[pchelpers] Re: XP SP3 cripples some PCs with endless reboots
- From: Scott McNay <wizard@xxxxxxxx>
- To: Gerald Gollinger <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 07:28:37 -0500
Hi Gerald,
Friday, May 9, 2008, 9:27:06 PM, you wrote:
GG> I came in the middle of this thread. Is XP SP3 mandatory?
Service packs normally become mandatory a year after they are
released. After that, Microsoft generally stops issuing security
updates for earlier revisions.
As I recall, they extended the deadline for SP2, because so many
vendors didn't comply with the rules, and therefore had to become
compliant quickly.
SP3 is a relatively minor service pack; it is basically just all of
the security patches and bugfixes issued since SP2. You must have SP2
installed already.
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Scott.
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