re: How do you make XP think it has SP5
Monday, January 7, 2002 at 2:39 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
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.
>
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>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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