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Download for Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 .iso? ... Open Microsoft Update Catalog > Type SP3 XP.
All of the Windows XP updates released prior to April 8, 2014, are available through Windows Update -- once service pack 3 has been installed (Windows Update will not work for XP pre-sp3). Service Pack 3 can only be installed AFTER you have installed service pack 1, service pack 1a, OR service pack 2.
Other than XP Mode, Microsoft has never made an installer file for Windows XP available for download. When you see links to "XP Professional Service Pack 3," those WERE links to the file necessary to install the service pack for an already-existing installation of Windows XP Professional. However, AFAIK, none of the links to Service Packs for ...
Another issue: the first link you gave was to the SP3 ISO - not the Windows XP OS, just SP3 for Windows XP. Another issue: even if you get a legitimate/clean ISO image of Windows XP and you have a product key - you either have to make actual physical bootable media out of it and reboot to install it on your current system or run a virtual ...
I think that product keys for Windows XP (without SP), SP1, SP2 and SP3 work exclusivelly on those versions. If you want to keep the Windows XP box legal, you need to have this into consideration. I remember having troubles activating a Windows XP SP3 with an SP2 key. –
Note that SP3 itself is quite old by now; even with it installed, you'll still need to check Windows Update (if it still works) for a few more years' worth of patches. Archived SP3 download links from the official website are: Digitally signed EXE installer (Authenticode): WindowsXP-KB936929-SP3-x86-ENU.exe
There are many unofficial Windows XP ISO file in numerous of websites. So to create a Windows XP virtual machine, one has to download that ISO and make that virtual hard disk manually. Is there a way to get a pre-build official Windows XP virtual machine from official Microsoft website?
Step 1 - Download and install SP3: Take a look at the Service Pack Center to find the download link for the latest Service pack. From everything I've read, Service Pack 3 will be the last service pack to be released for XP. Step 2 - Fetch the latest security updates (released after SP3)
I suspect you have downloaded just the Service Pack, not Windows XP SP3 install media! However, if you want to create a USB stick to install Windows, here is a 2-stage procedure, i.e. create the ISO file on HDD and then create the USB media.
I currently have Windows XP, Service Pack 2 on my IBM ThinkPad. I tried to follow the recommended instructions on Microsoft's Web site, that is to install it through Windows Update. When I go to the Windows Update page and click the "Custom" button, it says "The website has encountered a problem and cannot display the page you are trying to view.