Monday, August 27, 2012

How To Bypass Windows Xp Service Pack Installation ?


Bypassing Windows Xp Service Pack Installation !

Many Times, New Softwares, Games require you to have the Latest Service Packs to Install. There's a way to bypass that without installing Latest Service Packs !

You can change your Service Pack 2 to display Service Pack 3, or vice-versa.

Step-1: Open the run option from the start menu and type in “regedit” and press enter.

Step-2: Make a backup of your registry (just in case). By going to File then Export select any name and Save it!

Step-3: Browse to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE” then “SYSTEM” then “CurrentControlSet” then “Control” then “Windows" and finally "CSDVersion" file. You can also browse it through find option by pressing Ctrl+F and then type CSDVersion and search it.
Step-4: Modify the value of "CSDVersion" from "0x00000200" (SP2) to the Windows XP SP3 value of "0x00000300". Double click the file and change the value by entering  200 for SP2 and 300 for SP3 of Windows XP. After that click OK the value will be modified !

Step-5: Close registry editor.

Step-6: Reboot your computer.

Enjoy J You have done it !

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