I wiped and recovered from my CD of my operating system to windows XP due to a virus, now my system XP is SP1 (version 2002) and needs to upgrade, how can I get the old updates please?

I am operating windows XP, but it is more difficult to download anything, I can only assume its because my system recovery disk brought me originally pack 1 and missing essential items in my system which is used to enable automatic updates to work to get my system back to normal.

Preliminary work:

Download the installation files of SP3, IE8 and Microsoft Security Essentials, which is an effective antivirus/antimalware program. I prefer to keep these (and other useful files) on a USB key, but this is optional. Here are the links to all the installation of three files:

http://www.Microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?ID=24 (for SP3)

(You can TOTALLY ignore the message "intended for it professionals"!)

http://www.Microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&ID=43 (for IE8)

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/products/security-essentials (for MMS)

1. physically disconnect from the Internet. Also unplug all unnecessary devices!

2. temporarily disable the automatic updates. To do this:

Start | Control Panel (switch to Classic view if not already selected). Automatic updates

Select "Turn off automatic updates" and click OK.

3. install the SP3. Restart TWICE.

4. switch to IE8. Restart TWICE. (Note: it is important to let IE at the level before the upgrade to SP3 IE6.) After you are in SP3, then you can switch IE6 to IE8).

5 install MSE.

(What happens very often is that someone has their software antivirus running as they try to install SP3, which often translates into chaos! "This is why it must be done after installing SP3 and IE).

6. make sure that firewall Windows is activated (it should already be):

Start | Control Panel | Security Center

(Now you can physically reconnect to the Internet. Update Antivirus program.)

7. visit Windows Update to download and install only the critical security updates. Restart each time you are prompted.

8. reactivate the automatic updates.

Tags: Windows

Similar Questions

Maybe you are looking for

  • Do the new Open Tab Home Page

    What has happened that I have is no longer a new page open my homepage? I don't want any suggested sites - I don't want the tiles of any kind I want just the behavior that I had for years. How many hundreds of thousands of people is upset over this u

  • iMac 8.1 stuck on the apple logo

    Model: iMac8, 1 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo At 2BG memory when the problem started Mountain Lion 10.8.5 Is in trouble with occasional frosts. Would be closed and it should restart very well. About 2 weeks ago, the computer froze. I shut down the comput

  • Satellite A50: Cannot boot from recovery CD

    I have a toshiba satellite a50 when I try and recover back to factory settings, but my computer does not recognize the cd and it does not boot from the cd to recoverey someone help I have explored the cd there is a file with the extension .gho I real

  • Mobile average filter

    Hello I'm designing moving average filter. But I'm confused, and I need to filter the 4 channels in the FPGA of the cRIO. If a body help me please. Any suggestion are welcome about the position. I use the 9220 OR and I want to filter 4 channels perma

  • XP Tablet PC Edition operating system lost

    I have TC4200 tablet running XP Tablet PC edition OS. My drive came down and I replaced, but I can't find my software anywhere. I have the original code windows xp PC tablet key, but nobody don't seem to be able to tell me where I can get a copy of t