From: ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.demon.co.uk
In message , Keith Nuttle
writes
>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.
>
My recent virgin installations of XP certainly started with IE8, but at
some stage (as you say, I think it was before you could install SP3) you
had to let it update to IE8.
>
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