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  #1  
Old February 17th 16, 06:52 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Norm X
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Default Full WinXP distro download

Hi,

Thanks group, for answers to my browser question.

NEW Question. I am a disabled person and because I worked for a disabled
person's charity, as a perk, I have a full set of Microsoft product keys
circa 2010. My WinXP install DVD is even older. When I used it on this VM,
and activated it legally, I was able to download all updates. I have a
netbook which is ergonomically perfect. I have been using it with an
external USB drive partitioned with various linux flavors. Now I wish to
repair again, with a third internal SSD. WinXP would be perfect to install
internally. Rather than start from scratch, I'd like to ask if there is a
full and complete WinXP install .iso with all updates, that I could
download. I can do torrent.

Thanks in advance.

BTW, Windows is better than linux on an SSD. 1) the pagefile can be
relocated, so wear does not happen in the same place. 2) There is file
system error checking. 3) the page file can be turned off with little side
effect because it has 1.5 GB RAM.


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  #2  
Old February 17th 16, 07:03 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Norm X
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Default Full WinXP distro download

Whoops. I should have said I prefer WinXP Pro.

"Norm X" wrote
Hi,

Thanks group, for answers to my browser question.

NEW Question. I am a disabled person and because I worked for a disabled
person's charity, as a perk, I have a full set of Microsoft product keys
circa 2010. My WinXP install DVD is even older. When I used it on this VM,
and activated it legally, I was able to download all updates. I have a
netbook which is ergonomically perfect. I have been using it with an
external USB drive partitioned with various linux flavors. Now I wish to
repair again, with a third internal SSD. WinXP would be perfect to install
internally. Rather than start from scratch, I'd like to ask if there is a
full and complete WinXP install .iso with all updates, that I could
download. I can do torrent.

Thanks in advance.

BTW, Windows is better than linux on an SSD. 1) the pagefile can be
relocated, so wear does not happen in the same place. 2) There is file
system error checking. 3) the page file can be turned off with little side
effect because it has 1.5 GB RAM.



  #3  
Old February 17th 16, 08:11 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
No_Name
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Default Full WinXP distro download

On Tue, 16 Feb 2016 21:52:23 -0800, "Norm X"
wrote:

Hi,

Thanks group, for answers to my browser question.

NEW Question. I am a disabled person and because I worked for a disabled
person's charity, as a perk, I have a full set of Microsoft product keys
circa 2010. My WinXP install DVD is even older. When I used it on this VM,
and activated it legally, I was able to download all updates. I have a
netbook which is ergonomically perfect. I have been using it with an
external USB drive partitioned with various linux flavors. Now I wish to
repair again, with a third internal SSD. WinXP would be perfect to install
internally. Rather than start from scratch, I'd like to ask if there is a
full and complete WinXP install .iso with all updates, that I could
download. I can do torrent.

Thanks in advance.

BTW, Windows is better than linux on an SSD. 1) the pagefile can be
relocated, so wear does not happen in the same place. 2) There is file
system error checking. 3) the page file can be turned off with little side
effect because it has 1.5 GB RAM.



I wondered about this myself. I usually load whatever I have handy,
then lay SP3 on top of it and let Microsoft send me the 100+ updates.
I haven't tried it but I wondered if I could just copy over all the
update files and load them.
  #4  
Old February 17th 16, 09:11 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Paul
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Default Full WinXP distro download

wrote:
On Tue, 16 Feb 2016 21:52:23 -0800, "Norm X"
wrote:

Hi,

Thanks group, for answers to my browser question.

NEW Question. I am a disabled person and because I worked for a disabled
person's charity, as a perk, I have a full set of Microsoft product keys
circa 2010. My WinXP install DVD is even older. When I used it on this VM,
and activated it legally, I was able to download all updates. I have a
netbook which is ergonomically perfect. I have been using it with an
external USB drive partitioned with various linux flavors. Now I wish to
repair again, with a third internal SSD. WinXP would be perfect to install
internally. Rather than start from scratch, I'd like to ask if there is a
full and complete WinXP install .iso with all updates, that I could
download. I can do torrent.

Thanks in advance.

BTW, Windows is better than linux on an SSD. 1) the pagefile can be
relocated, so wear does not happen in the same place. 2) There is file
system error checking. 3) the page file can be turned off with little side
effect because it has 1.5 GB RAM.



I wondered about this myself. I usually load whatever I have handy,
then lay SP3 on top of it and let Microsoft send me the 100+ updates.
I haven't tried it but I wondered if I could just copy over all the
update files and load them.


Wouldn't this be WAIK/Sysprep material ?

I've never experimented, but I think IT technicians
build up systems the way they like them, then "re-seal"
them for distribution. Perhaps an approach like that
will give a pre-patched OS ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sysprep

Example of a tutorial.

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/win...dows-xp-image/

Paul
  #5  
Old February 17th 16, 09:53 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
R.Wieser
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Default Full WinXP distro download

Paul,

Wouldn't this be WAIK/Sysprep material ?


I've taken a look at the tutorial you provided a link to, but it mentions
explicitily that its usage is for systems with an identical configuration.

AFAIK that means that any hardware differences will not be tolerated.

But than again, I may be wrong there ...


A technique called "slipstreaming" might be what is needed. When I
googeled for "XP slipstream updates" the whole first page looks promising,
so enough information/tutorials to choose from. :-)

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


-- Origional message:
Paul schreef in berichtnieuws
...
wrote:
On Tue, 16 Feb 2016 21:52:23 -0800, "Norm X"
wrote:

Hi,

Thanks group, for answers to my browser question.

NEW Question. I am a disabled person and because I worked for a

disabled
person's charity, as a perk, I have a full set of Microsoft product

keys
circa 2010. My WinXP install DVD is even older. When I used it on this

VM,
and activated it legally, I was able to download all updates. I have a
netbook which is ergonomically perfect. I have been using it with an
external USB drive partitioned with various linux flavors. Now I wish

to
repair again, with a third internal SSD. WinXP would be perfect to

install
internally. Rather than start from scratch, I'd like to ask if there

is a
full and complete WinXP install .iso with all updates, that I could
download. I can do torrent.

Thanks in advance.

BTW, Windows is better than linux on an SSD. 1) the pagefile can be
relocated, so wear does not happen in the same place. 2) There is file
system error checking. 3) the page file can be turned off with little

side
effect because it has 1.5 GB RAM.



I wondered about this myself. I usually load whatever I have handy,
then lay SP3 on top of it and let Microsoft send me the 100+ updates.
I haven't tried it but I wondered if I could just copy over all the
update files and load them.


Wouldn't this be WAIK/Sysprep material ?

I've never experimented, but I think IT technicians
build up systems the way they like them, then "re-seal"
them for distribution. Perhaps an approach like that
will give a pre-patched OS ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sysprep

Example of a tutorial.


http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/win...se-sysprep-to-
create-a-windows-xp-image/

Paul



  #6  
Old February 17th 16, 10:05 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Paul
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Default Full WinXP distro download

R.Wieser wrote:
Paul,

Wouldn't this be WAIK/Sysprep material ?


I've taken a look at the tutorial you provided a link to, but it mentions
explicitily that its usage is for systems with an identical configuration.

AFAIK that means that any hardware differences will not be tolerated.

But than again, I may be wrong there ...


A technique called "slipstreaming" might be what is needed. When I
googeled for "XP slipstream updates" the whole first page looks promising,
so enough information/tutorials to choose from. :-)

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


Yes, that might work, as long as all of the stuff
you download from Windows Update for the job, is in
a format suitable for the purpose.

Wsusoffline might work too, but you're not getting
every possible Windows Update offering that way. That
might give you security updates. And you'd need an
older version. I collected a copy of Wsusoffline at
the time, and prepared a USB stick with a WinXP folder
on it. The current version, might no longer have
WinXP as an option. You get security updates, but
you might not get optional updates. So if you
were expecting a TimeZone update file, that might
not be in the Wsusoffline collection.

Paul
  #7  
Old February 17th 16, 12:03 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Kerr Mudd-John
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Default Full WinXP distro download

On Wed, 17 Feb 2016 08:11:38 -0000, Paul wrote:

wrote:
On Tue, 16 Feb 2016 21:52:23 -0800, "Norm X"
wrote:

Hi,

Thanks group, for answers to my browser question.

NEW Question. I am a disabled person and because I worked for a
disabled person's charity, as a perk, I have a full set of Microsoft
product keys circa 2010. My WinXP install DVD is even older. When I
used it on this VM, and activated it legally, I was able to download
all updates. I have a netbook which is ergonomically perfect. I have
been using it with an external USB drive partitioned with various
linux flavors. Now I wish to repair again, with a third internal SSD.
WinXP would be perfect to install internally. Rather than start from
scratch, I'd like to ask if there is a full and complete WinXP
install .iso with all updates, that I could download. I can do torrent.

Thanks in advance.

BTW, Windows is better than linux on an SSD. 1) the pagefile can be
relocated, so wear does not happen in the same place. 2) There is file
system error checking. 3) the page file can be turned off with little
side effect because it has 1.5 GB RAM.

I wondered about this myself. I usually load whatever I have handy,
then lay SP3 on top of it and let Microsoft send me the 100+ updates.
I haven't tried it but I wondered if I could just copy over all the
update files and load them.


Wouldn't this be WAIK/Sysprep material ?

I've never experimented, but I think IT technicians
build up systems the way they like them, then "re-seal"
them for distribution. Perhaps an approach like that
will give a pre-patched OS ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sysprep

Example of a tutorial.

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/win...dows-xp-image/

Paul


You'd think someone would have made one already. Though getting a valid
torrent might be tricky these days.


--
Bah, and indeed, Humbug
  #8  
Old February 17th 16, 05:26 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
No_Name
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Default Full WinXP distro download

On Wed, 17 Feb 2016 03:11:38 -0500, Paul wrote:

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/win...dows-xp-image/

Paul



Thanks Paul, That is good to know
  #9  
Old February 17th 16, 06:48 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
philo
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Default Full WinXP distro download

On 02/17/2016 02:11 AM, Paul wrote:
wrote:
On Tue, 16 Feb 2016 21:52:23 -0800, "Norm X"
wrote:

Hi,

Thanks group, for answers to my browser question.

NEW Question. I am a disabled person and because I worked for a
disabled person's charity, as a perk, I have a full set of Microsoft
product keys circa 2010. My WinXP install DVD is even older. When I
used it on this VM, and activated it legally, I was able to download
all updates. I have a netbook which is ergonomically perfect. I have
been using it with an external USB drive partitioned with various
linux flavors. Now I wish to repair again, with a third internal SSD.
WinXP would be perfect to install internally. Rather than start from
scratch, I'd like to ask if there is a full and complete WinXP
install .iso with all updates, that I could download. I can do torrent.

Thanks in advance.

BTW, Windows is better than linux on an SSD. 1) the pagefile can be
relocated, so wear does not happen in the same place. 2) There is
file system error checking. 3) the page file can be turned off with
little side effect because it has 1.5 GB RAM.



I wondered about this myself. I usually load whatever I have handy,
then lay SP3 on top of it and let Microsoft send me the 100+ updates.
I haven't tried it but I wondered if I could just copy over all the
update files and load them.


Wouldn't this be WAIK/Sysprep material ?

I've never experimented, but I think IT technicians
build up systems the way they like them, then "re-seal"
them for distribution. Perhaps an approach like that
will give a pre-patched OS ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sysprep

Example of a tutorial.

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/win...dows-xp-image/


Paul




I once took an XP cd and used a slipstream utility of some sort to
create new install media with at least most of the updates already
installed.

Once I got a high speed connection however, to just let the thing update
on it;s own seemed like it was no big deal though
  #10  
Old February 17th 16, 11:15 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Bob F[_2_]
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Posts: 366
Default Full WinXP distro download

Paul wrote:
R.Wieser wrote:
Paul,

Wouldn't this be WAIK/Sysprep material ?


I've taken a look at the tutorial you provided a link to, but it
mentions explicitily that its usage is for systems with an identical
configuration. AFAIK that means that any hardware differences will not be
tolerated.

But than again, I may be wrong there ...


A technique called "slipstreaming" might be what is needed. When I
googeled for "XP slipstream updates" the whole first page looks
promising, so enough information/tutorials to choose from. :-)

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


Yes, that might work, as long as all of the stuff
you download from Windows Update for the job, is in
a format suitable for the purpose.

Wsusoffline might work too, but you're not getting
every possible Windows Update offering that way. That
might give you security updates. And you'd need an
older version. I collected a copy of Wsusoffline at
the time, and prepared a USB stick with a WinXP folder
on it. The current version, might no longer have
WinXP as an option. You get security updates, but
you might not get optional updates. So if you
were expecting a TimeZone update file, that might
not be in the Wsusoffline collection.


I tried slipstreaming XP using all the updates I could download from MS and
install from WSUS. Even after slipstreaming everything I could get into it from
MS, and running WSUS several times, I still had to run windows update a few
times before it ran out of things to install. The result was better than
anything I had before, but not what I was aiming for.

If you find a download that claims to be everything - watch out! It may be
infected.


  #11  
Old February 18th 16, 09:37 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
R.Wieser
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Posts: 1,302
Default Full WinXP distro download

Bob,

Even after slipstreaming everything I could get into it from
MS, and running WSUS several times, I still had to run windows
update a few times before it ran out of things to install. The result
was better than anything I had before, but not what I was aiming for.


And what happened when you made a new slip-streamed ISO, but now including
those later updates too ?

The reason of what you describe is that your computer does not
autonmatically downloads *all* updates. It instead tries to figure out what
you need, and only downloads that.

Ofcourse, that update changes things, sometimes causing the updater to find
another spot where an another, later, update could be placed.

But this also poses a problem: the way you retrieve updates means you only
get the ones your current system needs. Which may not be all the available
updates ...

In other words, to create a slipstream with all updates you might need to
download the updates from the MS server by hand (so you get all, and not
only the ones applicable to your current machine).

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


-- Origional message:
Bob F schreef in berichtnieuws
...
Paul wrote:
R.Wieser wrote:
Paul,

Wouldn't this be WAIK/Sysprep material ?

I've taken a look at the tutorial you provided a link to, but it
mentions explicitily that its usage is for systems with an identical
configuration. AFAIK that means that any hardware differences will not

be
tolerated.

But than again, I may be wrong there ...


A technique called "slipstreaming" might be what is needed. When I
googeled for "XP slipstream updates" the whole first page looks
promising, so enough information/tutorials to choose from. :-)

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


Yes, that might work, as long as all of the stuff
you download from Windows Update for the job, is in
a format suitable for the purpose.

Wsusoffline might work too, but you're not getting
every possible Windows Update offering that way. That
might give you security updates. And you'd need an
older version. I collected a copy of Wsusoffline at
the time, and prepared a USB stick with a WinXP folder
on it. The current version, might no longer have
WinXP as an option. You get security updates, but
you might not get optional updates. So if you
were expecting a TimeZone update file, that might
not be in the Wsusoffline collection.


I tried slipstreaming XP using all the updates I could download from MS

and
install from WSUS. Even after slipstreaming everything I could get into it

from
MS, and running WSUS several times, I still had to run windows update a

few
times before it ran out of things to install. The result was better than
anything I had before, but not what I was aiming for.

If you find a download that claims to be everything - watch out! It may be
infected.




  #12  
Old February 23rd 16, 05:06 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Bob F[_2_]
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Posts: 366
Default Full WinXP distro download

R.Wieser wrote:
Bob,

Even after slipstreaming everything I could get into it from
MS, and running WSUS several times, I still had to run windows
update a few times before it ran out of things to install. The result
was better than anything I had before, but not what I was aiming for.


And what happened when you made a new slip-streamed ISO, but now
including those later updates too ?


It seemed that some updates wouldn't slipstream in, and some were not available
for seperate download. I lost interest in the project.


 




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