Hello:

As MS anounced end of life for Win XP SP1/SP2, I would like to know if a PC
that has WinXP SP1 should be upgraded to SP2 before applying SP3, or if I can
apply directly SP3 on SP1 without SP2.

Thanks

 

If WinXP SP1 is installed, you can skip SP2.

HOW TO get a computer running WinXP SP1(a) or SP2 fully patched
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/msg/a066ae41add7dd2b

That being said, did you just do a "clean install" of WinXP SP1 or...?


Manuel S. wrote:
> As MS anounced end of life for Win XP SP1/SP2, I would like to know if a
> PC
> that has WinXP SP1 should be upgraded to SP2 before applying SP3, or if I
> can apply directly SP3 on SP1 without SP2.

 

Actually it is just for backup, since there is one PC in the office which
originally had XP sp1, just in case it needed a future full reinstallation,
could I skip SP2?

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> If WinXP SP1 is installed, you can skip SP2.
>
> HOW TO get a computer running WinXP SP1(a) or SP2 fully patched
> http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/msg/a066ae41add7dd2b
>
> That being said, did you just do a "clean install" of WinXP SP1 or...?
>
>
> Manuel S. wrote:
> > As MS anounced end of life for Win XP SP1/SP2, I would like to know if a
> > PC
> > that has WinXP SP1 should be upgraded to SP2 before applying SP3, or if I
> > can apply directly SP3 on SP1 without SP2.
>
> .
>

 

Try reading PA Bear's reply again.

"Manuel S." <ManuelS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
newsE3B3F65-023F-4374-A9D6-D1FE8F540072@microsoft.com...
: Actually it is just for backup, since there is one PC in the office which
: originally had XP sp1, just in case it needed a future full
reinstallation,
: could I skip SP2?
:
: "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
:
: > If WinXP SP1 is installed, you can skip SP2.
: >
: > HOW TO get a computer running WinXP SP1(a) or SP2 fully patched
: >
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/msg/a066ae41add7dd2b
: >
: > That being said, did you just do a "clean install" of WinXP SP1 or...?
: >
: >
: > Manuel S. wrote:
: > > As MS anounced end of life for Win XP SP1/SP2, I would like to know
if a
: > > PC
: > > that has WinXP SP1 should be upgraded to SP2 before applying SP3, or
if I
: > > can apply directly SP3 on SP1 without SP2.
: >
: > .
: >

 

On Jun 8, 4:11 am, Manuel S. <Manu...@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> Actually it is just for backup, since there is one PC in the office which
> originally had XP sp1, just in case it needed a future full reinstallation,  
> could I skip SP2?
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>
> > If WinXP SP1 is installed, you can skip SP2.
>
> > HOW TO get a computer running WinXP SP1(a) or SP2 fully patched
> >http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/msg...
>
> > That being said, did you just do a "clean install" of WinXP SP1 or...?
>
> > Manuel S. wrote:
> > > As  MS anounced end of life for Win XP SP1/SP2, I would like to know if a
> > > PC
> > > that has WinXP SP1 should be upgraded to SP2 before applying SP3, or if I
> > > can apply directly SP3 on SP1 without SP2.
>
> > .

Yes you can skip SP2. SP3 contains all the updates included with SP2
and the update released until the date the SP3 was released.