SP3 missing files error?

[skyrex]

Hi all, long time reader first time poster you know the usual

Got this interesting one tonight trying to integrate SP3 into XP Pro x64 SP2...

its got me scratching my head what is causing it..

i have tried via nlite and using cmd to slip it manually (C:\SP3.exe -s:C:\XP64SP3)

any thoughts?? I have downloaded the SP3 files from M$ twice now and same both times.

I am doing all of this in VMWare under XP Pro x64 because when i did it under XP Pro x86 it gave an error saying it needed to be done in a x64 environment..

[GrofLuigi]

...integrate SP3 into XP Pro x64 SP2...

That's your mistake.

Welcome to the forum!

GL

[GrofLuigi]

OK, to explain a little more since you're new, SP3 is for x86 architecture only.

GL

[Fox Mulder]

"Because Windows XP Professional x64 Edition is derived from the Windows Server 2003 codebase, its service packs are also developed and released on the same timeline as the server product, instead of the other editions of Windows XP. For this reason, the RTM installation of Windows XP Professional x64 Edition identifies itself as "Service Pack 1".

Quote from Wikipedia.org

[Octopuz]

faced the same error when i tried to integrate SP3 on WinXP Pro SP2 x86..

but no problem when i use nLite to integrate it...

[skyrex]

thanks all for your help, man ive been out of the windows gig for way too long!!

macs tend to do that to you though

thanks again!!