Thread: Integrate Service Pack 3 into Windows XP CD

More than 3.5 years have passed since the release of Service Pack 2 for Windows XP. In the following years more than 100 updates have been released by Microsoft in Service Pack 3 now holds together, which also includes all updates and enhancements that are included in Service Pack 1 and 2. Besides the numerous patches individually existing software components in the third major software package have been integrated.


Thus, the possibility the SP3 to install them in one go. To automate the update been traveling during the OS installation, provide Windows XP offers the ability to incorporate updates directly into an offline installation. Originally



designed for distributed network installations, this method is suitable also to create a CD for the Windows XP installation that includes SP3. This short guide shows how you can create in a short time without much effort such a CD.


For integration, you need a Windows XP disc, it is irrelevant whether this is already integrated first, second, or no service pack. The latter is not officially supported, it works on our tests, however, without problems. In addition to fuel suitable hardware and black one needs a burning program. In this manual, Nero uses. Finally, of course, should the Service Pack 3 is not missing, which brings the scales at 313 MB. Who still has a narrowband Internet connection, can be purchased from CD / DVD inserts of different magazines, the service pack.