See the list of fixes or visit the Windows XP Service Pack 1 Web site for more information and links to documentation.

Windows XP SP1 contains a rollup of all Microsoft security fixes to Windows XP from the October 2001 release through mid-August 2002. For more information about security and service packs, see the Microsoft Security Web site or the Windows XP SP1 Web site.

Order the Windows XP SP1 CD from the CD order page. You will be charged a fee of $9.95 (USD) or $14.95 (CDN) including shipping and handling charges. Purchase a new PC beginning Fall 2002—some systems will come with Windows XP SP1 pre-installed. Get the full or upgrade version of Windows XP Home Edition or Windows XP Professional—the installation CD will contain Windows XP SP1 beginning late Fall 2002.

Either there is no default mail client or the current mail client cannot fulfill the messaging request

Please refer to the Microsoft Knowledge Base Article ? 819634 - (You May Experience Performance Issues After You Install the 811493 (MS03-013) Package on Your Windows XP SP1-Based Computer) To rectify the problem, please add the following files to the list of excluded applications in IMON setup: safe.exe, safefs.exe, nfrexec.exe, nfrexecd.exe. Either there is no default mail client or the current mail client cannot fulfill the messaging request.

You can find the driver 3DxSoftware 3.1.8 on our support pages at www.3dconnexion.com/support. This driver can be used with SpaceNavigator, SpaceExplorer, SpaceTraveler and SpacePilot.

You can find support for preinstallation of Windows XP on the Microsoft OEM System Builder Web Site newsgroup found at http://oem.microsoft.com/worldwide/500330.asp.

SMS 2003 SP1 is a culmination of a variety of hotfixes and other fixes requested by customers who have evaluated and deployed SMS 2003. The primary focus for SMS 2003 SP1 is to further enhance the security, usability, and performance of SMS 2003 while broadening the supported configurations. For more information about SMS 2003 SP1, see the SMS 2003 SP1 Product Overview page.

Click Microsoft TCP/IP version 6 (for Windows XP with SP2 or later or Windows Server 2003) or Microsoft IPv6 Developer Edition (for Windows XP with SP1), and then click Uninstall. When prompted to confirm the removal of the Microsoft IPv6 Developer Edition or Microsoft TCP/IP version 6 protocol, click OK. Alternately, from the Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 desktop, click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Command Prompt.

Express install. This detects your system components and installs only those updates that are necessary for your system. This method is recommended for users who want to quickly update their system with the latest updates to Windows XP. Network install. This downloads all of the Windows XP SP1 files to your computer. This is an ideal download mechanism for IT administrators requiring a downloadable copy of Windows XP SP1 for placing on an internal share for deployment.

Despite the displayed name, the IPv6 protocol for Windows XP with SP1 is a production-capable and supported protocol in the same way as the IPv6 protocol for Windows XP with SP2 and Windows Server 2003. Microsoft developers were unable to change the name of the protocol in Windows XP SP1 due to the impact of the change for localized versions of Windows XP. In Windows XP with SP2, the name of the IPv6 protocol has been changed to "Microsoft TCP/IP version 6."

Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) is a collection of updates that improve upon the Windows XP operating system since the general product availability in October 2001. Windows XP SP1 can be applied to Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP 64-Bit Edition. Windows XP SP1 includes updates based on customer feedback and continued Microsoft internal testing.

Microsoft recommends that you investigate the issues that are addressed by reading the documentation available from the Windows XP SP1 Web site or the Windows XP SP1 CD. You can then decide whether the specific issues addressed in Windows XP SP1 justify deployment. If deploying Windows XP SP1, Microsoft recommends following your standard testing and deployment program for service packs. Integrated installation. This integrates the service pack with the Windows XP installation.

Based on customer and support feedback, Windows XP was designed to minimize the lifecycle maintenance cost for both small and large customers. Key enhancements to the service pack that ease deployment include: Integrated installation makes it easier to apply and update service packs. IT administrators can create an integrated installation of the Windows XP operating system and Windows XP SP1 on a network distribution share or CD.

There is a known bug in Windows XP + SP1 that causes problems with multiport PCMCIA cards, that also effects Quatech CompactFlash cards. When Windows is installed, the multifunction PCMCIA/CF card's PWRDWN bit is set in the function configuration registers. If the hardware supports this register bit, then the device is placed in a low power state (as defined in the PC-Card Specification for multifunction PC-Cards). Windows sets the PWRDWN bit on device insertion and power up.

This problem can appear, when you have previously disabled the Registration Wizard Control (read this MSDN article ). You can fix this by enabling it again.

Yes, the USB driver built into Windows XP SP1 (Service Pack 1) has issues with suspend, hibernation, and restarting. This issue potentially affects all USB devices and is not specific to those manufactured by Sealevel Systems. Microsoft released Hotfix 822603 to address this problem. If you are running Windows XP SP1, visit this link for information on how to download and install the patch.

Windows XP Home Edition doesn't include a webserver software. You can download NuSphere SQL a free webserver package instead. Apache (which is included in NuSphereSQL) has not the ability to run Active Server Pages (ASP)

No, Windows XP SP1 is already included in Windows XP Tablet PC Edition and Windows XP Media Center Edition.

The service pack provides several security and bug fixes for the Windows XP operating system including those for System Restore. Highlights of the key fixes for System Restore in the service pack include: The issue where System Restore does not launch and displays the error "System Restore was unable to start due to a missing Framedyn.dll.

A slipstream disk using XP and SP1 is a disk that integrates XP and SP1 into one bootable installation disk. For additional information and customization on slipstreaming, see this link as recommended by bcastner in this Microsoft Help Forum thread.

SP1 will be finalized in mid-August 2002, with a September 2002 street date. This will give PC makers time to integrate the new XP into PCs for the 2002 holiday season.

Yes, the original plan was to ship XP SP1 in the first half of 2002. But with a slew of new features to add and its Trustworthy Computing code review to do, Microsoft decided to integrate it all into a single release aimed at satisfying the need for a yearly Windows release.

Note that doing any of the below will erase all data in your hard disk! You can boot from a Windows 9x boot disk, reformat the XP partition and install a previous version of Windows. If XP is installed using NTFS file system, you'll first have to use FDISK to delete the partition, type FDISK at the prompt. Once you are at the menu, select "Delete Non-dos Partition.

Use the Unlocker utility. This file will unlock all file handles on the file/folder and even offer to delete it for you before the program locks it again!