Windows XP Re-installation

Clarifications

you have one choice to buy a new cd but i thing its bit expensive in dubai.
i will give you a link from where you can download updated windows xp then you just burn that image on disk and reinstal the new os..
bye.

Not really an option..

You can create a patched CD and install the updated version from it, however, because the CD Key is for the original release, as soon as you apply sp1 to an install cd, the key becomes invalid as it sees the disk as an XP w/SP1 cd, not as an XP Original Release.

The easiest thing to do, is download and burn updates to a cd. Last time I checked you don't need SP1 to install SP2, but be safe and download both in case it wants SP1 before SP2 will load.

After SP2 is loaded, connect to the internet (don't have a network connected while installing or while updating) after loaded, go get the rest of the updates that aren't included in SP2 (yeah, 90+ individual tweaks, how many does MS need before they put out SP3? who knows!)

Download Autopatcher August 2007 core and update.

Try this site.

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/System-Tweak/AutoPatcher-XP.shtml

Microsoft have forced autopatcher to stop development of this utility so get them while you can.

Autopatcher is a Windows update package that will install all necessary updates to your computer. I use it regularly when reinstalling machines.

Once installed the autopatcher directory can be burned to cdrom and used on as many machines as you like. Or share the folder on a network and run it from the network share.

You may have to run it a second or third time as some of the updates to not seem to install unil prerquisite patches are installed first.

Also includes update for Windows Media,Direct X and Internet Explorer