Slipstreaming SP3

[Clayton]

Is it ok to slipstream SP3 into a XP CD with no service packs on it? or do I
need to use a XP SP-2 CD?

 

[Bjarke Andersen]

Is it ok to slipstream SP3 into a XP CD with no service packs on it?
or do I need to use a XP SP-2 CD?

Servicepacks are cummilative, they include all of previouses fixes.

So in other words, no.

 

[flip]

Servicepacks are cummilative, they include all of previouses fixes.

So in other words, no.

 

[Bjarke Andersen]

Que? Gold CD?

I have successfully created install media with slipstreamed SP3 into XP
"Vanilla/Pre SP1" using the -s syntax.

 

[flip]

Que? Gold CD?

I have successfully created install media with slipstreamed SP3 into XP
"Vanilla/Pre SP1" using the -s syntax.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

SP3, unlike previous service packs, has a prerequisite. Do not slipstream
directly to XP Gold (original release with no service packs). SP3 requires
at least SP1 in order to slipstream. Slipstreaming will work but it will
not result in a correct OS when completed. Slipstream your original XP cd
and SP2 downloaded from MS and then slipstream SP3 to that.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

The slipstreaming works but that is not the issue. The resulting OS is
defective. This has been widely commented on before. That is why you
cannot upgrade from XP Gold to SP3 via Windows Update. If you try you
receive a blocker message that SP1 is the minimum requirement. This is
confirmed by MS.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

The real reason not to use XP Gold directly with SP3 is that the SP1 and SP2
installers wrote changes to the XP Gold kernel files that were not contained
in any updates before or since. For reasons known only to MS these changes
are not repeated by the SP3 installer and so to get a correct OS these old
changes need to be made before SP3 is applied; thus, the minimum requirement
of SP1 or later.

 

[- Bobb -]

Is it ok to slipstream SP3 into a XP CD with no service packs on it? or
do I need to use a XP SP-2 CD?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900871/en-us
"These tools help you run an in-place upgrade to Windows XP SP2 if the
original Windows Setup CD is an earlier version of Windows XP"

Lots of downloading then lots of copying - for SP2:
Wouldn't be similiar for SP3 ?

6. Type WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe /integrate:C:\XPCD, and then press
ENTER.
7.The Windows Service Pack 2 Setup Wizard starts and notifies you that
Windows XP SP2 files are being integrated into the Windows XP installation
folder.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

There is a different issue that does not relate to the process of
slipstreaming. The prerequisite for SP1 or later before applying SP3 has
nothing to do with any problem slipstreaming but with problems with the
resulting OS when installed using the slipstreamed media.

 

[- Bobb -]

got it

There is a different issue that does not relate to the process of
slipstreaming. The prerequisite for SP1 or later before applying SP3
has nothing to do with any problem slipstreaming but with problems with
the resulting OS when installed using the slipstreamed media.

 

[- Bobb -]

SP3, unlike previous service packs, has a prerequisite. Do not
slipstream directly to XP Gold (original release with no service packs).
SP3 requires at least SP1 in order to slipstream. Slipstreaming will
work but it will not result in a correct OS when completed. Slipstream
your original XP cd and SP2 downloaded from MS and then slipstream SP3
to that.

For a link on "how to do it", here's a good one:
http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/slipstream_sp2/slipstream_sp2.shtml
Result - CD with XP and SP2 on it.
THEN do it again when SP3 released - using that SP2 CD.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Yes, that works. I prefer nLite for its simplicity.

Also, although many slipstreaming programs apparently work when using Vista
x86 as the platform for slipstreaming XP, that also results in a bad copy of
XP SP3. The user must do the slipstreaming on XP x86 or he may not even be
able to enter the product key when he uses the slipstreamed cd to install a
copy of XP SP3 later. It has something to do with Vista's servicing stack,
as I recall.

The rules are slipstream with SP1 or SP2 as the base and slipstream on XP
x86.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Yes, that works. I prefer nLite for its simplicity.

Also, although many slipstreaming programs apparently work when
using Vista x86 as the platform for slipstreaming XP, that also
results in a bad copy of XP SP3. The user must do the
slipstreaming on XP x86 or he may not even be able to enter the
product key when he uses the slipstreamed cd to install a copy of
XP SP3 later. It has something to do with Vista's servicing stack,
as I recall.
The rules are slipstream with SP1 or SP2 as the base and slipstream
on XP x86.

Rules? You can slipstream a GOLD CD, SP1a CD or SP2 CD with SP3 and you
will get the same results.

Also - I always *grin*when I see "I use nLite (or some other application)
for it's simplicity." The /integrate switch always seemed pretty simplistic
to me. ;-)

Although - you have a point about slipstreaming while using Vista - although
I have no empirical evidence to suggest that nLite works where /integrate
fails in such cases.