From: keith_nuttle@sbcglobal.net   
      
   On 4/17/2014 4:05 AM, Ian Jackson wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >>   
   >   
   I had to install SP3 before IE8 would install.   
      
      
   Also I ad SP3 and IE8 and the IE 8 upgrade on my backup disk.   
      
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