Windows XP updaqtes or lack of

[ROMANTICGUY50]

. I went to to Microsoft updates and this is what I got-- is this wonderful message.

Article ID: 2497281 - Last Review: January 11, 2012 - Revision: 13.0

You may be unable to access the Windows Update website from Windows XP, Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003 if those versions of Windows are not updated to the latest Service Pack

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SYMPTOMS

When you try to scan for and install updates on a Windows XP, Windows 2000 or Wi...

25]5]875]When you try to scan for and install updates on a Windows XP, Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003-based computer, you may be unable to access the Windows Update website successfully.

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CAUSE

This issue can occur if your version of Windows is no longer compatible with the...

25]5]875]This issue can occur if your version of Windows is no longer compatible with the Windows Update website.

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RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, install the latest Service pack (SP). Note: To see what S...

25]5]875]To resolve this issue, install the latest Service pack (SP).

Note: To see what Service Pack version is currently installed, click Start, right-click My Computer, and click Properties. The Service Pack version is listed under System.

• Windows XP: The latest Service pack is Service Pack 3 (SP3)
• Windows 2000: The latest Service pack is Service Pack 4 (SP4)
• Windows 2003: The latest Service pack is Service Pack 2 (SP2)

Important: If you are seeing this KB article and you already installed the latest Service Pack, please follow the steps in the More Information section:

For more information about how to obtain the latest SP for your version of Windows, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Windows XP:

322389How to obtain the latest Windows XP service packWindows 2000:

260910How to obtain the latest Windows 2000 service packWindows Server 2003:

889100How to obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2003

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MORE INFORMATION

After you installed the latest Service pack, we recommend that you enable Automa...

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After you installed the latest Service pack, we recommend that you enable Automatic Updates and do a self-update right away. To do this automatically , go to the "Fix it for me" section. If you prefer to enable Automatic Updates and do a self-update right away yourself, go to the "Let me fix it myself" section.

Fix it for me

To enable Automatic Updates and do a self-update right away automatically, click the Fix it button or link. Then click Run in the File Download dialog box, and follow the steps in the Fix it wizard.

Enable Automatic Updates

Microsoft Fix it 50777

Notes

• The Fix it solution will not work if you do not have the latest Service Pack installed (SP3 for 32-bit version Windows XP, SP2 for 64-bit Windows XP)
• The Fix it solution will turn on Automatic Updates in your computer, if you do not wish to leave Automatic Updates turned on, please refer to the section to change the setting.
• This wizard may be in English only. However, the automatic fix also works for other language versions of Windows.
• If you are not on the computer that has the problem, save the Fix it solution to a flash drive or a CD and then run it on the computer that has the problem.

I have SP3 installed on my wife's computer and mine. When I go to do a XP update this is the crap I now get. I thought they were supposed to support it til 2014. This is bullshit ... I can't update XP in any way.

[Win7nerd]

try this maybe?

http://technet.micro...curity/cc184923

or respectively:

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=7558

[Bizarre™]

@ROMANTICGUY50:

If you have an original (untouched) XP SP3 installer, you can go to RyanVM.net Discussion Board and do manual updates.

You just need nLite or RyanVM Integrator to apply the updates to the XP SP3 installer.

Note: If you plan on using IE8 or WMP11, you have to manually install or integrate them.