Difference between Windows XP SP3 and Windows XP SP3 Checked Build

[MillenX]

What is the difference between Windows XP Service Pack 3 (WindowsXP-KB936929-SP3-x86-ENU.exe) and Windows XP Service Pack 3, Checked Build (windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-debug-enu.exe)?

Download page of Windows XP Service Pack 3

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;displaylang=en

Download page of Windows XP Service Pack 3, Checked Build

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;displaylang=en

And on the Windows XP SP3 download page, it reads like this:

Windows XP Service Pack 3 Network Installation Package for IT Professionals and Developers

Brief Description

This installation package is intended for IT professionals and developers downloading and installing on

multiple computers on a network

. If you're updating just

one

computer, please visit

Windows Update

.

Would it be a problem to slipstream this Windows XP Service Pack 3 Network Installation Package for IT Professionals and Developers using Nlite 1.46 (SP3 compatible) instead of the SP3 downloaded thru Windows Update?

[caperjack]

Would it be a problem to slipstream this Windows XP Service Pack 3 Network Installation Package for IT Professionals and Developers using Nlite 1.46 (SP3 compatible) instead of the SP3 downloaded thru Windows Update?

Yes ,i done it a few weeks ago.

as for the difference in the above 2 links for the sp3 ,the difference is told in the brief description of both downloads .

Edited June 15, 2008 by caperjack

[mikesw]

Would it be a problem to slipstream this Windows XP Service Pack 3 Network Installation Package for IT Professionals and Developers using Nlite 1.46 (SP3 compatible) instead of the SP3 downloaded thru Windows Update?

Yes ,i done it a few weeks ago.

as for the difference in the above 2 links for the sp3 ,the difference is told in the brief description of both downloads .

They also say in the Debug SP3 version Overview section that if you want Full symbol support then get the

MSDN one (but can only get it if one is a subscriber).

Here's the link for Win SP3 MUI update too. Hmmm, they say it works win Win XP Home. I thought MUIs only

worked with XP Pro. I wonder if they are giving XP Home MUI capabilities as of SP3?

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;displaylang=en

I couldn't find anything on MSDN about it. However, I'm not an MSDN subscriber though, so all I can do

is poke outside of MSDN. Here's what I found by doing MSoft site search for "windows xp sp3 symbol"

http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsg...p;sloc=&p=1

Here's a link to MSoft symbol server tools.

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/deb...debugstart.mspx

and at the bottom of the page to get symbol packages vs. their symbol server.

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/deb.../symbolpkg.mspx

And again at the bottom of this page is a link to XP. They have about 4 huge files depending upon

which SP3 version you want. Retail, debug and the reduced versions of each in all languages.

This can be 200+ meg download.

And Lastly a link to the windows debugging tools x32 and x64. Now with the tools and symbols

we can all debug windows XP SP3 errors for MSOFT.

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/deb...installx86.mspx

Edited June 20, 2008 by mikesw