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I am installing Windows XP Pro on a virtual machine (Virtual Box). The install went fine, and networking appears to be fine (can browse the internet through IE). However, I am unable to install Windows XP SP1a.

I downloaded the SP1a express installer, which is a small couple MB installer that downloads the remaining content during installation. However, when I run the installer, I get "server did not respond" errors.

Does anyone know of an official place to get the offline network installation version of SP1 or SP1a? I can't seem to find it on the MS website anywhere, everything I find points to the 'express' installer.

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From what I can find, Windows XP Service Pack 1 did not have an offline install version.

However, SP2 includes all updates released before, so SP1 is not necessary. It should be enough to install SP2, followed by SP3. This doesn't include updates after SP3, though, so be sure to visit Windows Update.

You can download Service Pack 2 and Service Pack 3 from the Service Pack Center.

Correction provided by iOSXPC: Service Pack 1a does have an official 125 MB offline installation.

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