Windows XP SP1 update to SP2

[cleanair4me]

I have Windows XP with SP 1 on my Dell Dimension 2350.
Can I get Windows XP SP 2 for free or do I have to buy it?

Can I update SP1 with SP2 install?

 

[linney]

Service Packs are always free, they are just like any other Windows Update, only much, much, larger.

Windows Update should be offering you a cut down version (quite adequate) if you have it turned on.

With SP1 you could jump straight to SP3 and bypass SP2.



SP2 download

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...BE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en

SP3 download
Windows XP Service Pack 3 Network Installation Package for IT Professionals and Developers

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...A8-5E76-401F-BE08-1E1555D4F3D4&displaylang=en

Your friendly computer shop, or other friends, might have it already downloaded and saved to CD, you could ask around.

 

[ucozade]

Just some advice. If it is one of the XP original disks from 2002 you may wish to download SP2/3 from a mirror as the MS Update website will probabbly crash. Has been my experiance. Softpedia does it.

 

[edfair]

And burn both of them to CD. You will likely need one of them again and who knows if it will be available when you need it.

You may also wnat to get a burned copy of the XP off the machine if you don't have an original CD. Reinstallation doesn't work with the later XPs and the key provided with the SP1 version.

Ed Fair
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