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   From: keith_nuttle@sbcglobal.net   
      
   On 5/31/2011 5:46 PM, Godel FishbreathProfessor Otter wrote:   
   > My friend's old XP computer had a virus a while ago.   
   > We re-purchased XP and sp 1,2,3.   
   > Repeated installs confirmed that sp3 would produce errors.   
   > So in exhaustion, I just left it as a XP sp2 machine.   
   > Which some programs will not work with.   
   > In further frustration, I thought to install a dual boot Ubuntu Linux.   
   > I would not bring up the dual boot option, just wipe or manually   
   > install.   
   >   
   > So what could be wrong with this machine? It is an old dell, it should   
   > not be on the unsupported list, and   
   > at one time, IIRC, did have sp3 on it -- before the virus or what ever   
   > it was.   
   > Help   
      
   You said you had an old computer, with it is less probably if it is a 64   
   bit version there is no SP3 Update.  See Microsoft site.   
      
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