Installing sp3 without backup

It was just a matter of running the wizard and letting it do it's thing really. To continue this discussion, please ask a new question. Adam CodeTwo. Get answers from your peers along with millions of IT pros who visit Spiceworks. Edited Aug 3, at UTC. Best Answer. View this "Best Answer" in the replies below ». Popular Topics in Microsoft Exchange. Spiceworks Help Desk. The help desk software for IT. Track users' IT needs, easily, and with only the features you need.

Learn More ». Verify your account to enable IT peers to see that you are a professional. Microsoft Exchange expert. Hope that helps. Oliver Aug 3, at UTC. JonahZona - Thanks for the link. I will follow them both closely. Just wanted to get some final confirmation on a few bits before jumping in. Did you lose any Exchange configuration during the SP3 upgrade? So you are migrating from to Does that work in the same way as to ? Oliver wrote: JonahZona - Thanks for the link. Rupesh Lepide This person is a verified professional.

Sounds like, you have received some nice information to proceed further in hassle-free manner. Oliver Aug 4, at UTC.

Tim Lovegrove - Thanks for the answers. I have attempted repeatedly to download SP3 for XP but always have a reboot problem. I used Microsoft Security Essentials. Do I really need SP3? Not many people run the 64 bit version of Windows XP. But for those of you that do, SP2 is all you need. I mention that since you said you have an AMD 64 processor. Like almost every service pack, SP3 got some bad press because it would occasionally cause troubles for some people when installed.

It worked just fine for most, but a very small percentage people installing it had problems. Back up. Take an image backup of your system so that no matter what you can restore that image if something goes wrong. Visit Windows Update , and allow it to install everything.

SP3 should be on the list. This avoids the download process entirely and gets you a physical CD from which you can install SP3. This is perfect for folks who are still on dial-up. The major difference between Windows Update and these three alternate methods is that Windows Update will download only those portions of SP3 that apply to your machine. Each of the three alternatives above include every bit of SP3 whether you need it or not.

If you find yourself downloading SP3 a lot, they can be a huge time saver. Reinstall Windows XP from your original installation media, reformatting the hard disk as part of that process. Subscribe to Confident Computing! It saved me a lot of time downloading updates. It probably is a good idea to do a reinstall every couple of years. My computer ran a lot better after the clean install. It would be nice if Microsoft released a new CD of service packs every year to make reinstalling easier.

I just recently installed vista home premium and then went to windows update. It just said basically that I required many updates. After I download the numerous updates it said that windows is up to date. I am just wondering if I still need service pack 1 or is my computer up to date? It failed to install, and so does SP2. Comments violating those rules will be removed. Comments that don't add value will be removed, including off-topic or content-free comments, or comments that look even a little bit like spam.

All comments containing links and certain keywords will be moderated before publication. I want comments to be valuable for everyone, including those who come later and take the time to read. Search Ask Leo! Do this Subscribe to Confident Computing! I'll see you there! As I said in the article , that is indeed the previous norm. Hi Leo Concentrating on Vista. Just wondered! Thanks for any input. Any ideas? Leave a reply: Before commenting please: Read the article.

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