I installed XP on an old iMac a while back to use as a treadmill computer but I could never get the thing to auto update to SP3 or update at all. Well today I took a new crack at it and even re-installing IE8 wouldn’t get it working….I tried to download the SP3 manually but it still wouldn’t install complaining about no free space.
I have 200gb free.
So I finally tripped across this advice below and sure as heck after I did it I was able to install SP3
1. Click Start – Run – Type “Regedit” and press Enter.
2. Navigate to:
*HKEYLOCALMACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup
HKEYLOCALMACHINE*
\Software
\Microsoft
\Windows
\CurrentVersion
\Setup
3. In the right pane, Right-click and select New – String value (This didn’t work for me. I had to use the top menu bar to select and edit “New” and “String value”)
4. Name it as “BootDir” and set it’s value to “C:\”
Close “regedit” and install Windows XP – SP3
Sure XP is a dinosaur but I’m just looking for something to surf on (not using IE thank you very much) and play maybe a few stupid games while I exercise/stand.
