sp3 service pack

[Unknown]

have istalled the sp3 and would like to know if i am now able to remove the
sp2??

[Shenan Stanley]

sinfluenza wrote:
> have istalled the sp3 and would like to know if i am now able to
> remove the sp2??

First - welcome to "Windows Update"...

Second - without you telling anyone - I would have to guess that you do not
mean SP3 for Windows 2000, SP3 for Office 2000 or SP3 for Office XP... My
bet (and because you did not say - that is all it is) is that you are
speaking of SP3 for Windows XP...

With that guess, I can tell you that when you installed SP3 - it *replaced*
SP2 and all post-SP2 + pre-SP3 patches in one swoop. Go ahead - open
Control Panel --> Add or Remove Programs. Make sure "Show Updates"
(checkbox at the top) is checked. Scroll down through the list. You will
see that near the bottom - the "Windows Updates" and such will have shrunk
enormously from what they were (if you ever looked here before.)

To answer what I am guessing is your question more directly:

If you installed Windows XP SP3 onto a machine - you do need to remove SP2 -
because the act of installing SP3 did this in essence.

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