SP3 releases

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I noticed that the first (week) release of sp3 was a 316MB exe file. A few
weeks later all I could find online was a 577MB iso file. What is the
difference?
mc
 
"mc" wrote:

> I noticed that the first (week) release of sp3 was a 316MB exe file. A few
> weeks later all I could find online was a 577MB iso file. What is the
> difference?
> mc
>
>
> An ISO file can be burned to cd and the update process will begin when it is put in the drive whereas the exe file has to be started by clicking on the file. Same service pack but in different file formats.
 
mc wrote:
> I noticed that the first (week) release of sp3 was a 316MB exe file. A few
> weeks later all I could find online was a 577MB iso file. What is the
> difference?
> mc
>
>
The smaller one is an executable, you run it. The larger is a ISO that
when written with a program like imgburn
http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download will make a CD just like
you would order from MS themselves. See PA Bear's response.
 
>I noticed that the first (week) release of sp3 was a 316MB exe file. A few
>weeks later all I could find online was a 577MB iso file. What is the
>difference?
>mc

Well, people have it wrong on both counts. The ISO of SP3 has SP3 plus
a few other IT related tools like sysprep included. The regular
download is just the service pack. You don't need the ISO unless you
are an Administrator and require the sysprep that's designed for SP3.

- Thee Chicago Wolf
 
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