway, why not install Win7?
     
    lkpcampion, Apr 30, 2010
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  4. naton

    naton Notebook Virtuoso

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    look for nlite, it is a freeware which will allow you to create an XP CD with integrated SP3. This will save you the hassle of installing XP and then SP3.
     
    naton, Apr 30, 2010
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  5. BinkNR

    BinkNR Knock off all that evil

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    While XP SP3 has been around “forever,” it is, very much, a legacy OS and I highly concur with the above.
     
    BinkNR, Apr 30, 2010
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  6. vilmosz

    vilmosz Notebook Consultant

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    I may as well install Win 7 I guess because my SP3 update via the MS web site keeps crashing like crazy. Fatal sub System error or something like that. Memory dump. Yeesh.
     
    vilmosz, Apr 30, 2010
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  7. lkpcampion

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    Hard to understand why that would happen on a fresh install of an OS (XP). Hope it's not hardware related. But Win 7 is still the way to go anyway.
     
    lkpcampion, Apr 30, 2010
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  8. vilmosz

    vilmosz Notebook Consultant

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    I didn't have a fresh install -- to clarify, I did a quick rescue and recovery after a crash, but the r and r did not address the issue. I also hope it's not a hardware issue.
     
    vilmosz, May 1, 2010
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  9. TheCodeBreaker

    TheCodeBreaker 7H3 1337

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    I have been having the same issue, installed XP twice, and it kept on BSODing I dont know what it might be but i think i need a new XP disk, the one i used was scratched and when installing at 99% it would usaully skip a file or two.
     
    TheCodeBreaker, May 1, 2010
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