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?

John

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finished," then he sat down.

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> 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?

I have no idea how, but it's definitely possible.

Torrent sites sometimes have (obviously illegal) CDs for download with 
for example Windows XP SP2 with all security updates to date, WinRAR 
preinstalled, some security software preinstalled, some Windows service 
completely removed, etc. That's some heavy installer modifications they 
do...

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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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> 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...

And if you don't have too many CD-Rs to spare, experiment with 
rewritables :)

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Thanx to both Nicolas and Orchid for a fast response. I'll give it a try
tomorrow at *ork and see if I can produce anything.
(Soon to be available from this address: a collection of coasters with
beautiful fresnel refractions on one side and the Maxell (tm) logo on
the other :-) )

John

-- 
I will be brief but not nearly so brief as Salvador Dali, who gave the
world's shortest speech. He said, "I will be so brief I am already
finished," then he sat down.

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Doctor John wrote:
> Thanx to both Nicolas and Orchid for a fast response. I'll give it a try
> tomorrow at *ork and see if I can produce anything.

Good luck.

> (Soon to be available from this address: a collection of coasters with
> beautiful fresnel refractions on one side and the Maxell (tm) logo on
> the other :-) )

Ooo, I used to collect those...

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Doctor John wrote:
> If it is possible how's it done?

Google for "slipstream hotfix". The first link
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/814847
is for drivers, and the "see also" at the bottom talks about everything 
else. Note these are official Microsoft instructions, so they'll 
probably work OK. :-)

It looks non-trivial.

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