Read http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/itproxpsp/thread/46830379-5fc7-4e18-90af-60313604fe09 to see the usual advice.
Bob
I have just taken possession of a reconditioned Dell Latitude D430 for use by a charity. The laptop is running XP SP2. I want to install MS Security Essentials but need to upgrade to SP3 first.
I have tried to run Windows Update but cannot do so, the system returning an error 0x8024400A. I am encouraged to download and install Mr Fixit. Mr Fixit does not work until I upgrade to SP 3, so I am in a loop of frustration.
Can anybody provide advice?

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