Started a clean install of XP-MCE 2005 last night and discovered that Windows Update will no longer update XP-SP2.

As I recall from a prior reinstall - certain aspects of MCE2005 must be updated in SP2 mode - once SP3 is installed, the components will not update.

Is this true? Or can I install SP3 and let Windows Update do all the work?

I've previously downloaded and have been able to manually install the following (9) updates:

KB900325 = MCE Rollup 2

KB912024 = ehome rollup #2

KB913800 = WMP10MCE update

KB925776 = MCE2005 - Post2 Rollup

KB954086 = MCE2005 Protected Content

KB976738 = Post 2 Rollup Security

KB2502898 = Post 2 Rollup Security

KB2619340 = Post 2 Rollup Security

KB2628259 = Post 2 Rollup Security

Are there any other MCE specific updates that I need to install before I apply SP3?

Thanks!

The "rule of thumb" that I use:

SP3 is KB936929, if the KB number is lower than that, I install it prior to installing SP3.

Of course, some KB's are superceded and/or installed by SP3.

I try to do the Rollups, first.

 

For Rollup 2, I had problems getting it to install.

The solution was to extract the contents of the Rollup package, and install the KB's seperately, rebooting between each one.

Each SP is supposed to include all the updates that were released before it.

That may hold true for XP, but not for XP MCE.

As I recall, Rollup 2 is a prerequisite for installing SP3 for Media Center Editions.

 

By the way, XP MCE was only released for OEM machines.

I have a list of steps that I developed, over about 6 months of trial and error.

I install the OEM build, do a few uninstalls, including Microsoft Installer v3.1.

Then I install Microsoft Installer v4.5 before installing anything else.

It saves a lot of headaches down the road.

Edited September 25, 201411 yr by DedNDave