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January 15th, 2014 15:00

Anyone aware of any problems installing Windows XP Service pack 3 on a Dell Latitude D830?

I have Service Pack 2. I have a vague possibly hopefully incorrect memory that a Dell Tech person had told me the D830 would not handle Service Pack 3? Please tell me my memory is incorrect. McAfee says I need it to keep running their products. And Dell Diagnostics tells me I need for some of their drive updates.

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January 15th, 2014 15:00

Windows XP Service Pack 3 reaches End of Life in April.

Likely McAfee will begin ditching XP like Intel:

The system will handle

  • Windows XP SP3
  • Windows Vista SP2
  • Windows 7 Service Pack 1
  • Windows 8.1

It is highly recommended you ditch Windows XP and install a modern version of Windows.

For more information see Windows Reinstallation Guide/A Clean Install of Windows 7/8.1:

http://dellwindowsreinstallationguide.com/

Use these drivers for Windows 7 and 8.1 (ignoring OS updates and system utilities):

http://dellwindowsreinstallationguide.com/driver-sets/latitude-d-series-laptops/

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January 15th, 2014 15:00

There is no reason it won't run SP3 ... we ran SP3 on our D830's for a few years before upgrading to Windows 7.  Microsoft ended support for SP2 years ago and will end support for SP3 in April, so I guess you won't be in any worse shape in April than you are now.  If you have the means to upgrade to a modern and supported OS, the D830 runs Windows 7 just fine.

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January 15th, 2014 15:00

Thanks. Very helpful.

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January 15th, 2014 15:00

Thanks much

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