Remember that this article is based for an user benefit to use this License copy of Windows for Easy Installation. It helps to avoid driver and other application installation and make your job much easier. But remember that distributing any Windows CD, sharing disc, is illegal. It is an commercial product and everyone must user a License Windows Copy. Slipstreaming Windows is just an easy method of Windows Installation.
I found myself having to work several times to reinstall Windows XP on your PC to different customers. The situation is not per se but cumbersome, having to proceed once the installation is finished to complement the Sp2 (3 / 4 of the clients had bought the CD before SP2) is a big waste of time, especially if the PCs are more than one. So I had to 'carry out a "Slipstream" of Windows XP in order to save precious time.
Windows XP SP1 Slipstream
- The idea is to create a disc that will present few peculiarities:
- The disc will be bootable.
- The installation process will automatically.
- The latest Service Pack and all available updates will be integrated.
- Components and applications of your choice will be installed.
- The drivers necessary for the proper functioning of your peripherals will be preinstalled.
- A number of registry settings have been changed.
Of course, this list is not exhaustive! Note also that the installation process requires that he be made completely safe so that all updates have been made even before you make your first steps on the Web. Otherwise, the probability that in the few seconds following a Trojan is installed in the heart of your system is very high! Also, if you are under the obligation of having to reinstall your system throughout the long process of downloading updates and reinstalling applications will be greatly accelerated.
It is possible to create an installable version of Windows XP, as was the case with Windows 2000, directly integrating the latest service pack, this process is called Slipstreaming. Service Pack 2 incorporates many new features and capabilities is a major version of Windows. For this reason, many people will want to install this version directly the next time they install Windows XP, and thus gain the time needed to install the service pack.
The Slipstreaming was created by Microsoft when the company sought an elegant way of integrating service packs and various patches, so customers could always maintain an updated version and install it as well on new machines. For users on Slipstreaming is also interesting because, for example, you can copy the contents of your Windows XP CD to your hard drive, files incorporate Service Pack 2 and then rewrite it on a CD. This then gives you a bootable copy of Windows XP, as we shall see later.
The Slipstreaming is not limited to service packs, you can also integrate software updates and various hot-fixes. So let's see how to create this CD.
The installation process:
Here is a brief summary of key steps:
1) Install in text mode:
- Load drivers.
- Copy the necessary files into memory.
- Copy the contents of the directory $ OEM $.
- First reboot.
2) Installation in GUI mode (time remaining: 39 minutes):
- Install drivers.
- Installation of the network.
- Install menu.
- Registration of components.
- Execution of the instructions contained in the file Svcpack.inf (remaining time: 13 minutes).
- Execution of the instructions contained in the file cmdlines.txt (remaining time: 12 minutes).
- Execution of commands in the section [SetupParams] File winnt.sif (Time remaining: 9 minutes).
- Remove temporary files and restart the computer.
3) First login:
- Loading personal settings.
- Execution of the instructions contained in the [GuiRunOnce] file winnt.sif and RunOnceEx registry key.
- Load the Windows desktop.
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