# Can I "download" Windows XP Service Pack 1?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 9, 2003, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-download-windows-xp-service-pack-1/187151 "2003-07-09T02:36:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-download-windows-xp-service-pack-1/187151/1 "2003-07-09T02:36:17Z")

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Instead of doing windows updates and the such, can a person download a single file or something and burn it to CD that contains XP SP1?

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**Author:** ![Rex\_Fenestrarum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rex_fenestrarum/32/7265_2.png) [@Rex\_Fenestrarum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rex_Fenestrarum)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-download-windows-xp-service-pack-1/187151/2 "2003-07-09T03:00:01Z")

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Well, here’s the link to the “full” 134MB SP1a for XP:

[http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/servicepacks/sp1/sp1lang.asp](http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/servicepacks/sp1/sp1lang.asp)

If you want SP1 (not SP1a), you might be out of luck - the courts made MS take its JVM out of Windows, and so the MSJVM was included with SP1 but removed for SP1a (that’s the only difference between 1 and 1a, BTW).

If you’re interested in “slipstreaming” the XP CD (incorporating SP1 into the installation media), look at this page on my site:

[http://www.jimcofer.com/writings/slipstream.htm](http://www.jimcofer.com/writings/slipstream.htm)

Cheers!

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**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-download-windows-xp-service-pack-1/187151/3 "2003-07-09T15:38:57Z")

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Thanks for the link! I’ll check into it.

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**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-download-windows-xp-service-pack-1/187151/4 "2003-07-09T15:44:25Z")

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Thanks for the link! I’ll check into it.

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**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-download-windows-xp-service-pack-1/187151/5 "2003-07-09T16:34:48Z")

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friggen hamsters need some more food!