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Old September 15th 05, 05:31 PM
Rick Altman
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Default SP2 CD

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



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Old September 15th 05, 05:40 PM
FeMaster
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Google for "slip stream xp sp2"

It will cover what you are looking for...


"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





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Old September 15th 05, 05:47 PM
Billy
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Look here...

http://www.nliteos.com/

The software will "slipstream" SP2 with your XP CD and you can then burn a
new copy of XP with SP2 integrated.

"Rick Altman" wrote:

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




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Old September 15th 05, 05:49 PM
Ronnie Vernon MVP
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Rick Altman wrote:
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:
=20
- Perform the reinstall
- Apply the patch to SP2
=20
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.
=20
Thanks in advance for any direction that you can provide...
=20
=20
=20
Rick Altman
Pleasanton, CA


Rick

There are many different ways to accomplish creating a bootable XP CD =
with SP2 slipstreamed. Here are a couple of sites that have information. =


AutoStreamer
http://tinyurl.com/6p6ch

Universal Windows Slipstreaming and Bootable CD Guide:=20
http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?act...owarticle=3D49


--=20

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
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Old September 15th 05, 06:15 PM
Ed
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On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 09:31:30 -0700, "Rick Altman"
wrote:

Is there any way to create an SP2 CD from the
combined components of an original CD and the components of the downloaded
patch?


Yes there is. It is called Slipstreaming and can be done manually or
via some applications that put a GUI menu interface on the process.

I use nLite so I can slipstream the SP2 IT 266meg file in PLUS the
RyanVM HotFix Cab file which are all the post SP2 hotfixes which keeps
you from having to do all the updates online after the installation
(you are already up-to-date). PLUS... nLite lets you set certain OS
configuration options and Tweaks to the installation CD so it will
look and act the way you want after installation.

nLite is my suggestion since it lets you do so much more than just
slipstream the service pack.

Regards,
Ed
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Old September 15th 05, 06:48 PM
Peter
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Slipstream SP2 into your original CD - it works fine.

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



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Toronto, Canada
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"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





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Old September 15th 05, 07:32 PM
Rick Altman
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You guys all rock -- thank you all very much...


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Old September 16th 05, 01:19 PM
Plato
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Rick Altman wrote:

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


http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm
http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=295
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase...slipstream.asp



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