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Windows XP Service Pack 3 Problem
Name: infu Date: September 12, 2008 at 22:07:06 Pacific OS: Windows XP SP2 CPU/Ram: Core 2 Duo 4 gigs of ram Product: Dell XPS 710
Comment:
Getting 0x8024600A from Windows Update. Tried to find the Service Pack 3 to download directly, anyone have any suggestions?
Name: SkipCox Date: September 12, 2008 at 22:28:14 Pacific
Reply:
I downloaded it from Microsoft. This is the file name.
WindowsXP-KB936929-SP3-x86-ENU.Exe
360 odd Mb download...
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Response Number 2
Name: infu Date: September 12, 2008 at 22:37:43 Pacific
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I was going to do that too then I saw in bold "DO NOT CLICK DOWNLOAD IF YOU ARE UPDATING JUST ONE COMPUTER: A smaller, more appropriate download is now available on Windows Update."
But I guess that thing will work too!
Thanks!
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Response Number 3
Name: SkipCox Date: September 12, 2008 at 22:45:22 Pacific
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The smaller, more appropriate download is a few hundred Kb job that connects you with Microsoft for the update.
I like to keep copies of SP's handy for installs and reinstalls. You would too if you'd ever sat through a SP4 download for W2K on a P133 with 96Mb memory.
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Response Number 4
Name: Derek Date: September 13, 2008 at 16:57:10 Pacific
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The full update is fine.
That warning is just to save you time by using Windows Updates. The latter is small because it only updates what is necessary for your own particular machine.
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