Re: WinXP SP3 installation

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Because it is an ISO image, and needs to be converted.

"Just.some.guy" <return.email@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:clpUj.299$be.206@xxxxxxxxxxx
: Now I'm curious. How come you couldn't just *save* the file to a
: cd-rw...then *open* it up at the other computer, and download it that way?
I
: gather you can't, but I don't know why.
:
:
: "Big Al" <BigAl@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
: news:1PoUj.22065$aA1.2589@xxxxxxxxxxx
: > Charles W wrote:
: >> I have a friend who is using dialup connection and wish to update his
: >> WinXP SP2 to SP3. So I download the following file for him
: >>
: >> xpsp3_5512.080413-2113_usa_x86fre_spcd.iso
: >>
: >> But we don't know how to use that file to install SP3.
: >>
: >> Would some one please give use step by step instructions as to how to
use
: >> that file to install SP3.
: >>
: >> Thanks in advance.
: >>
: >> Charles.
: >>
: > You need to use a cd burner software to burn the ISO to a CD. Its an
: > image of a cd rom. Its not a file.
: >
: > Google 'how to burn iso' there are examples using different software
: > programs. But you need a 3rd party program.
: >
: > Once burned it will be a cd that is just like one ordered from
Microsoft.
:
:


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