I need a test machine for testing on Windows XP. J'ai un copy of 32-bit Windows XP I purchased years ago. The Système d'exploitation installé fine on some old matériel.
I'm maintenant trying to mise à jour the OS to Service Pack 2 or 3. The best Je peux tell, Microsoft has broken all the public links for the product. Par exemple, Je ne peux pas find a télécharger for XP Service Pack 2 or 3 dans le télécharger area. And all the links provided on TechNet at [Installing Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3)](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc507836.aspx) are broken. The [Windows XP Service Pack 2 website](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=26347) is également dead.
Its probably worth noting that Windows Mise à jour is également broken at the moment, so Je ne peux pas use it to mise à jour the machine. Its one du reasons Je veux get vers le SP2 mark. Microsoft's FTP site également appears dead. J'ai not used it in years, but Je sais it used to work.
Where are the downloads for 32-bit Windows XP SP2 or SP3? Where does Microsoft provide the archives?
Windows XP SP2 or SP3 archive or downloads?
Re: Windows XP SP2 or SP3 archive or downloads?
I use an archive I built from an outdated version of [WSUS offline update](http://download.wsusoffline.net/) - in case J'ai besoin de stand up a windows XP système. You need [version 9.21](http://download.wsusoffline.net/wsusoffline921.zip) or older as its the last version that supported XP. Depuis its downloading the mises à jour directly from MS, and gets the full/offline installers *and* automatiquement applies them, these are the official mises à jour *and* vous n'avez pas need to rely on windows mise à jour for au moins the initial mise à jour.
Cela devrait get your XP box completely up to date, and as of mid december 2016 (when I'm posting it), it seems to mise à jour encore. C'est le *best* option depuis it should get your système as patched up as possible, and lets you do so even if XP patches are no longer hosted si vous déjà téléchargé them.
It également has lovely logging, and lists of fichier locations and it lists [http://xpsp.dlservice.microsoft.com/download/d/3/0/d30e32d8-418a-469d-b600-f32ce3edf42d/WindowsXP-KB936929-SP3-x86-ENU.exe](http://xpsp.dlservice.microsoft.com/download/d/3/0/d30e32d8-418a-469d-b600-f32ce3edf42d/WindowsXP-KB936929-SP3-x86-ENU.exe) as the location for windows XP SP3. Of course, this link is likely to die at some point, and J'ai no XP boxen to test it from.
I *strongly* recommend building your own offline mise à jour archive si vous think you need it
As of 2017, WSUS offline mise à jour v9.21 ne peut pas seem to télécharger XP patches. The link for XP3 is encore valid.
Cela devrait get your XP box completely up to date, and as of mid december 2016 (when I'm posting it), it seems to mise à jour encore. C'est le *best* option depuis it should get your système as patched up as possible, and lets you do so even if XP patches are no longer hosted si vous déjà téléchargé them.
It également has lovely logging, and lists of fichier locations and it lists [http://xpsp.dlservice.microsoft.com/download/d/3/0/d30e32d8-418a-469d-b600-f32ce3edf42d/WindowsXP-KB936929-SP3-x86-ENU.exe](http://xpsp.dlservice.microsoft.com/download/d/3/0/d30e32d8-418a-469d-b600-f32ce3edf42d/WindowsXP-KB936929-SP3-x86-ENU.exe) as the location for windows XP SP3. Of course, this link is likely to die at some point, and J'ai no XP boxen to test it from.
I *strongly* recommend building your own offline mise à jour archive si vous think you need it
As of 2017, WSUS offline mise à jour v9.21 ne peut pas seem to télécharger XP patches. The link for XP3 is encore valid.