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In my case, it was an OEM key.

Thanks for the advice. I shall bear that in mind. I do have Windows XP Mode installed on my Windows 7 system.

Thanks! I have tried AutoStreamer before I came back to nLite. AutoStreamer has the same requirement in that one has to run it on the same operating system as the slipstreamed one to be created.

Thanks for all the trouble.

I don't remember I changed anything. I just added the service pack and went straight to the end. Perhaps I made an accidental mouse click somewhere. Anyway do we have the procedure for the manual integration of service pack. Thanks for the patience to this newbie.

Thanks! I did not know I needed to change the setting for getting repair. I was expecting the default would be like regular installation. Thanks again!

This time I did not input the product key while slipstreaming. I entered the product key during the installation. Moreover I didn't mean to keep the final product for good. I meant to create various combinations for testing. I burnt it on a CD-RW disc. I was trying to do an in-place repair of an XP Home system and I didn't seem to be able to get to the page that allowed me to do it. So I supposed I might need a CD with SP3 because the system in question already had SP3 installed. Later on I changed my mind and installed the system from scratch and then I found the problem. By the way, would entering the product key during installation make any difference? I meant to say the installation process did not take any VALID and LEGAL product key, not nLite. I tried its own product key. Failing that I tried product key of other CD of the same operating system of the same type, i.e. OEM. None of them worked.

No, it was an XP Home OEM disc that came with service pack 1a. It does not seem to me that http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950722/en-us has anything to do with my problem. As I did it with nLite so I did not know if it used "/integrate" command in the background. I did the whole thing on Windows 7 Pro 64-bit. Was it not supported? I do have Windows XP mode with Windows virtual PC installed on the same system. I shall try when I get a chance. I had since given up and installed the SP3 separately. For your information I think I used nLite on Vista last time but I entered the product key while slipstreaming and it worked. By the way I like the Windows XP High-Priority Update List provided for use with nLite.

Sorry! I didn't change any feature so I didn't know I need to attach the file. Here you are anyway. I did do it on Windows 7. Can you confirm the issue please? Any fix or workaround? Last Session.ini

I slipstreamed an SP3 to an XP Home. When I tried to install it didn't accept the product key. I did a customised one before by taking out some features and include the SP3 as well. However I also put in the product key while slipstreaming. It worked all right though. What could be the problem? Why didn't the slipstreamed edition take the product key?