SP2 install from a CD

Hello,

I already have XP that came preloaded with the Compaq laptop. The system has
SP1 and I am having problems downloading SP2.

I have another XP disc with SP2 from a retired computer that has failed. Is
ther a way to use the CD in the laptop to install SP2? I see the SP2 files
but don't know how to load them since they are not executables.

Thanks,
Greg

David
Mon Nov 05 10:34:56 PST 2007

Not without doing a complete repair installation. Have you tried downloading
the network admin SP2 file?
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=049C9DBE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en
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"GTP" <GTP@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BCF6F8BD-A570-4D6F-A446-514421B0C3C0@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
>
> I already have XP that came preloaded with the Compaq laptop. The system
> has
> SP1 and I am having problems downloading SP2.
>
> I have another XP disc with SP2 from a retired computer that has failed.
> Is
> ther a way to use the CD in the laptop to install SP2? I see the SP2 files
> but don't know how to load them since they are not executables.
>
> Thanks,
> Greg

S
Mon Nov 05 15:33:55 PST 2007

If you can't download SP2 from Microsoft Update, you can order it on CD.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/sp2/cdorder/en_us/default.mspx

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]


GTP wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I already have XP that came preloaded with the Compaq laptop. The system has
> SP1 and I am having problems downloading SP2.
>
> I have another XP disc with SP2 from a retired computer that has failed. Is
> ther a way to use the CD in the laptop to install SP2? I see the SP2 files
> but don't know how to load them since they are not executables.
>
> Thanks,
> Greg