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re: How do you make XP think it has SP5
Monday, January 7, 2002 at 2:39 pm
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Posted by Stan (3 messages posted)


I am as current as possible...


On Monday, January 7, 2002 at 2:19 pm, C.J.W. wrote:
>I forgot to mention that Microsoft's Windows Update site (www.windowsupdate.com)
>has patchs for quite a lot of old programs for just these types of issues.
>
>


>On Monday, January 7, 2002 at 1:32 pm, Stan wrote:
>Good Afternoon:
>
>Under Windows2000 you could add a registry entry under Windows NT|Current Version
>called CSDVersion and put in Service Pack 5 to make an installation program think
>that you had at least SP5 of NT 4. When I am trying this on XP no go. Each time
>I reboot the entry is gone. Any luck. I have a program I need to get on my new
>latop that the vendor hasn't updated yet and it is looking for sp5 or better of
>NT4.
>
>TIA,
>
>Stan


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re: How do you make XP think it has SP5 (C.J.W.: Monday, January 7, 2002 at 2:19 pm)

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-How do you make XP think it has SP5 (Stan: Mon, Jan 7, 2002, 1:32 pm)
-re: How do you make XP think it has SP5 (C.J.W.: Mon, Jan 7, 2002, 2:03 pm)
*re: How do you make XP think it has SP5 (Stan: Mon, Jan 7, 2002, 2:38 pm)
-re: How do you make XP think it has SP5 (C.J.W.: Mon, Jan 7, 2002, 2:19 pm)
*re: How do you make XP think it has SP5 (Stan: Mon, Jan 7, 2002, 2:39 pm)
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