Integrate Service Pack 2 Into A Windows CD

InactiveX · Post by **InactiveX** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 12:43 pm

This is a very useful and clearly-written guide on how to "slipstream" Service Pack 2 into a Windows installation CD.

Click Here

A slipstreamed CD will allow you to install Windows normally from a bootable CD, but the SP2 files will be used to begin with. This will save installation time, particularly if, like me, you do a lot of installs.

The procedure is very simple and only takes half an hour or so, including burning a new install CD.

RRLedford · Post by **RRLedford** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 5:52 pm

Thanks so much for this posting!
This fills the void that Microsoft creates by taking no responsibility for immediately integrating the fixes for their flaws into their S/W at the installation level. Month afer month they allow their bogus and flawed S/W to be the only install option available, passing the responsibility for the integration of available fixes down to the end user level. This sick marketing concemt must soon die, but until then, posts like this make our lives a little more bearable!!

Post by **Derek** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 10:46 pm

Thank you for posting this InactiveX!

And what RR said

purrkur · Post by **purrkur** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 6:27 am

RRLedford wrote:Thanks so much for this posting!
This fills the void that Microsoft creates by taking no responsibility for immediately integrating the fixes for their flaws into their S/W at the installation level. Month afer month they allow their bogus and flawed S/W to be the only install option available, passing the responsibility for the integration of available fixes down to the end user level. This sick marketing concemt must soon die, but until then, posts like this make our lives a little more bearable!!

I have read somewhere that it takes only about 20 minutes average for a computer to be compromised that has been hooked to the net with a fresh XP installation on it. That, my friends is a joke. What is even a bigger joke is the "trusted computing" stuff that MS is flagging and telling everybody that they are "on top of security". If you are paying hard earned cash for an OS, then this type of problem shouldn't even exist.

InactiveX · Post by **InactiveX** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 3:20 pm

I'm glad you found the link useful.

purrkur: I've just read this article which mentions the 20 minute average time it takes to become infected.

hyperspace · Post by **hyperspace** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 11:43 am

purrkur wrote:
RRLedford wrote:Thanks so much for this posting!
This fills the void that Microsoft creates by taking no responsibility for immediately integrating the fixes for their flaws into their S/W at the installation level. Month afer month they allow their bogus and flawed S/W to be the only install option available, passing the responsibility for the integration of available fixes down to the end user level. This sick marketing concemt must soon die, but until then, posts like this make our lives a little more bearable!!
I have read somewhere that it takes only about 20 minutes average for a computer to be compromised that has been hooked to the net with a fresh XP installation on it. That, my friends is a joke. What is even a bigger joke is the "trusted computing" stuff that MS is flagging and telling everybody that they are "on top of security". If you are paying hard earned cash for an OS, then this type of problem shouldn't even exist.

A fresh XP install will shutdown/reboot in a few seconds if none of the Critical Updates have been downloaded or installed. We see this all the time when new ADSL Customers start using their ADSL service. MSBlaster or Sasser WORMs are usually the culprit. Many of them think it is caused by the DSL service.

UNIX is the best, as this OS was designed for security from from the very beginning.

alang · Post by **alang** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 10:19 pm

Yep, I can confirm that shut down business. Install XP home on my nephew's system, didn't turn on the firewall. Four minutes after powering up the DSL modem, it was shutting down. I was bypassing my router, which has a firewall active within) because Neph's PC lacks a NIC interface so I had to use the USB port.

davd_bob · Post by **davd_bob** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 4:05 am

I alwasy install NAV or something after an MS-OS install before connecting to the net. Ive never had ahything at home but dialup and the updates on anti-virus and WIndows are both a real pain, but I do them anyway.

the_flames · Post by **the_flames** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 9:43 pm

I find that Nlite does the slipstream quite nicely, and it evens makes the sio's for you aswell

http://nuhi.msfn.org/nlite.html

did I mention additioal drivers can integrated, and Windows component's can be removed

the_flames · Post by **the_flames** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 12:01 pm

oops should of read the artical before posting :O

heres a guide to do it by hand if you want

http://www.windows-help.net/WindowsXP/w ... ootcd.html