"antioch" wrote:

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> "Drunkgoblin" <Drunkgoblin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C040071F-7B6B-488A-8E8B-E184FC4A88CA@microsoft.com...
> > I've had my Service Pack 1 Windows XP professional disc for a long time,
> > and
> > I've had to reinstall with it quite a few times. Every time I reinstall it
> > takes forever to update, and with my newest hardware I almost wasn't able
> > to
> > get XP to run because it did not have service pack 2 out of the
> > box(conflict
> > with some BIOS settings, had to put BIOS in safe mode). What I want to
> > know,
> > is will Microsoft exchange my service pack 1 XP disc for a service pack 2
> > XP
> > disc?
>
>
> I doubt they would exchange - and you do not say how you update to SP2 - in
> case you are not aware you can order a CD of SP2 - ITS FREE :-)
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/default.mspx
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> Antioch
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Yes, I already have a free service pack 2 CD. What I'm saying is its hard to
get my computer to operate with SP1 long enough to install SP2, and it still
would be nice not to have to install SP2 at all. Thanks for your reply
though, I guess I might just have to spring for another copy of XP.