[access-uk] Fw: [dolphinusers] making your own prepatched XP Sp2 setup CD
- From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 11:45:25 +0100
I knew that merging SP1 with the orignal XP was possible, but
acording to Fred Langer, who describes the process below, its
possible to do the same with SP2. Very useful, especially if you
are still on dial-up.
Ray
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Johan Louw
To: <dolphinusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [dolphinusers] making your own prepatched XP Sp2 setup
CD
Hi All,
A little lengthy and off topic, however I think you might find
this
interesting.
With Kind Regards
Johan
Information from Fred Langa
http://langa.com
making your own "prepatched" setup CD is surprisingly
easy--- a point and click exercise with only a few geeky parts.
Your
hybrid install CD will work exactly as the original one did, even
to
the
point of using the same 25-character Product Key, but it will be
completely up to date with all patches and updates, up to and
including
SP2. Any system you set up with the hybrid CD will be pre-patched
to
current levels, in one step. You'll be totally up to date from
the
start,
rather than facing maybe an hour or more of additional downloads
to
bring
the new installation or reinstallation to SP2 levels.
You only need three things to get started:
1) Your original, legitimate XP setup CD. (Almost any variation
of an
original setup CD will work: Pro or Home; retail or OEM; full
install
CD
or upgrade CD; etc.).
2) A CD burner, blank CD, and software capable of creating a
bootable
CD
(eg. Nero, Roxio, etc.)
3) About a gigabyte of free space on your hard drive for
temporary
file
storage. (This space can be recovered after you've made your new
CD.)
I've posted a fully-illustrated step-by-step guide to producing
your
own
up-to-date installation CD at
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=47212
312 .
Every critical step is accompanied by a screen shot so you'll
know
exactly what to expect. I've included live links to the (free)
downloads
you'll need to create the CD, and also included links to other
sites
that
discuss the same process, so if my method doesn't work for you,
for
any
reason, you can find another that will.
I've already used my own updated installation CD here, and it was
very
cool to set up a new XP PC and see the process end, in one step,
with
a
complete, up-to-date SP2 setup, with no additional downloads or
patches
needed.
Check it out---all the information you need to make your own,
full
pre-
patched XP installation CD is at
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=47212
312 .
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