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Only MS can answer that question since they do the coding for the updates.
<nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message
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>I hope this is a dumb question, but will updates released after the 27th
> install on a SP2 system if they're installed manually and not via Windows
> Update?
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uqI9vkpILHA.4920(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Note: Support for WinXP SP2 ends today, Tuesday, 13 July 2010. After that
>> date, computers running WinXP SP2 "will no longer receive software
>> updates from Windows Update" (i.e., updates released on or after 27 July
>> 2010) until SP3 is installed.
>>
>> . What does it mean if my version of Windows is no longer supported?
>>
>> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/help/what-does-end-of-support-mean
>>
>> Extended Support for WinXP SP3 will continue through 08 April 2014.
>>
>> How to obtain the latest Windows XP service pack:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322389
>>
>> How to troubleshoot an unsuccessful installation of WinXP SP3
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950718
>>
>> WinXP SP3 - Read all prerequisites for a successful installation
>> http://msmvps.com/blogs/harrywaldron/archive/2008/05/08/windows-xp-sp3-read-all-prerequisites-for-a-successful-installation.aspx
>>
>> Free unlimited installation and compatibility support for WinXP SP3 was
>> available from 14 April 2008 thru May 2009. Such support will cost you
>> US$59 or higher per incident now. [You snooze, you lose.]
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
>>
>>
>> SS wrote:
>>> I believe that microsoft are pulling support for XP2.
>>> To date I have resisted updating to XP3 due to reading adverse comments
>>> after installation.
>>> Are there any current issues or should I go and install it.
>>
>
>


From: W****n S. on

"SS" <nonense50(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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>I believe that microsoft are pulling support for XP2.
> To date I have resisted updating to XP3 due to reading adverse comments
> after installation.
> Are there any current issues or should I go and install it.
>

No issues here.


From: PA Bear on
Correction: No!

PA Bear wrote:
> Possibly.
>
>
> nos...(a)nospam.invalid wrote:
> > I hope this is a dumb question, but will updates released after the 27th
> > install on a SP2 system if they're installed manually and not via Windows
> > Update?
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