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From: Kayman on 12 Aug 2008 20:27
On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:15:04 -0500, ELW wrote:

> Today is the second Tuesday of the month and I got gobs of Vista and Office
> updates on my Vista system; however, I was offered no XP updates other than
> XP SP-3.
>
> I had chosen not to install XP SP-3 before. Sooooo... does that mean I will
> be offered no other critical updates if I don't install SP-3? Did anyone
> using XP Pro get update offerings today? Thanks.

Why Service Packs are Better Than Patches.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/community/columns/security/essays/10imlaws.mspx?mfr=true
From: Kayman on 12 Aug 2008 20:50
On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:02:35 -0500, ELW wrote:

> "TaurArian" <taurarianREMOVECAPS(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:C56891FA-24B7-422E-AC80-5287220E02EF(a)microsoft.com...
>> Be patient. I was offered Updates at home for XP SP3, I clicked to
>> download
>> and didn't see the icon again. Obviously I'm in a queque. At work, no
>> notificationation at all - WinXP SP2. The servers are usually regulated
>> and
>> eventually you'll get the updates.
>>
>
> Thanks to all for the replies. I'll just keep waiting. I just hope that
> NOT accepting SP-3 will not affect other critical updates.
>
It will eventually!
From: Alias on 12 Aug 2008 20:57
ELW wrote:
> "TaurArian" <taurarianREMOVECAPS(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:C56891FA-24B7-422E-AC80-5287220E02EF(a)microsoft.com...
>> Be patient. I was offered Updates at home for XP SP3, I clicked to
>> download
>> and didn't see the icon again. Obviously I'm in a queque. At work, no
>> notificationation at all - WinXP SP2. The servers are usually regulated
>> and
>> eventually you'll get the updates.
>>
>
> Thanks to all for the replies. I'll just keep waiting. I just hope that
> NOT accepting SP-3 will not affect other critical updates.
>
> EW
>
>

It shouldn't. It will be awhile before you need SP3 for updates.

Alias
From: Alias on 12 Aug 2008 21:02
Kayman wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:15:04 -0500, ELW wrote:
>
>> Today is the second Tuesday of the month and I got gobs of Vista and Office
>> updates on my Vista system; however, I was offered no XP updates other than
>> XP SP-3.
>>
>> I had chosen not to install XP SP-3 before. Sooooo... does that mean I will
>> be offered no other critical updates if I don't install SP-3? Did anyone
>> using XP Pro get update offerings today? Thanks.
>
> Why Service Packs are Better Than Patches.
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/community/columns/security/essays/10imlaws.mspx?mfr=true

Interesting article but it's not about Service Packs being better than
patches.

Alias
From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 13 Aug 2008 02:43
And if you reboot?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

ELW wrote:
> Today is the second Tuesday of the month and I got gobs of Vista and
> Office
> updates on my Vista system; however, I was offered no XP updates other
> than
> XP SP-3.
>
> I had chosen not to install XP SP-3 before. Sooooo... does that mean I
> will
> be offered no other critical updates if I don't install SP-3? Did anyone
> using XP Pro get update offerings today? Thanks.
>
> EW

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