SP3 releases

[Guest mc]

I noticed that the first (week) release of sp3 was a 316MB exe file. A few

weeks later all I could find online was a 577MB iso file. What is the

difference?

mc

[Guest Charles W.]

RE: SP3 releases

 

 

 

"mc" wrote:

> I noticed that the first (week) release of sp3 was a 316MB exe file. A few

> weeks later all I could find online was a 577MB iso file. What is the

> difference?

> mc

>

>

> An ISO file can be burned to cd and the update process will begin when it is put in the drive whereas the exe file has to be started by clicking on the file. Same service pack but in different file formats.

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Re: SP3 releases

 

Start here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_image

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mc wrote:

> I noticed that the first (week) release of sp3 was a 316MB exe file. A few

> weeks later all I could find online was a 577MB iso file. What is the

> difference?

> mc

[Guest Big_Al]

Re: SP3 releases

 

mc wrote:

> I noticed that the first (week) release of sp3 was a 316MB exe file. A few

> weeks later all I could find online was a 577MB iso file. What is the

> difference?

> mc

>

>

The smaller one is an executable, you run it. The larger is a ISO that

when written with a program like imgburn

http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download will make a CD just like

you would order from MS themselves. See PA Bear's response.

[Guest Thee Chicago Wolf]

Re: SP3 releases

 

>I noticed that the first (week) release of sp3 was a 316MB exe file. A few

>weeks later all I could find online was a 577MB iso file. What is the

>difference?

>mc

 

Well, people have it wrong on both counts. The ISO of SP3 has SP3 plus

a few other IT related tools like sysprep included. The regular

download is just the service pack. You don't need the ISO unless you

are an Administrator and require the sysprep that's designed for SP3.

 

- Thee Chicago Wolf