Block XP SP3 - Stop the madness

If you have not heard about it already, many people are having big problems with Windows XP SP3.

I just want to remind everyone that we have had a tool out since January that will delay the automatic install of SP3 for 12 months.

You have 4 options for preventing the automatic install of SP3:

1. Download our Network Administrator to deploy the change across your network.

Service Pack XP 3 Network Administrator

or

2. Download and use the free GUI tool we have to make the change on a single system

Service Pack 3 Blocker

or

3. Download and use the free command line tools from MS

or

4. Update the registry manually. To do this you simply need to go to this key:

HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate

Create a new DWORD value named DoNotAllowSP and set it to 1 (To disable the SP install), or 0 (To allow the SP install)

One final reminder - all of these blocking options are only valid for 12 months following the release of the service pack. After that, Windows will ignore the registry change and install.

Posted By: Steve Wiseman on Tuesday, May 13, 2008

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