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Yes you are wright, i didn't know that the slipstream updates are not listed in add and remove programs. my mistake. I used qfecheck and everything seams to be ok. I have attached a screen shot of the error. it says " The installation program can not open the information file d:\....... communicate win the administrator of your system. the code of this error is 0x3 in line 0 " I have used Silent .NET Maker to pre install .NET framework. Do you think this is the problem? also Internet explorer 8 is installed correctly. I used a cab file i found on the Internet and slipstreamed with nLite. Have you got any idea where the problem is?

When i open add or remove programs only few updates are there, also update "msxml6-KB973686-enu-x86.exe" is not installed. I have tested the unattended install with virtual box. Also if i remove windows installation cd and i click on "add/remove windows components" an error window is shown but if the windows installation cd is mounted "add/remove windows components" open normally. Do you think i have done something wrong? Last Session.ini

Hello. I have recently tried to make an unattended windows XP CD using nLite and the new updates from Microsoft but i think some of the updates where not installed. Does anybody knows if nLite works with new updates or if i should use some other program?

ok! thanks for your help!

I have used SNMsynth script and in the OUT1 folder i have three files: ROEXPDNF11SP1el20SP2el30SP2el35SP1el.7z T13XPDNF11SP1el20SP2el30SP2el35SP1el.7z XPDNF11SP1el20SP2el30SP2el35SP1el.exe How can i slipstream these files to make an unattended XP disc? can somebody help me????

if i use method 2 (WPA.DBL method) the new partition must have the same volume id with the partition that has my windows activated?

Friend Ponch, What have you misunderstood? In every reply i try to explain very simple what i want to do if this is possible. If you haven't understand something just tell me and i would try to explain it with more details. if i wrote something that does not apear to be correct i am sorry but i am not an expert! I try for the best. The information i gave for the CD i have is exactly as it is written on the CD. If i use method 1 how many times i can activate windows? I have tried method 2 but i don't think it works for me.

Yes the recovery CD-ROM i have doesn't preactivate windows after a clean install. Can i make a new disk from the CD i have and make it preactivated?

Yes my windows are genuine. When i bought my PC the manufacturer had put a COA sticker on the tower of my PC in which it's written the version of windows i have on my hard disk (Windows XP Home Edition), the name of the company i bought my PC, the product key etc. Also they gave me a small green booklet that says on the front 'For distribution with a new PC only. I want to slipstream Service Pack 3 and make my new disk preactivated. Do you know if i can do this?

Not it's not a hologram disk. It is from a local shop in my country. On the CD it is written: Recovery CD-ROM and The software of this recovery cd-rom is preinstalled on my hard drive from the factory and i can use it to recover my system. For distribution with a new PC only. There is no company name like Dell, HP etc only the name of the shop i bought my PC. Do you have any idea what i can do?

Motherboard: Asus S 939, CPU: AMD Athlon 3500+ . The CD that came with the PC is a recovery CD-ROM. What do you mean by hologram disk? In the past i used this disk for a clean install but windows were not preactivated and i had to go online to activate them. Can i make windows preactivated with the CD i have? If yes how i can do this?

Yes you are wright the best method is to go on line and activate windows. Do you know how many time i can do this without any change in the hardware? I tried the method with the OEMBIOS files but it doesn't seams to work. The SLP key i found on my PC is the same with COA. Do you think i did somethig wrong? Can i try something else?

Yes the CD came with the PC. It's windows XP Home Service Pack 2. I want to slipstream Service Pack 3 and hotfixes for a clean installation. What to you mean by "flavor o XP" ? The hardware is the same. When i install windows from this CD they are not activated and i have to go online. I searched and found that i can back up the wpa.dpl file or the OEM files in directory system 32 and copy them to the new cd but i didn't understand how. Do you know if this will work? Any other ideas?

Hello I have windows XP Home edition Service pack 3 installed on my PC. I want to format my hard disk and reinstall windows XP Home Service pack 3 on the same PC. Does anybody knows how i can pre activate windows? Can i back up the activation files from my current activated windows and use them to activate my new installation? Is there any other way to pre activate windows? thanks!

anybody in Greek language? i mean update lists for Windows Updates Downloader (WUD) or something like that...