How to obtain the latest Windows XP service pack (322389)

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Windows XP Service Pack 2

Release Date: August 25, 2004

How to obtain

You can use Automatic Updates or Windows Update to obtain Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2).

Automatic Updates
The best way to make sure that you get Windows XP SP2 is by turning on the Automatic Updates feature in Windows XP. Visit the Protect Your PC site to let us turn it on for you or follow these manual steps. Either way, you will receive Windows XP SP2 automatically.

After you turn on Automatic Updates, your computer can start to download important updates automatically, including the latest version of Windows Update.

Windows Update

1. Visit the following Microsoft Web site:

   http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com

2. Click Express Install (Recommended).
3. If your computer qualifies, Windows XP SP2 will be one of the updates automatically selected. Click Install.
4. Review and accept the End User License Agreement (EULA).

Windows XP SP2 will be downloaded to your computer, and the Windows XP Service Pack 2 Setup Wizard will help you install it.

Fix list

For additional information about what is fixed in Windows XP Service Pack 2, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Release notes

For additional information about issues with Windows XP Service Pack 2, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Additional resources

For information that can help you successfully download and install Windows XP SP2 on a single computer, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

Windows XP Service Pack 1a

Release Date: February 3, 2003

How to obtain

To obtain Service Pack 1a (SP1a), visit the following Microsoft Web site:

Differences between Windows XP SP1 and SP1a

For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Fix list

For additional information about what is fixed in SP1a, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Windows XP Service Pack 1a (SP1a) includes Internet Explorer 6.0 Service Pack 1 (SP1). Therefore, the problems corrected by Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 are also fixed by Windows XP SP1a.

For additional information about these problems, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: For additional information about how to obtain the latest service pack for Internet Explorer 6, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Release notes

For additional information about issues with Windows XP Service Pack 1a, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Windows XP Service Pack 1

Release Date: September 9, 2002

How to obtain

Service Pack 1 (SP1) is no longer available for download.

Fix list

For additional information about what is fixed in SP1, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) includes Internet Explorer 6.0 Service Pack 1 (SP1). Therefore, the problems corrected by Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 are also fixed by Windows XP SP1.

For additional information about these problems, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: For additional information about how to obtain the latest service pack for Internet Explorer 6, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Release notes

For additional information about issues with Windows XP Service Pack 1, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: