ju
Fri May 09 06:33:59 PDT 2008
KB936929 is and always will be SP3 Final.
If you compare them with a hash tool you'll see that they are the same.
ju.c
"someone watching" <nospam@bogusaddress.com> wrote in message
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> Lots of helpful links, Thanks ju.c!
>
> BTW: I downloaded this
>
http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/svpk/2008/04/windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-enu_c81472f7eeea2eca421e116cd4c03e2300ebfde4.exe
> some days ago and saw it installed version Build 2600.xpsp.08413-2111.
> The latest version (released May 6) is version 2113 ... wonder what
> the differences are?
>
> Was curious if the link you provided
> <
http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/3/0/d30e32d8-418a-469d-b600-f32ce3edf42d/WindowsXP-KB936929-SP3-x86-ENU.exe>
> will always have the LATEST version?
>
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> "ju.c" <bibidybubidyboop@mailnator.com> wrote in message
> news:ua3WiTdsIHA.2188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Windows XP Service Pack 3 Updated May 6, 2008
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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsxp/0a5b9b10-17e3-40d9-8d3c-0077c953a761.aspx
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>> Windows XP Service Pack 3 - ISO-9660 CD Image File 545MB
>> Info:
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http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=2FCDE6CE-B5FB-4488-8C50-FE22559D164E&displaylang=en
>> Download:
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http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/e/9/ee9d0116-c9fe-4fc2-b59c-406cbfb6d515/xpsp3_5512.080413-2113_usa_x86fre_spcd.iso
>>
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>> Windows XP Service Pack 3 Installation Package 316MB
>> Info:
>>
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5B33B5A8-5E76-401F-BE08-1E1555D4F3D4&displaylang=en
>> Download:
>>
http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/3/0/d30e32d8-418a-469d-b600-f32ce3edf42d/WindowsXP-KB936929-SP3-x86-ENU.exe
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>> ju.c
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>> "someone watching" <nospam@bogusaddress.com> wrote in message
>> news:etsvtOdsIHA.6096@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> Tried DLing SP3 yesterday and found the file size too small, about
>>> 230 meg. used this link:
>>>
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5B33B5A8-5E76-401F-BE08-1E1555D4F3D4&displaylang=en
>>>
>>> What's happening is, MS is DLing SP3 to the Internet directory
>>> (which is a small partition with little free space) instead of to a
>>> TMP or TEMP directory which point to large partitions with loads of
>>> free space!
>>>
>>> Two questions:
>>> 1) does anyone have a direct link to MS DL site for the latest SP3
>>> release (I'll use a DLer program which saves exactly where I want
>>> them)?
>>>
>>> 2) outside of changing the temporary Internet directory location, is
>>> there any way to circumvent MS from using that directory as its temp
>>> location?
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>>
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