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Title: Installation impossible on PC Xp Pro Sp2
Post by: GEGEPING on February 18, 2017, 07:22:21 PM: Hi ^^

I'm in trouble.

I wanted to start again a old pc with xp pro sp2 with a very old avast free antivirus.

As it was old, i did a full clean up install with avastclear

Donwload the executable and try to install it.

But i have a warning message : " Le point d'entrée de procédure GetLogicalProcesorInformation est introuvable dans la bibliotèque de liaisons dynamique KERNEL32.DLL

I don't know what's happen and how to solve it.

I also see that minimum was Xp sp3, but i can't install the sp3 product.

So is there solution to install avast free on my old Xp pro sp2?

Thanks for your help.

Have a good evening too :-)

Gerald
Title: Re: Installation impossible on PC Xp Pro Sp2
Post by: Asyn on February 18, 2017, 07:28:42 PM: Quote from: GEGEPING on February 18, 2017, 07:22:21 PM
I also see that minimum was Xp sp3, but i can't install the sp3 product.
Why..??
Title: Re: Installation impossible on PC Xp Pro Sp2
Post by: GEGEPING on February 18, 2017, 07:32:42 PM: Hi,

Well, i don't know why it doesn't install on this pc.

I also have a eeepc with Xp family and i install without problem sp3 part.

I'm lost...
Title: Re: Installation impossible on PC Xp Pro Sp2
Post by: Asyn on February 18, 2017, 08:09:32 PM: Well, all later versions of Avast require SP3 on XP systems.
Can't remember the last version that works with XP SP2, sorry.
Title: Re: Installation impossible on PC Xp Pro Sp2
Post by: GEGEPING on February 18, 2017, 08:13:52 PM: Hi ^^

Well, thanks for your answer.

So if a Senior Tk of avast can put a link with latest version working fine on SP2 it should be good.

I'm trying to install once again SP3 PACK but i don't know if it'll work.

Gerald.
Title: Re: Installation impossible on PC Xp Pro Sp2
Post by: Asyn on February 18, 2017, 08:14:54 PM: You're welcome.
Title: Re: Installation impossible on PC Xp Pro Sp2
Post by: igor on February 19, 2017, 03:37:03 PM: Honestly, Avast won't work very well with XP SP2 - and it won't matter if it's gonna be an old version or a newer one.
The thing is that XP SP2 can't verify new (SHA2) server certificates - so some functionality (incl. security-related) where communication with our servers is needed will work only partially, or not at all.
Title: Re: Installation impossible on PC Xp Pro Sp2
Post by: bob3160 on February 19, 2017, 08:55:38 PM: See if this is of any help:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_other-update/xp-cant-install-service-pack-3/38a343ad-9dd9-4c59-8559-e8d3b8fe9e18
Title: Re: Installation impossible on PC Xp Pro Sp2
Post by: GEGEPING on February 19, 2017, 09:18:00 PM: Hi ^^

Thanks for the advice.

Will check what's possible on my hold laptop.

It's a P4 1.7 of 2003, bought for my sport exam

I check this old laptop to see if he was possible to boot and see the time to boot, and some soft can work or not.

For SP3 around of 60% of installation a file can't be copied from the set up folder and the only solution is cancel what was done.

Maybe something was corrupted, but don't know where, i only download from secure and famous site no bad one.

I have to update other soft, but i can't it seem that new update request something from SP3.

So i guess that my old laptop is going to join the museum soon :o
Title: Re: Installation impossible on PC Xp Pro Sp2
Post by: Eddy on February 19, 2017, 09:20:18 PM: If there is any data on it that you want to keep, make a backup of it.
Install Windows (and all updates) from scratch.

For the SP's and other updates > http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/windows_xp_service_pack_4_unofficial.html
Title: Re: Installation impossible on PC Xp Pro Sp2
Post by: bob3160 on February 19, 2017, 09:20:33 PM: You would be a lot safer if it was in a museum. :)