Shoot! Windows XP SP3 will not install on a pre-SP1 machine :(

george_ou@lanarchitect.net — Sun, 11 May 2008 00:57:00 GMT

I'm trying to do a fresh install of Microsoft Windows XP and I thought it would be great to upgrade it directly to Windows XP SP3. So I download the network-install version of Windows XP3 (filename WindowsXP-KB936929-SP3-x86-ENU.exe) and start installing it and get the disapointing news. It appears that Windows XP Sp3 will not install on any machine that doesn't at least have SP1 installed.

I guess I'll have to see if it's possible to slipstream it in to Windows XP using nLite.

Update 7:00PM - nLite worked well and got the slipstreamed installer working. I did have some problems installing Internet Explorer 7 but got them worked out.

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Shoot! Windows XP SP3 will not install on a pre-SP1 machine :(