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Old 22nd Mar 2008, 07:58
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Hi!

HP Pavilion zt 3000
Windows XP
768 MB RAM


I have been having troubl einstalling the servive pack 2 for a while now...I hv tried atleast a dozen times and it hangs where it says it is checking my product key. My OS is genuine (acknowledged by Microsoft website when I was updating the Direct X9.0) so I dont see what the problem is. I tried to get it off the internet (posts on google) and when I run set up, it tried to install the whole windows package...

If I hv to run the whole set up, does it mean that my data will be erased?

Is it possible to get only a XP Service pack 2 update somewhere?

Please help...am a little desperate since I have been getting innumerable erros using windows and when I report it, it always asks me to download Service pack 2...


Many thanks!
Tina
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Old 22nd Mar 2008, 09:52
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If you want i can find the link i used for sp2 i recently re installed windows xp and it comes with sp1 but it shouldn't be a problem downloading sp2 , and there's sp3 now did you know?
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Old 22nd Mar 2008, 10:39
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SP3 has not been released to the public except in beta form. Not suggested downloading it yet.

Try here Help with Windows Updates
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Old 22nd Mar 2008, 12:55
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Hi!


Thanks for the replies....I did hear abt the SP3 but I would really appreciate if you can gimme the link to download sp2...

installing windows won't erase my data right?


Thanks much!
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Old 22nd Mar 2008, 13:03
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Direct SP2 download:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...5-9E368D3CDB5A
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Old 23rd Mar 2008, 03:29
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Quote:
Originally Posted by teenee23 View Post
Hi!


installing windows won't erase my data right?


Thanks much!
Installing SP2 won't erase your data

Installing Windows will
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  #7  
Old 23rd Mar 2008, 13:00
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Does anyone know the advantages of sp3?
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Old 23rd Mar 2008, 13:50
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It's not released officially yet, but you can read about it here
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