Re: Question about SP3 download size
- From: "VanguardLH" <V@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:24:00 -0600
"dairyman" wrote in message news:OAuvipBdIHA.2688@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have a question.
After reading some overheated puff about this new "Windows XP SP3 RC2", I want to try it. But my connection is limited, which means if I exceed the data allowance, my connection will slow down. So, is there a way to get a smaller setup file for SP3?
Service packs are cumulative. That means you get everything include in prior service packs and all (or most) updates or patches after the last service pack. There is no "incremental" service pack that includes only the changes rolled up into that service pack that are NOT included in prior service packs. Again, service packs are cumulative. Each one has everything from before and new stuff, too.
So are you going to save an image of your hard disk partition(s) to ensure that you can remove SP-3 when you do find problems? Are you going to test the service pack within a virtual machine? Or are you looking forward to reformatting the partition(s) and doing a fresh install of the OS during which your computer is unusable until you reinstall all your applications, too, and then go through all that configuration and tweaking again?
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