jchristl

I took that to mean the PC that one is working on to create a slipstreamed cd needed to be SP1a, or greater, but they can use a cd that had sp0 or greateer on it, to create a slipstreamed cd.

+ you only need slipstreaming SP3 which already contains SP2 updates. Does sp3 also contain sp1? Perhaps I need to go from sp0 and slipstream sp3. If so how could I remove sp1 from my source cd? OR do I just need sp1 and sp3? I think I'm gonna have to experiment with a virtual machine....

Hi guys, I just installed an XP Pro install, that I created by slipstreaming SP2 and SP3. I was expecting to be able to bypass the entering of the product key, but was still forced to. I had no problems entering it, but I still was expecting not to. The CD was XP Pro w/ sp1 already on it. I took that source, slipstreamed Sp2, and Sp3. Then used DriverPacks. THe two things that concerned me was: 1) I had to enter the Product Key (as mentioned above) 2) Copying wpa*.* files from C:/Windows/System32 from Safe Mode didn't work either. I am a bit more upset about point 2, since I cannot stand doing the activation, and fear calling India. Any idea why these things occurred?