Please Help! I have Windows SP2.. If i update it will it give me SP3?? ?

Question

Because i hate SP3!

Answer 1

You don't have to update to SP3 if you don't like it. Go to this webpage:

http://update.microsoft.com/windowsupdat...

There you can intall your updates, just make sure you always put custom when you're ask for the way of searching for updates, instead of recommended. When you see the list of updates, select all of them that you want. SP3 would be there, and you can select not to show that update ever again.

The other way is that, in you windows system, go to the Control Panel and select security center, under it, go to windows update, and make sure that it doesn't install any update by default, it has to say that it will ask you for any update. That way when you are ask about the updates, you can select not to install SP3 and not to be ask for it anymore

Answer 2

no it will not. just update  for sp2. and by the way, sp2 is better than sp3 for some security reasons.i have sp2 myself.

Answer 3

Not if each time the updates are offered, you click CUSTOM button.

Then you can check the updates you want, and you will check all of the critical updates,

and then you will UNcheck when they offer SP3

THEN click button UPDATE NOW.

You will find that they offer SP3 frequently, but I agree, I don't want it either...the offer is a nuisance, when you know you can go to the site and get it whenever...

^j^

Answer 4

What is there to hate, When it is installed, do not even know it is there.

When you say, I do not want it on my computer, because there is no need for it, yes I agree completely. SP3 does not do anything to make your pc safer, faster or what ever.

It was different with sp2. Microsoft forced us to install it, because it stopped supporting SP1. Without sp2 we could not get the necessary up dates and would therefore put our computer at risk

With SP3 that is not the case.

When you have your automatic updates on, SP3 will come as an update,

However, it does not install its self, you have to agree or disagree before it installs it self  When you do not want it, just disagree and it will not be installed. I have done it for months. because here in Yahoo Answers I saw many aksers having problemes with there pc after installing sp3

Because that is not the case anymore, I have agreed to install sp3.

My computer still works great so no prolbems.

It is up to you, Again, you do not need sp3 to run your computer safely

Answer 5

If you choose Custom Update and don't choose SP3, you won't get it.  Leave Automatic Updates off.

Answer 6

i hate it too

Answer 7

Yes, if you install the SP3 update. No if you don't.

You will be forced to upgrade to SP3 eventually. SP3 really only has the hotfixes released since SP2 and all the security updates (all 100+ of them) so it's not the same as SP1->SP2. To to each his own.