Bacardi

Thanks, Pierre.
I just came here to say that a simple google search had given me all data I needed.
Finally a bit of Command-lines work!

The Coach

TackTech has really good up to date articles; http://www.tacktech.com/Software.cfm

Look under Windows 2000/XP/2003 and you'll find examples of how to burn the final disk with software like EasyCD, Nero, UltraIso and WinIso.


Where do you start?

First article that is important to read is this one (FAQ); http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=313

The next article that is of interest is this one (Slipstreaming); http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=295

After you've created the disc image, it's time to burn it.
Go back to the first link that I posted earlier ( http://www.tacktech.com/Software.cfm ) and select the article that explain how to burn the CD with the software that you have.

I used the TackTech method, because it worked quite well when I had to stream SP1 some year ago.

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Other solution is AutoStreamer (freeware) by NeoWin;

http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.ph...ic=188337&st=0

You need you files from your original installation disc and the service pack and autostream will combine both into a CD image (ISO I think)

I browsed the forum and found two posts that might interest you Erik;

i just used this program on my xp w/sp2 machine to slipstream sp2 onto my old sp1 slipstreamed cd and it worked like a charm thanks.

[i]I currently finished slipstreaming SP2 ontop of XP cd w/ SP1. I'm gonna try it out in VMWare and see how it works.

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Finished installation and everything went well. I guess it's okay to slipstream SP2 over SP1.[i]

It seems that Autostreamer works well for most people.
My advice would be; backup your system on an other partition, before you try out your new XP SP2 installation disc (I use Norton Ghost), because not every was lucky.

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Other option is Nlite (freeware);

Difference between Autostreamer and Nlite?

Nlite can make some kind of custom made installation disc.
Read more about it here: http://nuhi.msfn.org/guide/


And how turned out my slipstream project? Great. Everything works and even got rid of two major annoyances that I had on my old system like missing text on some web pages in IE and crashes related to my graphics driver.

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Btw, before I tried SP2 on my existing system (no slipstream, direct update) to see how well it would behave and what kind of problems I could expect with this new service pack. I was amazed to see (any many people had the same experience) how well the system behaved after the update. Lots and lots of people couldn't find anything that didn't work. My advice though when you want to try this on your own system;

a) make a backup of your OS partition (I used Norton Ghost)
b) close all programs in the system bar
c) stop all non-Microsoft services (control panel, administrative tools, services)
d) kill all non-Microsoft processes using the task manager
e) install service pack 2
f) reboot and check event log (control panel, administrative tools. event viewer)

Good luck Erik

The Coach

8))

Bacardi

Hehe. Good..Must have lost that indication there was a new post here.

Looks like I'll wait a bit, seen the long list of apps that have problems with this sp2...
I'm shure not even all of them are listed...

BTW: do you know whether that limit of 2GB ram has been changed now?

\:]

ladyfinger007

AFAIk, the 2GB limit will be gone only with XP64bits, a 64bits Photoshop, on a 64bits processors , like current AMD 64 processors (and opterons), and future intel P4"F" ones (well, technically, the new Xeon supports it, but there are not so many out there).

In theory it is possible to use a software switch to use 3Gigs, but Photoshop is still limited to 2gigs , and it is not so stable...