Jim Lad -

See above, 3d paragraph.

Download and save to a connected machine, then copy the downloaded file to the other machine to install usually is possible.

4th paragraph: The download may not be practical except with a fast connection.

And I would demand that they send the disc, even if I could get the files via download, just for backup purposes, although you could of course burn the download before installing to a CD. If the download is big enough you might have to use a CD just to get it to the other machine.

Microsoft recommends that all WinXP users whose original disks don't include SP2 should download the SP2 patch files. The download is ~800 MB (about 80 hours with my connection). They'll mail you a free CD. Guess which I did.

John