Slipstream SP2 into your original CD - it works fine.

http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/u...ostreamer.html



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Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Home SP2 Fully Updated
P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 360gb HDD, 2.0gb DDR
"Rick Altman" wrote in message
...
I have four legal copies of Windows XP, two Home and two Professional.
Whenever I need to reinstall onto a new computer or a repaired system, it
is now a two-step process that takes almost three hours:

- Perform the reinstall
- Apply the patch to SP2

Microsoft Support wants $30 + tax/shipping to send me replacement CDs that
have SP2 on them, and before I bite that bullet, I am wondering if there
is a more creative solution. Is there any way to create an SP2 CD from the
combined components of an original CD and the components of the downloaded
patch? Any other solutions or paths to take to resolve this? I imagine
this has been a source of discussion for some time, although a Google
search did not turn up anything, perhaps owing to my uncertainty over
which keywords to use.

Thanks in advance for any direction that you can provide...



Rick Altman
Pleasanton, CA