Now what do I do ???

MS is asking me to load XP Pro SP3 CD to fix an error. Of course, I haven't got one. Do I need to un-install SP3 and then re-install it. :confused :confused

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Bazza

 

This usually comes up when you change software configuration. i.e. modifying part of MS Office. Or Windows detects change that requires the CD. Yon can cancel this box but it may also revert your change.

 

Yes, I changed from XP Pro SP 2 to SP3 and it is asking for my SP3 CD to correct the problem. As I said I don't have the CD. What next? Bazza

 

YOU COULD DOWNLOAD THE ISO , IF YOU HAVE ACCESS TO A SECOND COMPUTER, AND BURN YOUR OWN
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...ce-b5fb-4488-8c50-fe22559d164e&DisplayLang=en
It seems that it would take 22 hours for modem users, but possibly less than one and a half hours on broadband

 

Thanks baklogic. I was trying to get away from doing that, as I have already downloaded the *.exe file from MG and installed it. I'll have to do that "off-peak", maybe after midnight tonight when watching the Men's semi-finals at Wimbledon. Bazza

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You actually found a very good Microsoft blunder here, bigbazza. Since Microsoft have stopped selling XP Home all together, - how many people will ever be able to materialise an genuine XP Home CD with SP3?

 

With slipstreaming.Get nLite,XP(Home or PRO with SP2) CD,download SP3 and start slipstreaming.

 

Just finished downloading the ISO file. 544.9MB, Took 30 minutes at an average speed of 301KB/s Finished at 1.21 am, watching Schuettler giving Nadal a hard time in the second set. 5-4 in the set. Off to bed. :-D Bazza

 

Thanks to baklogic for the link. Anyone looking for a small and simple program for burning an ISO file to CD might like to check out ISO CD BURNER.

I won't give a link to the Burner, as it in opposition to MG. Google it. Program is small (192kb) and does not need to be installed. Just click on the *.exe and run it. Just make sure the *.ISO file and the *.exe file are in the same folder.

A no frills program, but it worked for me. CD burnt and my laptop updated again with XP SP 3. :cool Bazza

 

bigbazza, surely we are allowed to link to our sources. All else would be against the law and I'm confident that MajorGeeks wouldn't assume a non-legal administrative policy for these forums. To accredit your sources, using legal citations and linking to documentation is of cause a part of all decent netiquette. On MajorGeeks as well as elsewhere. And that is the way it should be.

 

There is no rule that I know of in MG that stops links to other sources, but the link I had is to another download site. I usually link to Author's site, if applicable, but I know one Moderator who doesn't like posts that link to other download sites. Google finds links quickly anyhow.

Tim and Jim might like to comment on MG acceptable procedure?
Bazza

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I can understand that using the links from MajorGeeks own downloads pages is considered the most polite thing to do. As a matter of fact I agree. But never the less linking to the source of origin can't be wrong. Academically there is a long tradition for preferring and recommending primary sources. And no one should be given any reason for accusing MajorGeeks of pursuing a non-professional modus operandi. MajorGeeks reputation wouldn't survive for very long if the organisation didn't acknowledge best practices...

 

There is an alternative to downloading the iso which contains multiple languages and files you will never need. That is to extract the exe file you downloaded to your hard drive then point the error window to the i386 file it creates, that should work.

If you want to know how to extract the exe just google "slipstream XP with sp3" most of those tutorials include how to extract sp3 to the hard drive so you can integrate it into your XP files, or you can use winrar or 7zip to extract the files as well.