From: Keith_Nuttle@sbcglobal.net   
      
   On 4/16/2014 9:11 PM, ~misfit~ wrote:   
   > I just had to do a repair install for my brother as the machine was stuck in   
   > an endless loop and wouldn't start even in safe mode.   
   >   
   > I'm pleased that all went well and the machine is almost back to how it was.   
   > However his AV (NOD) keeps telling him that Windows needs to be updated -   
   > but of course the XP update servers can't be found now. I installed using an   
   > sp2 disk then applied sp3 from disk I burnt from an MS ISO.   
   >   
   > I've downloaded Windows-KB913086-201402.iso (3.3GB) and burned it to DVD.   
   > Apparently it has all Windows updates as of February this year. However I   
   > don't know how to make XP get its udates from there. :-(   
   >   
   > So then I downloaded WSUS Offline, set it to get and verify XP 32bit updates   
   > (it downloaded hundreds of MB of data), then ran that but, after a few   
   > minutes (nowhere near long enough to install the 120+ updates since sp3) it   
   > tells me to reboot. When I do nothing's changed. Repeating the process makes   
   > no difference.   
   >   
   > He needs to run XP as some software specific to his business won't run on   
   > later OSes. (His machine came with a W7 Pro COA, downgraded to XP.) He also   
   > needs to be on line and is aware of the risks. However I'd like to minimise   
   > those risks bt updating XP to the last udates MS made available.   
   >   
   > Help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.   
   >   
      
   Things happened to my XP machine tonight, I did a recovery, but could   
   get no where on updates until I updated IE to Version 8.   This would   
   not up date until SP3 was installed.   
      
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