How to Change Windows XP Service Pack 2 to Service Pack 3 without Installation

This time I will to share a method How to Change Windows XP Service Pack 2 to Service Pack 3 without Installation. We all must have come across a situation when we would be requiring Windows XP service Pack 3 to run some applications or due to some other reason but we may be running Service pack 2.

I have also come across this situation and then I googled it and found a very simple solution to this problem. so here I will sharing this computer tips for you.

Follow the simple steps How to Change Windows XP Service Pack 2 to Service Pack 3 without Installation:

• First go to run by clicking on the start menu or simply pressing Windows + R button on Keyboard.
• Now type regedit in  the run box and hit enter.
• Make a backup of your registry (just in case)
• Browse to “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ CurrentControlSet\ Control\ Windows”
• Modify the value of “CSDVersion” from “0×00000200″ (SP2) to the Windows XP SP3 value of “0×00000300″
• Now close the Registry editor window and Reboot/Restart your computer.
• After restarting your PC check your PC properties , It will be showing Windows XP service Pack 3.

Now I will explain you what we did now
When we changed the value of CSD Version from 200 to 300. It makes the OS think that it is Service Pack 3. And thus if you install any program requiring Windows XP service Pack 3 and up then that program will also think that it is Windows XP 3.  So now you know how to change Windows XP service pack 2 to service pack 3 So use this trick to fool Windows and enjoy

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