Service Pack 3

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Downloaded SP3 from Technet home page, slipsteamed it into xp sp2, all went
fine.
Proceded to install it to customers PC and got to the point where it asks
for the product key, entered the one from the sticker on the case, and it
comes back numver invalid. Tried a number from another sticker with same
result.

Any ideas?
 
I thought it was the final release, in technet subscriber top downloads
as:
en_windows_xp_service_pack_3_x86_cd_x14-60489.iso
Windows XP Service Pack 3 (x86) - CD (English)
 
Downloaded SP3 from Technet home page, slipsteamed it into xp sp2, all went
fine.
Proceded to install it to customers PC and got to the point where it asks
for the product key, entered the one from the sticker on the case, and it
comes back numver invalid. Tried a number from another sticker with same
result.

Any ideas?
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Did you slipstream SP3 into a CD of the same type/Language as the COA
sticker?

Meaning, if the sticker is for OEM english, then you must slipstream
SP3 into an OEM English version of XP.
If the Number is for Full Retail Package, then you slipstream SP3 into
a Full Retail Package CD.

Got the idea?

Good luck.
 
all was fine with slipstream, found the answer talking to technet support, it
needed
a technet serial number, not the original sp2 one
 
MikeSD said:
Downloaded SP3 from Technet home page, slipsteamed it into xp sp2,
all went fine.
Proceded to install it to customers PC and got to the point where
it asks for the product key, entered the one from the sticker on
the case, and it comes back numver invalid. Tried a number from
another sticker with same result.

Any ideas?
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cornedbeef007-groups said:
Did you slipstream SP3 into a CD of the same type/Language as the
COA sticker?

Meaning, if the sticker is for OEM english, then you must slipstream
SP3 into an OEM English version of XP.
If the Number is for Full Retail Package, then you slipstream SP3
into a Full Retail Package CD.
Click to expand...
all was fine with slipstream, found the answer talking to technet
support, it needed a technet serial number, not the original sp2 one
Click to expand...

Did you slipstream SP3 into a Technet Windows XP SP2 CD then? And not the
same version that was represented by the sticker on the machine?

(As far as I know - there is *not* a 'technet version' of SP3. SP3 is SP3
is SP3. You can take SP3 and integrate it into a Retail, OEM, Upgrade,
MSDN, Technet or Volume Licensed CD and that CD maintains its licensing
status and accepts the same keys it always has accepted.)

So please clarify what you did - as not to further confuse the topic that is
sure to become a hot one over the next few weeks...

What original Windows XP SP2 CD (referenced in your original posting) did
you utilize in your SP3 slipstream experiment? Was it an OEM CD like came
with the machine you later tried to install upon (the one where you tried to
utilize the number from the sticker as the product key) or was it a Technet
downloaded Windows XP SP2 CD?

( Yes - cornedbeef007-groups already asked this - but I have not seen a
direct answer. ;-) )
 
MikeSD said:
all was fine with slipstream, found the answer talking to technet support, it
needed
a technet serial number, not the original sp2 one
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What part of this does not scare anyone else other than MikeSD?
A problematic download from a non Microsoft site, and a cd key that is
not your licensed key?
 
BigJim is just behind a bit. He doesn't know that the final is on TechNet
and MSDN.
 
BigJim said:
Ok I might be a bit behind times but I looked and can't find SP3 on
MS website. All other releases came via
auto update or from MS IT site.
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You are ahead the times...

The announcements that can be found in various places clearly stated it was
RTM'd (released to manufacturing) on April 21, 2008 and would be released to
the public about April 29, 2008 (notice today is April 24, 2008) and then
later to Automatic Updates...
 
At this point you have to be an MSDN or TechNet subscriber to see it. It
will not be on WU or Windows Downloads until the end of the month.
 
Correction: Microsoft Downloads.

Colin Barnhorst said:
At this point you have to be an MSDN or TechNet subscriber to see it. It
will not be on WU or Windows Downloads until the end of the month.
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Thanks. I'm sure it will show up eventually, and someone else in this
or another thread reminded me it might be good to let people test it a
bit, referencing Vista SP1 issues. But thanks for your input all the
same.
 
If the slipstreaming is done in any OS other than XP x86 you may well get
screwed up product key effects. For example, it is known by MS that doing
the slipstreaming in Vista can cause wierd stuff like an OEM disk suddenly
requiring a VLK product key.
 
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