Problem Installing SP3 on Windows XP

Problem Installing SP3 on Windows XP

Well, if you have tried several times already and the service pack 3 failed to install successfully in all those instances, then the problem may be occurring because of the following reasons:

• The service pack 3 that you are trying to install is corrupt and therefore cannot be able to be installed. You will need to go online and search for another good version and use it for installation, or you can also purchase it.
• The service pack 3 may not be supported by the windows XP that you have, maybe it can work with other service packs but not service pack 3 and therefore you will need to figure out the right service pack to use.

-Richard Gabriel

Problem Installing SP3 on Windows XP

For users who still have Windows XP and wish to update to Service Pack 3, they recommend that you have Service Pack 2 installed. Among the requirements to update to Service Pack 3 is to have one of these versions of Windows XP:

• Windows XP Home edition
• Windows XP Professional
• Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005

The following versions don’t support updating to Service Pack 3:

• Windows XP Professional x64
• Windows XP Embedded

Windows XP Service Pack 3 requires 233 MHz or faster processor, 64 MB RAM, and 900 MB free space. If you need Service Pack 2, download Windows XP Service Pack 2. At the moment, it is quite hard to find a working link to download Service Pack 3 but I found one on superuser.com, a download link for Windows XP Service Pack 3 from the Microsoft website that is still working until now.

Download Windows XP Service Pack 3.