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The script will extract SP2 to a temporary folder.

You might also consider to temporarily disable your HIPS since you will have a lot of popups.) (Note: There are some short messages in German which should be self-explanatory.

Copy pcwGPInst.cmd to the folder where you saved xpsp2.exe and execute it.

This is just a text file, and you can open it with an editor to see what it does. (You have to be logged on as admin!) It will extract one file called pcwGPInst.cmd. Since the file name differs depending on the language of your system you should rename it to xpsp2.exe (this ensures that it will be recognized by the script). Download it from the Windows update site. It's a small script called pcwGPinst written by the staff of the German computer magazine PCWELT which is available for download here.

Now the good news: SRP can also be implemented in XP Home! After doing some research I found a pretty comfortable solution how to do it.

There's only one disadvantage: SRP is normally only available in Windows XP Professional (and Vista Business and Ultimate). However, you can make your system even safer if you also apply a Software Restriction Policy (SRP) which is very well explained on. The benefits of a limited user account and how to easily implement it are discussed in detail in this thread (with a recommendation how to setup a limited account in post #34).