Follow the steps below to install Windows XP SP3: This procedure needs to be followed as, Patch Uninstall option is not available in the Service Pack Installation. Use the Install Software configuration to uninstall the patch first (using a pre-installation script) and then install SP3. You will need to uninstall the patch KB925877, prior to installing SP 3. Windows XP Service Pack 3 installation will fail with the error message 'Fatal Error during installation', if the patch KB925877 is installed on the target computer. You get an error message - 'Fatal Error during installation'. The Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) installation fails always. Microsoft also said today that it is resuming automatic distribution of Windows Vista SP1, which it suspended last week at the same time it put the brakes on XP SP3.Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) Installation Failure Problem

So far, company representatives, including XP SP3 release manager Chris Keroack, have said only that it would happen sometime in 'early summer.' Other sources, however, have pegged June 10 as the probable delivery date via automatic download. Microsoft will eventually push XP SP3 to users who have set Windows Update to automatically download and install important updates, but it has not nailed down a date for doing so. The company has also added filters to Windows Update so that machines running RMS will not be offered Windows XP SP3, the spokeswoman said. Meanwhile, a company spokeswoman said in an e-mail that Microsoft would make the fix generally available 'over the next month.' Until then, she continued, Microsoft is telling RMS customers not to install XP SP3. A support document noted that a hotfix is ready, but told RMS users to contact Microsoft for the patch. Microsoft has a fix for the RMS bug, but hasn't yet put it into wide distribution. iso, or disk image, file has also been added to Microsoft's Download Center the disk image tipped the scales at 545MB.Ī week ago, on the day Microsoft had originally slated to post XP SP3 on Windows Update, the company announced that it was postponing the rollout because it had uncovered a flaw that caused its retail point-of-sale software, Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System (RMS), to lose or corrupt data when used on either Windows XP SP3 or Windows Vista SP1.

The company also posted a 316MB stand-alone installer on its download site and recommended it to users updating multiple machines.

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