Somebody2

BIG thank you! Your download link worked, now have xp home sp3. I got the sp3 patch from Softwarepatch.com. Hope it is just KB953356 and not more spooks. I have tried sp3 from MS many times before, so the patch rings true, appears to be the same number as in your first (of the 2) links you posted above. I probably have spooks in both machines from dialup service insecurity. Less than a month now on Bell.ca service. I have discs for both computers, win7 is extreme from a university, need to buy the code. Want to get Ubunto instead but find that difficult as the instructions are in developer jargon. Other is factory disc from 1996 or so. Can I burn the image of what I have now, then start over by loading the old factory disc, then install all the good things from the burned copy?

I rechecking on sp3 after my last post, found info on the needed patch before downloading sp3. I got that done, started download from the same site. Seen rugk's post, canceled sp3, opened MS instead, now in progress. See if the patch (other site) is legit, looking like an hour or so. Thanks rugk.

Thank you Marcus. Yes its missing. Don't know how to get it, not available from MS.

I download (pick) the windows option, get eset nod32, OTHER try I get eset smart security, neither are for my OS. Both tries you get speclean request, no virus detected. How do I get the right version? I don't have this problem on my other computer running win7 without updates.