Re: No SP3 for XP Media Center??


"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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drybones wrote:
I suppose the subject line said it all.

Why should the owners of WinXP Media Centers be left out cold
turkey?

The subject line screams mis-information and lack of research.
Where did you get your poor information from and did you bother to look
into it beyond just asking on a forum?

Note - being a pre-release product - there really is not a direct support
option available. You have a few options, however:

Start here:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsxp/0a5b9b10-17e3-40d9-8d3c-0077c953a761.aspx

Which can lead you:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=103822

and the forums set up specifically for the pre-release product:
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=2010&SiteID=17

And of course:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=114f3599-12af-42b2-aab1-b969a62c68a7&DisplayLang=en#filelist

Where you can download it in different languages OR download a script that
sets a registry key on your system so you can get Windows XP SP3 Release
Candidate 2 from the Windows Update web page directly.

Hope that helps!

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html


Open Mouth wide. Put foot into it <blush>

I got this from reading a British site this very morning that I had long
felt was up to date and had quality information.

I stand "pleasantly" corrected.

And your corrections were 'exactly' the response I had hoped to get from my
post.

Thanks to all. 8))

drybones


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