Windows XP SP3 Release Candidate – How to get it via Windows Update

ByJorge Pereira
Tags: , ,

Share

If you’re a sysadmin for a small shop and are letting desktops update on their own, or if you’re at home and running XP, you may be wondering how to get SP3 Release Candidate to come down the pipe through Windows Update. It turns out that you need to flip a registry bit to get Windows Update to recognize that it needs to download and install it.

Microsoft has created a small utility to do this for you.

Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate 2 via Windows Update

Accomplished Information Technology services professional with over 25 years of experience performing technical pre-sales, solution selling, public speaking / presentations, consulting, project delivery and program management. Over the past few years, Jorge has focused on customers solutions in the areas of: Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, Workforce Transformation, End-User-Computing (EUC) Lifecycle Management, Modern Device Management, and Cybersecurity.
Additionally, Jorge is also an artist known for his whimsical doodle art and captivating fantasy stories. More on his creative side here

Disclaimer:  I work for Dell Technology Services as a Workforce Transformation Solutions Principal.    It is my passion to help guide organizations through the current technology transition specifically as it relates to Workforce Transformation.  Visit Dell Technologies site for more information.  Opinions are my own and not the views of my employer.

Similar Posts

VDI Overview

VDI Overview

ByJorge Pereira

Traditionally, companies have deployed desktop or laptop computers to their end users.  The operating system, applications have been individually installed on every desktop or laptop via imaging software or remote installation, and application configuration settings and most user data is stored locally on the computer.  While this may have worked when the company started small,…

Technology Infrastructure Managed as Code

Technology Infrastructure Managed as Code

ByJorge Pereira

I have been involved in Technology Management for much of my professional life.   I have helped people in many type of organizations (small, medium, large and global) manage their technology improvements, migrations and transformations including PCs, Internet, virtualization, and as of late, cloud-based infrastructures… I have seen what it takes organizations adopt, transform and shift…

Walter Mossberg Retires on Charlie Rose
| |

Walter Mossberg Retires on Charlie Rose

ByJorge Pereira

Walter Mossberg ,  THE GO-TO technology columnist for many years, is retiring.      He announced his retirement  in early June 2017 and Charlie Rose interviewed him not only on his life as a journalist but they got to talk about the future.  Excellent conversation.   A truly accomplished and down-to-earth person.      Impeccable journey,…

Microsoft Teams is not included in Microsoft 365
|

Microsoft Teams is not included in Microsoft 365

ByJorge Pereira

Microsoft has separated Teams into its own standalone licensed product, Teams Enterprise, ending its previous inclusion with the Office 365/Microsoft 365 suite of productivity tools. Microsoft made this change in response to concerns raised by the European Commission about the bundling of Teams with Microsoft 365 and Office 365.  Microsoft has unbundled Teams from its enterprise Microsoft…