Windows XP question

[Hitchhiker]

I have gathered to me an old copy of Windows XPpro (before the sp's)
and the 6 boot discs needed for a reformat. With success more times
than not, I know it all works. I am able to do the Windows update and
retrieve the online sp2 updates everytime.
Well, almost everytime. The last time I tried to get the windows
updates I was helping a friend with their computer, a different brand
name than my own, and I had to almost literally jump through hoops to
get the windows updates.
I didn't much care for the experience and would rather not do it
again. I just downloaded and saved to disc the file
WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU. All 266mb's of it...

My questions are this: When I decide to reformat with the old copy of
Windows XP pro with the 6 boot discs, and it has finished; when I
double click the file WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU (the icon looks like
a DOS program icon) to install it, does my computer have to be
connected to the internet for the installation, or would I be wasting
my time trying to do this in the first place?

I have come across a website about slip streaming but I am not
computer savey enough to follow the easy to understand instructions
provided for the slip streaming process.

 

[Keith AH]

To answer your question No if you have the 266 mbs that is the full SP2
Why do you need to us boot disk your Win XP CD should be bootable just bot
to it and install