Doing the following steps will make Microsofts update servers think you are apart of the Beta Testing group and will allow you to download the update. Please be aware as with any upgrade some applications may break, however I don’t think this will be an issue. Also if you pirated your copy of Windows XP you may want to avoid doing this as it does communicate with Microsoft to get the updates.

How to:

1. Run the XPSP3.cmd in the zip found here
2. A popup in the lower right hand corner should come up saying updates are ready, just double click it and follow the instructions it should be pretty straight forward.
3. If that notifacation doesn’t show up do the following:

   Open up Internet Explorer

   Go to the Tools dropdown and select Windows Update

   If it prompts you to install anything just click install.

   Click on Custom and Service Pack 3 should be there!

4. Once installed reboot and your done!

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