Slipstreaming SP3

[MikeR]

Can I slipstream SP3 and install it with a new Win XP install, or do I have to do SP2
first?
Thanks,
Mike

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Can I slipstream SP3 and install it with a new Win XP install, or
do I have to do SP2 first?

You can integrate any service pack into a Windows XP CD/installation point
and use that to install Windows XP with said service pack level already
installed from the start.

You can also integrate many of the post-service pack patches.

If you are inexperienced in doing this - look into the "NLite" product - it
can do the work for you.

 

[Timothy Daniels]

You can integrate any service pack into a Windows XP CD/installation point and
use that to install Windows XP with said service pack level already installed
from the start.

Whaaaat? Now, in English, please answer if one can just add
a slipstreamed SP3 to a basic Win XP installation CD, or must one
first add a slipstreamed SP2 and then add the slipstreamed SP3.
IOW, is SP3 a summary of SP1 and SP2 and all patches after SP2?

*TimDaniels*

 

[DL]

If you read the MS sp pages you will see that it states the sp contains all
previous critical updates released

 

[MikeR]

You can integrate any service pack into a Windows XP CD/installation point
and use that to install Windows XP with said service pack level already
installed from the start.

You can also integrate many of the post-service pack patches.

If you are inexperienced in doing this - look into the "NLite" product - it
can do the work for you.

Thanks -
I wasn't sure if an earlier SP was a prerequisite.

 

[Timothy Daniels]

If you read the MS sp pages you will see that it states the sp contains all
previous critical updates released

Does that mean that
1) the basic WinXP installation CD can be slipstreamed with just SP3, and
2) the WinXP/SP2 installation CD can also be slipstreamed with SP3 to
give the same result?

I have both releases of WinXP Pro on Microsoft installation CDs.

*TimDaniels*

 

[Shenan Stanley]

<snipped>

Does that mean that
1) the basic WinXP installation CD can be slipstreamed with just
SP3, and 2) the WinXP/SP2 installation CD can also be slipstreamed
with SP3 to give the same result?

I have both releases of WinXP Pro on Microsoft installation CDs.

1) Yes. (Integrate - Slipstream may be the slang that took hold, but is not
accurately describing it IMHO.)
2) Yes. (Integrate - Slipstream may be the slang that took hold, but is not
accurately describing it IMHO.)

Now - installing SP3 onto a working Windows XP system requires SP1 or later
already be present.

Also - if you felt so inclined - you could take an RTM CD, integrate SP1a...
Then take the resultant CD and integrate SP2... Then take the resultant CD
and integrate SP3... Then take the resultant CD and integrate many post-SP3
patches.

You could create all sorts of unattended features and create a bootable DVD
if you desired to do so that wiped the driver clean, partitioned it,
formatted it and installed Windows XP w/SP3 and post-SP3 patches, FireFox,
OpenOffice (or any office product), Quicktime, Flash, Shockwave, Real
Alternative and just about any other software package you desired to
install - all without you ever touching anything beyond the initial change
to boot from CD.

It's the 'up and running Windows XP installation' that has the limitation of
having SP1 or greater installed before being able to install SP3 - not the
CD integration.

Advice:
- don't use a Windows Vista/Server 2008 machine when doing the integration.
- don't try to use a 64bit machine when doing the integration (I have no
reason for this - just sounds reasonable.)
- new to doing it - then use a tool like nLite the first time so you get a
good result.
(you can always learn the command line later if you desire.)

 

[Timothy Daniels]

"Shenan Stanley" snipped:

<snipped>

Thanks, Shenan. That is a "keeper".

*TimDaniels*