I know this is very old news... but I am having to update a computer running Windows XP Home that should have been updated with Service Pack 2 a long time ago, but wasn't. Trouble is, I cannot find where to get it anywhere. I go to the Microsoft site and they have you do Microsoft Update, promising you'll get Service Pack 2, but all that happened was that I got a whopping 64 updates installed (it took an hour) and... no Service Pack 2.

I even combed through the downloads section of the Microsoft site and couldn't find it ANYWHERE. I thought this was a super critical update? So where is it?

Then I found it on some other non-Microsoft update site, and spent an hour downloading/installing, except it hung during the final "Performing Cleanup" stage for an hour until I had to reboot it. The computer was completely screwed up after that and I had to do a System Restore. And so... still no Service Pack 2.

I can't wait 4-6 weeks to send away for the free CD from Microsoft, either.

Can somebody please tell me where to download a legit copy of Service Pack 2? I'm going crazy here, as I have people with devices that use software that won't work unless they have SP 2 installed...

thanks for any help

HereThanks, but that says...
"DO NOT CLICK DOWNLOAD IF YOU ARE UPDATING JUST ONE COMPUTER: A SMALLER, more APPROPRIATE download is now available on Windows Update. The best way to ensure you get Windows XP Service Pack 2 is by turning on the Automatic Updates feature in Windows XP today. You can use our step-by-step instructions or, if you prefer, let us do it for you. "

I just NEED it for one computer. The link they suggest, again, leads to the same Windows Update that gave me 64 updates without including Service Pack 2.SP2CD Order Form

Small shipping fee applies...Assuming you're running windows xp english edition, below is a useful link. (i hope)

http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows/xpsp2.htmlThanks. That's the same download that screwed up my computer, though.

It may not have been related to that download per SE, but I really don't know what to do when it hangs at "Performing Cleanup." Some people on different forums said it was OK to go ahead and reboot anyway, but when I TRIED that, I got a dreaded blue screen and had to do System Restore.

Also, the computer in question is dialup to Internet only (lovely), so a 274 MB download would be way too big. I'll have to burn this to a CD somehow since I can't wait the 4-6 weeks for Microsoft to send me one.

I just wish there was an easier way of doing this... why doesn't the Windows Update install Service Pack 2 like it promises to?Quote from: JXY on January 03, 2008, 08:56:15 AM

Assuming you're running windows xp english edition, below is a useful link. (i hope)

http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows/xpsp2.html

edgebert you can order the CD from my link above.