SP3 CD for XP Home Edition

The CD part number is E85-05370.
The name of the CD is "XP Professional SP3 English Patch CD Pro/Home".
Can this CD be used to install SP3 on a PC running XP Home with SP1
installed? The name implies that it is for XP Home as well as for XP
Professional

Yes, though technically it must be SP1a.
I haven't heard any say it will not work on
Home with SP1.

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"Oscar B." <> wrote in message
news:3705AFE5-BE53-465B-8B57-...
> The CD part number is E85-05370.
> The name of the CD is "XP Professional SP3 English Patch CD Pro/Home".
> Can this CD be used to install SP3 on a PC running XP Home with SP1
> installed? The name implies that it is for XP Home as well as for XP
> Professional

Thanks JS,
I saw that SP1a is listed as needed but, if you research SP1a, you will read
that it was not necessary to install SP1a if SP1 was installed. I am going to
purchase the CD and install it when I install my new Hard Drive. The system
Recovery CD-ROMs will load Windows XP Home with SP1. I will post my results
if you wish me luck!
Oscar B.

"JS" wrote:

> Yes, though technically it must be SP1a.
> I haven't heard any say it will not work on
> Home with SP1.
>
> --
> JS
> http://www.pagestart.com
>
>
> "Oscar B." <> wrote in message
> news:3705AFE5-BE53-465B-8B57-...
> > The CD part number is E85-05370.
> > The name of the CD is "XP Professional SP3 English Patch CD Pro/Home".
> > Can this CD be used to install SP3 on a PC running XP Home with SP1
> > installed? The name implies that it is for XP Home as well as for XP
> > Professional
>
>
>

Oscar B. wrote:
> Thanks JS,
> I saw that SP1a is listed as needed but, if you research SP1a, you will read
> that it was not necessary to install SP1a if SP1 was installed. I am going to
> purchase the CD and install it when I install my new Hard Drive. The system
> Recovery CD-ROMs will load Windows XP Home with SP1. I will post my results
> if you wish me luck!
> Oscar B.
>
> "JS" wrote:
>
>> Yes, though technically it must be SP1a.
>> I haven't heard any say it will not work on
>> Home with SP1.
>>
>> --
>> JS
>> http://www.pagestart.com
>>
>>
>> "Oscar B." <> wrote in message
>> news:3705AFE5-BE53-465B-8B57-...
>>> The CD part number is E85-05370.
>>> The name of the CD is "XP Professional SP3 English Patch CD Pro/Home".
>>> Can this CD be used to install SP3 on a PC running XP Home with SP1
>>> installed? The name implies that it is for XP Home as well as for XP
>>> Professional
>>
>>

The difference between sp1 and sp1a was that the latter does not include
the Microsoft Java Virtual Machine. This was deleted as the result of
the settlement of a lawsuit brought against Microsoft by Sun. I suspect
(but do not know) that the update to sp3 will work starting from sp1
(rather than sp1a) but MS probably cannot legally advise people to use sp1.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Virtual_Machine
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=813926

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