stevland

I still can't download WLAN DriverPack... I click the link and nothing happens. Why not also distribute your DriverPacks through BitTorrent and take a load off? P.S. Thanks for all of your efforts, Bâshrat... you are a God among geeks!

Ryan, I wish I knew of a way to do that. I've been looking around, and I can't find anything. You'd think that it would be a simple enough thing.

I created a simple fix for this, btw... just in case that anyone else has fallen into this trap. Using a functional computer, burn this registry file and Service Pack 2 Final onto a CD. Boot into "Safe Mode with Command Prompt". (Assuming that your CD drive is D:) D: import reg SP2BETAFIX.reg (This tricks Windows into thinking that it only has SP1 installed; otherwise, you will not be allowed to install SP2). Now you can run the SP2 installer off of the CD. When you reboot your system will rock the casbah once again and this will never happen to you as long as you call your mother at least once a week and be kind to strangers. @urie and crahak Thanks for your replies. Stevland.

Suggestions? Anyone?

Okay, I'm back. I've documented everything I've done so that you guys can see that I'm not wack and hopefully suggest someone can suggest what is going wrong. I'm using my original XP Pro CD (Build 5.1.2600.0). Using nLite, I select only Service Pack Integration and Unattended. I then slipstream WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe. + + = ? .

Fair enough comment. I created my own slipstream using the standard directions here and at eldergeek. Also, I've downloaded several other slipstreams from bittorrent for testing purposes. All with the same result. I will try slipstreaming again, following the directions very closley. It's such an easy process, I just can't believe that I messed up, but I'm glad that you've had success where I did not...

I've found a serious flaw with XP slipstreamed with SP2. I’m surprised that I haven't found anyone else at MSFN or elsewhere talking about this issue. Using a CD with XP/ SP2 slipstreamed (no unattend, no hacked files in i386, etc.), upon installation I immediately run "SFC.exe /scannow". Not only does SFC find multiple files that need to be replaced, it does not find those files on the source CD. I know what some people are thinking. Why does this nOOb just disable Windows File Protection and System File Checker (using nLite or equivalent technique) before ripping the CD? I am worried about future stability issues with Updates and Hotfixes. I became aware of this glitch as a result of this experience which has trashed the o/s on one of my computers. Granted, that was an old install using SP2 BETA, but what assurance is there that the same could not happen with a slipstreamed SP2 FINAL installation? I like to use my slipstreamed/ unattended CD's on multiple computers. Moreover, I find it imperative these days to leave Automatic Updates running. As an example, people who had AU running were patched against the Blaster virus before Blaster was even created. What happens if the XP SP2 computer that was setup using a slipstreamed CD becomes corrupted after updates are installed due to conflicts between unrecognized file versions on the computer and the new code? I know that many people on this forum use their personalized CD's on multiple computers. What happens if all these computers become corrupted at the same time! I ask everyone reading this two things: 1) Do you know of a solution for preventing the unrecognized files that are created with SP2 slipstreamed? 2) Do you think that saving time by slipstreaming is really worth the risk considering the potential for disaster? Any other comments are appreciated! Stevland.

One of my computers is running XP that was installed with a slipstreamed version of Service Pack 2 BETA . The CD also included my own silent installs, Hotfixes, registry tweaks, etc., and has been running great up until now. Automatic Updates installed one or more updates yesterday, and now Explorer.exe keeps crashing. It has rendered the computer pretty much inoperable. I can't run anything, including System Restore, even from "Safe Mode with Command Prompt." Is anyone else having a similar issue?

This is my first post at the MSFN forum. Truthfully, I simply want to test out my av and sig. When I realized that there was a thread about signatures, I thought, "Now here is a place where I can post without having a **** thing to say!" G'day, y'all.