If you have Windows XP, take a moment to see which service pack you have.
Find “My Computer” on your desktop. If you can’t find it there, click on start and find it on the start menu. Once you find “My Computer”, right-click on it and choose properties.
The window that comes up will tell you what version of windows you have and will say what the latest service pack that is installed on your computer.
If it says Service Pack 3, you’re good to go. If it says Service Pack 2, then we highly recommend that you upgrade to Service Pack 3 as soon as possible. Why, you ask? Well, for security reasons, of course. Microsoft has ended support for Service Pack 2, so if you have Service Pack 2, you won’t be receiving any more security updates until you install Service Pack 3.
To upgrade, click on “Start” and then click on “All Programs” and then click on “Windows Update”. Once Windows update comes up, click on the express button. If you are a little behind on updates, you might have to do this several times and you will probably have to reboot between updates. But keep updating until there are no more high priority updates. Service Pack 3 will be one of those high priority updates.
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