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| Thread ID: 123480 | 2012-02-27 17:39:00 | Slipstreaming XP Home with SP2 and SP3 - is SP2 needed? | braindead (1685) | Press F1 |
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| 1261729 | 2012-02-27 17:39:00 | I had heard that SP3 already contains everything from SP2 but I don't know if that's true. Thanks very much! |
braindead (1685) | ||
| 1261730 | 2012-02-27 18:26:00 | If you slipstream SP3 you don't need to slipstream SP2 as well. | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1261731 | 2012-02-27 19:17:00 | Cool ~ thank you pcuser42...much appreciated. | braindead (1685) | ||
| 1261732 | 2012-02-29 12:03:00 | I had heard that SP3 already contains everything from SP2 but I don't know if that's true. Thanks very much! SP3 does not include updates from previous service packs so you need SP2 installed before you can install SP3. E.g. You have Windows XP media with no service pack installed, if you install windows from that media you can install SP2 directly (SP1 updates are included in SP2) but you cannot install SP3 without installing SP2 first (SP3 does not contain the updates included in previous service packs) The same goes for slip-steaming the service packs in to the media, you need to create an SP2 install disk, and then slipstream SP3 in to that. |
Deimos (5715) | ||
| 1261733 | 2012-02-29 17:15:00 | SP3 does not include updates from previous service packs so you need SP2 installed before you can install SP3. E.g. You have Windows XP media with no service pack installed, if you install windows from that media you can install SP2 directly (SP1 updates are included in SP2) but you cannot install SP3 without installing SP2 first (SP3 does not contain the updates included in previous service packs) The same goes for slip-steaming the service packs in to the media, you need to create an SP2 install disk, and then slipstream SP3 in to that. Not true, only SP1 is required for installation of SP3. I've also heard of people successfully slipstreaming SP3 into vanilla XP discs. |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1261734 | 2012-02-29 19:41:00 | Unless convinced otherwise, I'm going to "believe" the poster who has the highest number of posts :) | braindead (1685) | ||
| 1261735 | 2012-02-29 19:45:00 | Not true, only SP1 is required for installation of SP3. I've also heard of people successfully slipstreaming SP3 into vanilla XP discs. Correct - SP3 has all the previous SPs & updates included and can be slipstreamed into a "vanilla" XP disc. If you are going to slipstream XP, grab nLite (www.nliteos.com) which will make the process a whole lot easier and it will create a nice bootable disc/iso at the end :) |
autechre (266) | ||
| 1261736 | 2012-02-29 19:51:00 | grab nLite (www.nliteos.com) I did - thank you :) |
braindead (1685) | ||
| 1261737 | 2012-02-29 23:56:00 | Unless convinced otherwise, I'm going to "believe" the poster who has the highest number of posts :) Believe the guys who made it: "Windows® XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) includes all previously released updates for the operating system." "Supported Operating Systems: Windows XP, Windows XP Home Edition , Windows XP Home Edition N, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional Edition, Windows XP Professional N, Windows XP Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows XP Tablet PC Edition" www.microsoft.com |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1261738 | 2012-03-03 08:47:00 | Weird, the first SP3 download I ever got was only 90MB and had no other service packs build in, but now I see the only available download is 350MB... | Deimos (5715) | ||
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