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by wesley.chin

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What is the latest time for installation? Some machines are slower with it than without and vice versa.

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by thechas

Microsoft typically only supports the older service pack level for 6 months after the new service pack is released.

Therefore, you have about 4 months left before you can no longer install all of the new security updates on a XP SP2 system.

As SP3 was not a major change to how Windows works, it is possible that many patches will still install even after SP2 is officially retired.

Chas

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