Doctor John wrote:
> I am not a M$ lover and I only use it when forced to (Flight sims and
> Alien Crossfire) so apologies if this is a stupid question.
> I know it's possible to slipstream XP and sp2 if you don't have an XP
> SP2 disc but is it possible to then slipstream the necessary updates so
> that you don't have to sit waiting M$ update site to decide that "yes,
> this is an install from an old disc and if you bear with us we'll find
> the relevant updates and let you have them just as soon as we've
> finished our coffee break"
> If it is possible how's it done?

OK, this is from memory...

To slipstream a service pack, you use UPDATE.EXE and point it at the 
filesystem image of the XP installation disk. It figures out what files 
to update.

I'm pretty sure I've opened Task Manager during a Windoze Update session 
and seen an UPDATE.EXE process popping up, so I *think* it's a standard 
deployment mechanism. As a *guess* you might be able to manually 
download the necessary software patches, extract them [they're all 
self-extracting EXE files; read the CLI help] and manually run 
UPDATE.EXE in the same way you would for a normal slipstream.

I cannot, however, guarantee that you'll construct anything other than a 
coffee mat. ;-)

So go look up the exact slipstream instructions, extract a patch and see 
what you can do...

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