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I doubt there'd be all that much difference in performance between the gaming and standard editions of DirectX in your case, as the tweaks in the gaming version are for games that wouldn't run on the ancient hardware you mentioned. Yes, Kel's pack are added on the hotfix page (it will take addons with .cab .zip .rar and .7z compression). Daemon tools is installed in 2 parts as the SPTD driver (which requires a reboot) must be installed before the Daemon Tools application can be installed. You should only install VMware tools on a virtual machine, it won't install on real hardware (it's basically a set of drivers for the virtual machine's "hardware"). You should install VMware server 1.0.10, though note that VM clients take a severe performance hit unless you CPU has hardware based virtualization capabilities (2006 or later CPUs may have it). The service pack does come with some drivers, especially motherboard and networking drivers, so they were probably already there. Yes, the browser plugins will find your Mozilla applications. Um, I currently have it set up to install the K-Lite mega codec pack in batch 2, so I'm not sure what you're asking here. If you mean just changing to the standard version of the pack, I can't see any reason why that wouldn't work. I suspect the K-Lite pack would have all the updates to the MS codec packs. Oops, the curse of copy and paste, drop the (x86) bit, the line should be ["%ProgramFiles%\DAEMON Tools Toolbar\uninst.exe" /S] MenuReorg.bat is in the \Misc folder, move it to the \AddOns folder to use it. It's only a set of move instructions to tidy up the start menu and organise the programs into logical groups. Actually I'm not using Virtual PC 2007 in Windows 2000, rather I've got VirtualBox, VirtualPC and VMware server on my Windows XP x64 edition desktop (Q9450 Core 2 Quad, 8GB RAM, built 2008) where I do almost all my testing. I don't recommend installing any of these virtualization programs on an ancient PC as any virtual machine will be too slow to be usable. DOSbox would still be OK if you want to play Doom 2 though.

For files that you can't delete, sometimes errors in the ACLs (Access Control List) creep in during installation, try issuing the command "chkdsk c: /x" replying "y " and rebooting, more often than not that will clear such things up. I just setup two accounts when doing a W2K install, the base Administrator account and a user account, imaginatively called "User". Unlike Windows XP there isn't anything particularly special about the "Administrator" account under Windows 2000. For reference here's my "Last Session_U.ini" Any printer or scanner you install should be available to all users. Yes, the *.cab files from winaddons.com are added at the same page in nLite as the Microsoft hotfixes. Technically they are not in fact slipstreamed, rather they are run as unattended installers at T-13 (along with certain hotfixes). On the CD you can find them at \I386\svcpack, note that they are run in the order that they are listed in nLite, you might notice in my "Last Session.ini" file I have put a leading letter to force them into a set order (most of the time this won't matter though). Another good source is the RyanVM forums. Mind you some programs don't like being executed at T-13, for instance the K-Lite Mega Codec pack wants DirectX 9c installed first. In my guide I put all the (standard/default) official Microsoft installers (and Adobe Flash player for I.E.) at \RunOnce and all optional third party installers (and Microsoft Silverlight) at AddOns, it's a simple way of spliting software into core operating system and optional (although often very useful) classes. In some ways HFslip is more powerful than nLite, for instance it can slipstream WMP9 and DirectX 9c into Windows 2000, however it's not exactly user friendly.

Molecule: I don't know where those "share violations" you've encountered would have come from, I've never encountered them in my testing (mostly in VM's but also on some real machines). The "Last Session.ini" file doesn't get written to the registry or anything like that. It's main purpose is troubleshooting and/or so you can simply reload it rather than re-entering all your settings. I know that there are projects that allow you to install Windows from a USB stick (mainly useful for netbooks), although I haven't tried them myself: Your hard drive doesn't have to be in any particular configuration, the install CD includes a basic partitioning tool that allows you to create and delete partitions and choose which partition to install to. However you shouldn't change the HDD order after installing as that will confuse the bootloader. You can install to a FAT32 partition but I don't recommend it (pure data storage could be FAT32) as using the file access permissions under NTFS and running as a limited user will defeat 92% of known attack vectors (the guide I've written in the CD root directory gives tips on running as a limited user). I personally allocate 32GB as a boot partition and the rest of my storage as data (on my XP x64 system, almost half of that is still free), if you're not intending to install much additional software you might get away with as little as 16GB. Note that you can right click on the "My Documents" folder under Windows Explorer and have it point to a folder on your data partition or disk. Yes, in theory you could do the RunOnce installs from a separate partition on the hard drive, as the search for Run1_W2K.bat doesn't care if it's on a CD or a HDD (I haven't tried it though), just make sure that the folder layout is the same and pull any card reader before installing (an empty card reader will cause an invalid drive error and halt the drive search) .

July updates Deletions: Hotfix\508-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2121546-x64-ENU.exe Hotfix\596-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2476687-x64-ENU.exe Hotfix\692-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2525694-x64-ENU.exe Replace: @ ▼ RunOnce\install_flash_player_ax.exe 3,120,288 Updated 28 June Additions: @ ▼ Hotfix\692-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2555917-x64-ENU.exe .. 4,358,016 MS11-054 - Kernel-Mode Drivers @ . . . Hotfix\696-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2507938-x64-ENU.exe . . . 935,808 MS11-056 - Client/Server Run-time Subsystem (CSRSS) Also added Dexpot to the supported applications list.

June 2011 updates Deletions: RunOnce\dotNetFx_Yumeyao.exe RunOnce\vcredist_x86_2005sp1.exe RunOnce\vcredist_x86_2008sp1.exe Additions: Download from MediaFire dotNetFx_Yumeyao_Jun11.exe (.Net 1.1 SP1 & .Net 2.0 SP2) and save it to \RunOnce (see notes part 4 for other options). MD5: 3652CEBFFEBC9026B4BA517212092A31 SHA-1: 309B10139A86AE601728ABA20B6F64EC04AD8E42 RunOnce\vcredist_x86_2005sp1c.exe . . . . . . . . . . 2,707,352 Optional, Visual C++ 2005 SP1 runtime must be manually renamed - updated 7 June RunOnce\vcredist_x86_2008sp1c.exe . . . . . . . . . . 4,479,832 Optional, Visual C++ 2008 SP1 runtime must be manually renamed - updated 7 June Microsoft update will prompt you to install KB973923 but all that does is add an outdated version of ATL80.dll (from Visual C++ 2005 SP1) to WinSxS. Other changes: Adobe Flash ActiveX must be downloaded separately as it's the only thing that regularly updates (4 times last month). The torent now includes everything (except Adobe Flash ActiveX). The silent installer for Grant Access created by dedalo27 is now used. Added Libre Office to the supported applications list.

June updates Deletions: Hotfix\ 88-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB943055-x64-ENU.exe Hotfix\176-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB967715-x64-ENU.exe Hotfix\640-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2506223-x64-ENU.exe Hotfix\644-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2511455-x64-ENU.exe Hotfix\652-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2503658-x64-ENU.exe Hotfix\904-IE8-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2497640-x64-ENU.exe RunOnce\NDP20SP2-KB2446704-v2-x64.exe RunOnce\vcredist_x86_2005sp1b.exe RunOnce\vcredist_x64_2005sp1b.exe RunOnce\NDP40-KB2416472-x64.exe RunOnce\NDP40-KB2446708-x64.exe RunOnce\vcredist_x86_2008sp1b.exe RunOnce\vcredist_x64_2008sp1b.exe Additions: @ . . . Hotfix\672-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2544893-x64-ENU.exe .. 1,476,480 MS11-037 - MHTML @ . . . Hotfix\676-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2535512-x64-ENU.exe . . . 761,728 MS11-042 - Distributed File System @ . . . Hotfix\680-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2536276-x64-ENU.exe .. 1,091,456 MS11-043 - SMB Client @ . . . Hotfix\684-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2476490-x64-ENU.exe .. 1,476,992 MS11-038 - OLE Automation @ . . . Hotfix\688-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2503665-x64-ENU.exe . . . 805,248 MS11-046 - Ancillary Function Driver @ ▼ Hotfix\692-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2525694-x64-ENU.exe .. 4,363,648 MS11-041 - Kernel-Mode Drivers # ▼ Hotfix\904-IE8-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2530548-x64-ENU.exe 42,733,952 MS11-050 - Cumulative Security Update @ . . . Hotfix\912-IE8-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2544521-x64-ENU.exe . 1,319,808 MS11-052 - Vector Markup Language @ ▼ RunOnce\install_flash_player_ax.exe 3,120,288 Updated 14 June # ▼ RunOnce\NDP20SP2-KB2478658-x64.exe . 5,166,952 MS11-039 - XAML Browser Applications (XBAPs) # ▼ RunOnce\NDP20SP2-KB2518864-x64.exe 34,192,744 MS11-044 - XAML Browser Applications (XBAPs) @ ▼ RunOnce\vcredist_x86_2005sp1c.exe . . . 2,707,352 Visual C++ 2005 SP1 32-bit Must be manually renamed - Updated 7 June @ ▼ RunOnce\vcredist_x64_2005sp1c.exe . . . 3,175,832 Visual C++ 2005 SP1 64-bit Must be manually renamed - Updated 7 June @ ▼ RunOnce\vcredist_x86_2008sp1c.exe . . . 4,479,832 Visual C++ 2008 SP1 32-bit Must be manually renamed - Updated 7 June @ ▼ RunOnce\vcredist_x64_2008sp1c.exe . . . 5,207,896 Visual C++ 2008 SP1 64-bit Must be manually renamed - Updated 7 June # ▼ RunOnce\NDP40-KB2468871-v2-x64.exe 28,640,160 Update Rollup # ▼ RunOnce\NDP40-KB2518870-x64.exe . . . 34,988,392 MS11-044 - XAML Browser Applications (XBAPs) As expected this month's update is a tad late, mainly due to 3 factors: I only got home from an overseas trip on the 17th. On getting home I had to first rebuild my system after a hard drive failure / broken array (and there are few things more terrifying than a string of BIOS beeps when doing a system rebuild). As seen above there were quite a few updates this month. I can't be the only one to have noticed a definite cadence to Microsoft's patch cycle of late, very quiet one month, absolutely hectic the next.

As noted above I'm currently away and won't get home until the 17th, also as I suffered a hard drive failure just before leaving (thankfullly my backup was current) I will have to rebuild my system before updating the post and torrent for June.

May updates Deletions: Hotfix\ 052-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB924667-v2-x64-ENU.exe Hotfix\ 552-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2388210-x64-ENU.exe RunOnce\vcredist_x86_2005sp1a.exe Addition: @ . . . Hotfix\668-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2492386-x64-ENU.exe .. 1,852,288 Application Compatibility Update directx_Jun2010_redist.exe was re-released on the 18th of April, but if you already have it there is no need to redownload it. Applications and other changes: Kelsenellenelvian has released a new version of his x64 CPL bonus pack, it now integrates correctly. Added Libre Office, the community fork of Open Office. Moved MenuReorg.bat to \Misc and added a custom boot.ini to \Misc, if they are moved to \Addons they will be implemented. Will now defrag %SystemDrive% by default if NOT a VirtualBox install. Removed the poll for now in order to reset it. I will be away from the 25th of May until the 15th of June, so the next update will be a bit late.

It seems that there are some major issues with the recently released Visual C++ redistributables, most notably that they break applications on Windows 2000 but there are plenty of other problems as well, hence I expect that they will be re-released at some stage (hopefully before the next patch Tuesday). On further investigation QuickTime Lite was wiping out the latest VC++ 2005 sp1 update, but the workaround given of installing the previous version as well works for now, although you could dump the previous version and modify Run2_XP-64.bat instead (if there's no fix before then, this change will be in next month's update): %Source%AddOns\QT_Lite-410.exe /Silent /NoRestart If exist %Source%AddOns\QT_Lite-410.exe %Source%RunOnce\vcredist_x86_2005sp1b.exe /Q

If you put your modified boot.ini file on the install media in (for this example) a subdirectory AddOns, add the following code to RunOnce: Attrib -S -H %SystemDrive%\boot.ini Copy %Source%AddOns\boot.ini %SystemDrive%\ Attrib +S +H %SystemDrive%\boot.ini Might I suggest: [boot loader] timeout=240 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional - DEP Opt Out" /noexecute=optout /fastdetect multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional - DEP Opt In" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

A couple of errors crept into this months update list: KB956744 (MS09-044) is in fact still needed, on Friday I got an automated email from Microsoft stating that it wasn't needed then on Sunday I got another email stating that it was. If you used UpdatePrep.bat to clean up your hotfix list it should be in the Misc folder, just move it back to RunOnce. I pasted the wrong direct download links for the updated versions of the Visual C++ 2008 sp1 runtimes. I normally click on the links to check that I put in the right one, but when all the C++ runtimes have the same filename, it makes it possible to miss that you got it wrong. For some reason the 32-bit version of the updated Visual C++ 2005 sp1 runtime doesn't install correctly (unlike all previous versions). One has to install the previous version (KB973544) and then install the current version (KB2467175) over it. To make it easier to keep the current versions of the Visual C++ runtimes organised, I'm changing the naming convention. When updates come the new files will have their trailing letter advanced. As the 2005 & 2008 Visual C++ sp1 runtimes are on at least their 2nd update they are in the form vcredist_x**_200*_sp1b.exe. The current Visual C++ runtimes files are: @ ▼ vcredist_x86_2005sp1a.exe . . . 2,745,256 Visual C++ 2005 SP1 32-bit Must be manually renamed @ ▼ vcredist_x86_2005sp1b.exe . . . 2,700,112 Visual C++ 2005 SP1 32-bit Must be manually renamed - Updated 12 April @ ▼ vcredist_x64_2005sp1b.exe . . . 3,182,928 Visual C++ 2005 SP1 64-bit Must be manually renamed - Updated 12 April @ ▼ vcredist_x86_2008sp1b.exe . . . 4,481,368 Visual C++ 2008 SP1 32-bit Must be manually renamed - Updated 12 April @ ▼ vcredist_x64_2008sp1b.exe . . . 5,208,408 Visual C++ 2008 SP1 64-bit Must be manually renamed - Updated 12 April @ ▼ vcredist_x86_2010sp1.exe . . . . 4,995,416 Visual C++ 2010 SP1 32-bit Must be manually renamed @ ▼ vcredist_x64_2010sp1.exe . . . . 5,673,816 Visual C++ 2010 SP1 64-bit Must be manually renamed

April 2011 updates Deletions: Hotfix\092-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB945553-x64-ENU.exe Hotfix\108-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB951748-x64-ENU.exe Hotfix\136-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB956803-x64-ENU.exe Hotfix\288-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB958869-x64-ENU.exe Hotfix\396-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB980232-x64-ENU.exe Hotfix\488-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2141007-x64-ENU.exe Hotfix\492-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2259922-x64-ENU.exe Hotfix\600-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2479628-x64-ENU.exe Hotfix\612-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2485376-x64-ENU.exe Hotfix\904-IE8-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2482017-x64-ENU.exe Hotfix\908-IE8-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB976662-x64-ENU.exe Hotfix\912-IE8-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB981332-x64-ENU.exe RunOnce\NDP20SP2-KB983583-x64.exe RunOnce\NDP40-KB2160841-x64.exe RunOnce\WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB956744-x64-ENU.exe RunOnce\WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB980195-x64-ENU.exe Replacements: @ ▼ RunOnce\install_flash_player_ax.exe 2,872,992 Updated 15 April @ ▼ RunOnce\vcredist_x86_2005sp1b.exe . . . . 2,700,112 Visual C++ 2005 SP1 32-bit Must be manually renamed - Updated 12 April @ ▼ RunOnce\vcredist_x64_2005sp1b.exe . . . . 3,182,928 Visual C++ 2005 SP1 64-bit Must be manually renamed - Updated 12 April @ ▼ RunOnce\vcredist_x86_2008sp1b.exe . . . . 4,481,368 Visual C++ 2008 SP1 32-bit Must be manually renamed - Updated 12 April @ ▼ RunOnce\vcredist_x64_2008sp1b.exe . . . . 5,208,408 Visual C++ 2008 SP1 64-bit Must be manually renamed - Updated 12 April Additions: @ . . . Hotfix\624-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2524375-x64-ENU.exe . . . 677,760 Fraudulent Digital Certificates @ . . . Hotfix\628-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2485663-x64-ENU.exe . . . 935,808 MS11-033 - WordPad Text Converters @ . . . Hotfix\632-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2508429-x64-ENU.exe .. 1,044,864 MS11-020 - SMB Server @ ▼ Hotfix\636-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2506212-x64-ENU.exe .. 3,200,384 MS11-024 - Fax Cover Page Editor @ ▼ Hotfix\640-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2506223-x64-ENU.exe .. 4,361,600 MS11-034 - Kernel-Mode Drivers @ . . . Hotfix\644-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2511455-x64-ENU.exe .. 1,092,480 MS11-019 - SMB Client @ . . . Hotfix\648-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2491683-x64-ENU.exe . . . 773,504 MS11-024 - Fax Cover Page Editor @ . . . Hotfix\652-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2503658-x64-ENU.exe .. 1,476,992 MS11-026 - MHTML @ . . . Hotfix\656-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2507618-x64-ENU.exe . . . 873,344 MS11-032 - OpenType Compact Font Format @ . . . Hotfix\660-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2412687-x64-ENU.exe .. 2,359,680 MS11-029 - GDI+ @ ▼ Hotfix\664-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2509553-x64-ENU.exe .. 3,256,192 MS11-030 - DNS Resolution # ▼ Hotfix\904-IE8-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2497640-x64-ENU.exe 42,722,688 MS11-018 - Cumulative Security Update @ . . . Hotfix\908-IE8-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2510531-x64-ENU.exe 2,476,928 MS11-031 - JScript & VBScript Scripting Engines @ . . . RunOnce\WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2508272-x64-ENU.exe . . 675,200 MS11-027 - ActiveX Kill Bits - Cumulative # ▼ RunOnce\NDP20SP2-KB2446704-v2-x64.exe 27,508,080 MS11-028 - XAML Browser Applications (XBAPs) # ▼ RunOnce\NDP40-KB2446708-x64.exe . . . 24,271,208 MS11-028 - XAML Browser Applications (XBAPs) Notes: Yipe, well that has to set some sort of record, hopefully the next couple of months will be somewhat quieter. Considering the rate at which bugs are being found in Adobe flash player, I'm beginning to think that Steve Jobs has a point, of course it might just be I'm a tad annoyed that I'd only just updated all the computers at work and uploaded the hotfix archives when I found out that yet another flash patch was coming. KB956744 (MS09-044) has been removed as the relevant page now notes that KB2481109 (MS11-017) obsoletes it on Server 2003 x64. Dropped Opera again as the developers can't seem to settle on a set of silent install switches.

Updated Adobe flash and added a non-fuzzy version of the background in Kels Uber AddOn to archive B.

March updates Deletions: RunOnce\vcredist_x86_2010.exe RunOnce\vcredist_x64_2010.exe Replace: @ ▼ RunOnce\install_flash_player_ax.exe 2,871,968 Updated 1 March Additions: @ . Hotfix\620-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2479943-x64-ENU.exe . . . 940,416 MS11-015 - Windows Media @ ▼ RunOnce\WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2481109-x64-ENU.exe 4,933,504 MS11-017 - Remote Desktop Connection @ ▼ RunOnce\vcredist_x86_2010sp1.exe . . . . 4,995,416 Visual C++ 2010 SP1 32-bit Must be manually renamed @ ▼ RunOnce\vcredist_x64_2010sp1.exe . . . . 5,673,816 Visual C++ 2010 SP1 64-bit Must be manually renamed A note on KB956744 (MS09-044): It appears that KB2481109 (MS11-017) effectively replaces KB956744 as if KB2481109 is applied to KB925876, Windows Update feels that KB956744 is no longer needed. That is, if RDC 6.0 is upgraded to RDC 6.1 a vulnerability in RDC 6.0 on longer needs to be patched. However 5eraph feels so for now it will remain in the list.

I take it you are referring to an original Microsoft OEM CD (as I don't know of any manufacturer OEM CDs, HP, Dell, et al)? If so the answer is definitely yes, it's what I do on my systems and it works fine. Being on a DVD as opposed to a CD makes no difference. One thing that did occur to me based on your last post is - is the DVD drive from which you are trying to install SATA? On my main system if I try to install from a SATA attached DVD drive I inevitably get a BSoD, I have to install from an old school parallel IDE attached DVD drive.

OldNewb, looking at your last session I'd suggest doing a burn with just 5eraph's packs and whatever drivers you may need, don't yank anything out or muck around with the services, hopefully that should narrow it down. Also do you know where this comes from? I've never seen such a line in any of my builds.Of course this assumes you haven't found a solution yet.

I was going to suggest testing your RAM, a problem I've often encountered when rebuilding old systems, but I see 5eraph has beaten me to it. I'd suggest either the Ultimate Boot CD (multiple DOS utilities) or a Live Linux Distro (chooser) as most of them come with a memory test option these days.

Quite an impressive first post there As a general rule this guide tries to stick with the original official installers for two main reasons, firstly people are more likely to have confidence that there is nothing "off" about the original and secondly it's one less thing that can cause errors. Only two non original installers are used, the SP5 pack itself, being as it is the basis of this guide and the repacked .Net installer due to it saving almost 100MB. A repacked Direct X installer would also be nice, but all those I've tried give this install error or simply fail without any error message (as you seem to have discovered).In the other cases the space savings are simply not enough (in my opinion) to justify replacing the original installer. But hey, if the changes you've listed work for you, by all means go for it.

Updated the archives and torrent for the latest version of Adobe flash player. Added silent install commands for the last version of Daemon Tools to work on W2K to the batch files.

February updates Deletions: Hotfix\360-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB978037-x64-ENU.exe Hotfix\412-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB979683-x64-ENU.exe Hotfix\452-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2286198-x64-ENU.exe Hotfix\556-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2296199-x64-ENU.exe Hotfix\564-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2436673-x64-ENU.exe Hotfix\580-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2467659-x64-ENU.exe Hotfix\904-IE8-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2416400-x64-ENU.exe Update: @ ▼ RunOnce\install_flash_player_ax.exe 2,871,968 Updated 8 February Additions (all at \Hotfix): @ . . . 588-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2478971-x64-ENU.exe .. 1,439,616 MS11-013 - Kerberos # ▼ 592-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2483185-x64-ENU.exe 13,170,048 MS11-006 - Shell Graphics Processing @ . . . 596-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2476687-x64-ENU.exe . . . 690,048 MS11-010 - Client/Server Run-time Subsystem (CSRSS) @ ▼ 600-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2479628-x64-ENU.exe .. 4,354,432 MS11-012 - Kernel-Mode Drivers @ . . . 604-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2478960-x64-ENU.exe .. 1,460,608 MS11-014 - Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) # ▼ 608-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2393802-x64-ENU.exe .. 9,321,344 MS11-011 - Kernel @ . . . 612-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2485376-x64-ENU.exe . . . 873,344 MS11-007 - OpenType Compact Font Format (CFF) # ▼ 616-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB971029-x64-ENU.exe .. 12,624,256 Block AutoPlay on USB media # ▼ 904-IE8-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2482017-x64-ENU.exe 42,716,032 MS11-003 - Cumulative Security Update Returned Opera to the supported applications list as the silent install switches now work, on the flip side SumatraPDF now requires the v1.2 installer and the v1.3 executable. Interestingly only one security patch this month is completely new, the rest update previous patches. It would be nice to think there would be another service pack or at least an update rollup, but somehow I'm not holding my breath. It's also nice to see that the security chasm (calling it a hole doesn't do it justice) created by the autorun/autoplay "feature" is being wound back. It still amazes me that someone high up at Microsoft thought that it was a good idea. Unfortunately as the "feature" is still available on CD/DVD drives it won't stop an international criminal syndicate (Sony) from installing malware on your system. johnhc: Tip, I don't get a message that you've edited your post, so it would be best if you want a reply that you either do a new post or PM me that you've edited your current one. I don't really remember where I found it anymore so I'd suggest that you just do a search on "GoogleChromeStandaloneEnterprise.msi"

I'd suggest a 32GB boot partition (32800MB), I use that on the systems I build and it leaves plenty of space. Mind you I don't play games so you should check how much you need on your system (Windows + Program Files)*1.5 should do it.

January update Addition (at \Hotfix): @ ▼ 584-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2419635-x64-ENU.exe .. 3,114,368 MS11-002 - Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.8 SP2 Added Google Chrome to the supported applications John: This is my bug http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=7007629 not exactly critical, just annoying, as update 23 is NOT a security update, I'm sticking with update 22 for now. The MOZILLA=1 parameter is old and not really needed anymore, details at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/silent-136552.html According to https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/plugincheck/ Java is installed on Chrome in my VM tests.

In my case (where that image is captured) there are some folders for drivers that can't be integrated and have to be done by silent install, I cut the commands from the batch files before posting them, the full version being:

December updates Deletions: Hotfix\516-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2158563-x64-ENU.exe Hotfix\520-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2279986-x64-ENU.exe Hotfix\548-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB981957-x64-ENU.exe Hotfix\904-IE8-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2360131-x64-ENU.exe Additions (all at \Hotfix): @ . . . 556-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2296199-x64-ENU.exe . . . 872,832 MS10-091 - OpenType Font (OTF) Driver @ . . . 560-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2423089-x64-ENU.exe . . . 699,264 MS10-096 - Address Book @ ▼ 564-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2436673-x64-ENU.exe .. 4,355,456 MS10-098 - Kernel-Mode Drivers @ . . . 568-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2443105-x64-ENU.exe . . . 728,960 MS10-097 - Internet Connection Signup Wizard @ . . . 572-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2443685-x64-ENU.exe . . . 706,944 Time Zone - Dec 2010 - Cumulative @ . . . 576-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2440591-x64-ENU.exe . . . 696,704 MS10-099 - Routing and Remote Access @ . . . 580-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2467659-x64-ENU.exe . . . 667,520 Fix for MS10-090 IE Cumulative Security # ▼ 904-IE8-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2416400-x64-ENU.exe 42,710,400 MS10-090 - Cumulative Security Update On the application front: Kel's CPL bonus pack has been updated, but the AddOn doesn't work, you have to use the silent installer (only works with 5eraph's pack) Opera has been dropped as their latest installer doesn't work (great for a company that complained to the EU about browser lock-in) The installer for the latest 32-bit version of Java gives errors at higher DEP levels, so sticking with 6u22 for now

Yes (if you had extracted the archives into the same folder as instructed then they would already be combined) As you seem to be using 5eraph's packs the folders should contain (some of these files are optional): At \Hotfix: % . . . 5er_UpdatePack_XPx64SP2_2010-MM_V.7z 5eraph's current XP Pro x64 post SP2 update pack % . . . 5er_IE8_Addon_2010-MM_V_x64.7z 5eraph's current Internet Explorer 8 AddOn % . . . IE8Tweaks.7z . 5eraph's easily customisable IE8 tweaks . Readme Kels x64 CPL bonus pack Place at \Hotfix for direct integration (some require Admin rights) At \RunOnce: % ▼ directx_Jun2010_redist.exe 100,273,008 # ▼ NDP20SP2-KB958481-x64.exe . 19,282,272 Application Compatibility Update @ . . . NDP20SP2-KB979909-x64.exe .. . . 966,504 MS10-041 - Data Tampering # ▼ NDP20SP2-KB983583-x64.exe . 25,519,464 MS10-060 - Common Language Runtime # ▼ NDP20SP2-KB2418241-x64.exe 13,036,904 MS10-070 - ASP.NET # ▼ NDP30SP2-KB982524-x64.exe . 30,834,536 Update Rollup # ▼ WindowsServer2003-KB968930-x64-ENG.exe 10,334,496 PowerShell 2.0 @ ▼ vcredist_x86_2005sp1.exe .. . . . 2,745,256 Visual C++ 2005 SP1 32-bit Must be manually renamed @ ▼ vcredist_x64_2005sp1.exe .. . . . 3,215,280 Visual C++ 2005 SP1 64-bit Must be manually renamed % ▼ dotnetfx35.exe 242,743,296 Includes and replaces NetFx20SP2_x64.exe from the .Net 2.0 sp2 subgroup # ▼ NDP30SP2-KB958483-x64.exe . 17,262,944 Application Compatibility Update # ▼ NDP30SP2-KB982168-x64.exe . 38,987,624 Strengthen Authentication Credentials @ . . . NDP35SP1-KB958484-x64.exe . . 1,472,352 Application Compatibility Update @ . . . NDP35SP1-KB963707-x64.exe .. . . 759,144 Firefox Assistant 1.0 @ . . . NDP35SP1-KB982306-x64.exe . . 2,305,896 ADO.NET Data Services @ . . . NDP35SP1-KB2416473-x64.exe . 1,430,376 MS10-070 - ASP.NET @ . . . WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB961118-x64-ENU.exe 872,312 Unsigned PCL inbox printer drivers @ ▼ vcredist_x86_2008sp1.exe .. . . . 4,485,976 Visual C++ 2008 SP1 32-bit Must be manually renamed @ ▼ vcredist_x64_2008sp1.exe .. . . . 5,225,304 Visual C++ 2008 SP1 64-bit Must be manually renamed # ▼ dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe . 50,449,456 @ . . . NDP40-KB2160841-x64.exe . . . . 2,419,048 MS10-077 - x64 JIT Compiler # ▼ NDP40-KB2416472-x64.exe . . . . 7,784,808 MS10-070 - ASP.NET @ ▼ vcredist_x86_2010.exe .. . . . . . 5,073,240 Visual C++ 2010 RtM 32-bit Must be manually renamed @ ▼ vcredist_x64_2010.exe .. . . . . . 5,718,872 Visual C++ 2010 RtM 64-bit Must be manually renamed