Frank - The chances of there being an SP3 for Win XP has to be very low. M$ stopped providing security updates to any non-SP2 patched systems months ago so your SP1 system is likely to be vulnerable to attack and is unsupported. If you are intent on continuing to run WinXP for the foreseeable future, then I strongly urge you to bite the bullet and get your system up to date ASAP! M. -----Original Message----- From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of franklyn fisher Sent: 08 January 2008 14:02 To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [jhb] Re: Windows XP The problem with SP2, is that it is at least a year old, that means downloading a years worth of updates to bring it up to date. Like you, mine is SP1, have tried slipstreaming, but somewhere along the way, it did not take, and I had an unuseable CD. Roll on SP3!! FF