The links to XP service pack 2 and service pack 3 seem to have been pulled as of a few days ago. I don't know if this is temporary or permanent. If the links in the instructions below do not work, go to where they are still be available (as of 1520 EST 8 Feb 2016). Use Internet Explorer and search for XP Service Pack. You want: Windows XP Service Pack 3 (KB936929) 316.4 MB Windows XP Service Pack 2 266.0 MB **************************************************** All of the Windows XP updates released prior to April 8, 2014, are available through Windows Update -- once service pack 3 has been installed (Windows Update will not work for XP pre-sp3).

Windows XP Service Pack 3 ISO is best windows version in xp windows alot of features adde din this version this version come in 2005.this windows support watching and recording TV programs also,DVD video and music.interface of Windows XP Service Pack 3 ISO is so simple and easy.we can play big size game in this windows.alot new features added like Audio Converter, Dancer, Party Mode and CD.

Service Pack 3 can only be installed AFTER you have installed service pack 1, service pack 1a, OR service pack 2. Service Pack 2 --> Service Pack 3 --> Ignore the text that says that it is for network installations as well as the advice to use Windows/Microsoft Update if only updating one PC. Disconnect from the Internet. Disable (or preferably uninstall) your antivirus program. If no service pack has been installed, run the downloaded SP2 installer. Reboot twice.

Read this article --> If your PC is an HP Pavilion, Presario or Media Center and has an AMD processor, you need to install this patch before installing SP3 --> hp link --> MS link --> Run the downloaded SP3 installer. Reboot twice. Reinstall or turn on your antivirus program. Connect to the Internet. Go to Windows Update. You probably will want to install the updates in batches, rebooting as necessary.

Or for a much faster process, consider slipstreaming service pack 3 together with all of the post-sp3 updates. See --> ----- LemP Volunteer Moderator MS MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) 2006-2009 Microsoft Community Contributor (MCC) 2011-2012.

• • • Windows XP is a produced by as part of the family of operating systems. It was released to manufacturing on August 24, 2001, and broadly released for retail sale on October 25, 2001.

Development of Windows XP began in the late 1990s as ', an operating system (OS) built on the which was intended specifically for mainstream consumer use. An updated version of was also originally planned for the business market; however, in January 2000, both projects were scrapped in favor of a single OS codenamed 'Whistler', which would serve as a single OS platform for both consumer and business markets.

As such, Windows XP was the first consumer edition of Windows not to be based on. Upon its release, Windows XP received generally positive reviews, with critics noting increased performance and stability (especially in comparison to, the previous Windows operating system), a more intuitive user interface, improved hardware support, and expanded multimedia capabilities. However, some industry reviewers were concerned by the new licensing model. Extended support for Windows XP ended on April 8, 2014, after which the operating system to most users.

As of January 2019, 2.18% of Windows PCs run Windows XP, and the OS is still popular in some countries with up to 28% of the Windows share. Main article: In the late 1990s, initial development of what would become Windows XP was focused on two individual products; ', which was reportedly intended to succeed the future, and ', which was reportedly a consumer-oriented operating system using the architecture, succeeding the -based. Torrent prefab sprout 2013.

However, the projects proved to be. In January 2000, shortly prior to the official release of Windows 2000, technology writer reported that Microsoft had shelved both Neptune and Odyssey in favor of a new product codenamed 'Whistler', after, as many Microsoft employees skied at the ski resort. The goal of Whistler was to unify both the consumer and business-oriented Windows lines under a single, Windows NT platform: Thurrott stated that Neptune had become 'a black hole when all the features that were cut from [Windows ME] were simply re-tagged as Neptune features. And since Neptune and Odyssey would be based on the same code-base anyway, it made sense to combine them into a single project'. At on July 13, 2000, Microsoft announced that Whistler would be released during the second half of 2001, and also unveiled the first preview build, 2250. The build notably introduced an early version of Windows XP's visual styles system.