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Re: Service Pack 3 for Windows XP




The date and time was 5/16/2008 3:27 PM, and on a whim, Ed Mullen 
pounded out on the keyboard:

> Terry R. wrote:
>> The date and time was 5/15/2008 6:17 PM, and on a whim, »Q« pounded out 
>> on the keyboard:
>>
>>> On Thu, 15 May 2008 12:15:06 -0400
>>> Ed Mullen <ed@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Do you have a Web resource you used to make your slipstream CD?
>>> <http://lifehacker.com/386526/slipstream-service-pack-3-into-your-windows-xp-installation-cd> 
>>>
>>> has the best rundown I've run across.
>>>
>>> [crossposted, followup set to m.general]
>> For the average user, nLite is overkill.  And the writer states you only 
>> need an XP CD.  He didn't mention that at least SP1 was required.
> 
> But, the original MS CD I use is an SP2 OEM CD.  So, it should have worked
> 
> The only failure was then one I mentioned, a failure on "ntldr" So,, 
> noting is yet exlained.

The CD's I created were also from a SP2 CD.

>> I think most people would waste a significant amount of time trying to 
>> slipstream with nlite. If you are only installing on one computer and 
>> doing so infrequently, then it is probably faster to just install the OS 
>> and then the update from the network install.  The method works great if 
>> you have a lot of workstations that are all the same, but otherwise I'd 
>> go with the link I recommended, since you can use it on any workstation.
>>
> 
> Well, I have 4 PCs to manage.  And I'm happy deal with them each as a 
> separate entity.  My problem is that, on the first one I tried it on it 
> failed.
> 
> And, that site you cited was one I checked.  I'll go have another look. 
>   thanks.
> 

Are all 4 of yours identical? Probably not.  So creating an nLite 
slipstream would be a waste of time for you.  But a standard slipstream 
SP3 CD will work on any computer.

> --
> 
> Ed Mullen
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> Chaos, panic, & disorder -- my work here is done.


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