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You found them in the nLite forum, people assume you're using nLite . Enable the "addons" step (after "Service Pack"), insert the addons, no extraction needed. And the 3 programs you want are in the lists.

You are probably integrating SP3 in a 2nd or 3rd nLite session or starting from an already modified CD. You need to integrate SP3 to an original CD, with or without nLite. Then you can use nLite a second time if you want or need it.

I think a previous similar thread involved a file or folder name that was too long for the ISO standard or something like that

Yes those are the files you need, if you can put them on an external floppy.

If the SP2is already an nLite disc, it could possibly be the cause of your surprises (OOBE, EULA, ao).

Housecall Trend Micro is the most popular. In my own little head at least. I've used it few years ago on a machine that had no other AV and it did of course pick up and delete some viruses.

Do you have any tool to (hardware-)test your HDD ? I'd begin with that.

Welcome to the forum. Why do you call you thread "Another 'Setup cannot copy the file'" ? Have you found other threads like that ? Have you read them ? Have you seen they all end up with "to slipstrem SP3, you need to start with an original disc" ? Well, do you ?

Set that one to "none" instead and you get rid of "Floppy Disk Failure".

Out of the Box Experience is normal behaviour of Windows XP installation. nLite can have it "Skip OOBE" but it's not appearing in your unattended section ("OOBEoff"), so I guesss you did not tick the box.

could you be more precise as when you get those and what the EXACT messages are ? To me it seems you do boot from floppy but it fails after (MS error message from Win98 setup ?). Also the Winzip floppy you tried after that is probably not bootable. This is important to be sure it is a sofware problem in your XP and not a hardware problem between the floppy and your computer (underpowered port like jcarle suggested?).

If you choose to enable the "unattended" install, it is to save time at install. If you want to save time at cd build but enter the key manually at install, then you don't need to use unattended. Or leave the cd key blank. Your question sounds a bit odd. By the way, the key can be copy/pasted in one go.

Some motherboard have a vocal diagnostic, check for that message in the manual, it will tell you much more than any reply here.

yeah you missed, but it's alright. We had enough of people going WOHAAAHAAHAA YOU DIDN'T READ THE POST! for a month. Peace.

to sum it up, 500.000.000.000 bytes is what you buy, 465,7 x 1024 x1024 x1024 bytes is what Windows reports as GigaBytes, cause 1Kilobyte is 1024 bytes (10^2), etc. Which is the same if you do the math.

You could try this (30Meg download). http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/SOUND-CAR...ion-Audio.shtml

The blond said nothing stupid IMHO, it all depends in what order/context she said it. Now for your problem, how long has your system been running and have you used other USB devices without problem? In other words, are you sure the motherboard and usb drivers have been added properly after XP install if needed ?

... like ? the one on Dell's site (version 5.10.0.5512, A00) ?

... And that's only one example. But most don't have the time nor any reason to take this seriously.

The device should be detected as i. If possible, try it at a friends to check wether it's defective or if the problem is really on your very own computer.

If your source cd boots and you copied all files to start with, the result cd should boot as well. Have you removed the "press any key" message or are you at least sure you boot from cd ?

Start from a non nLited source and your problem is likely to be solved.

Start from a non nLited source and your problem is likely to be solved.

I'd say a) no, or very on the edge, only as replacement for one he lost/broke (making it "his" backup for personal use). B) no, unless you actually owned the original cd at any point. (you have to purchase the cd and the key) But I imagine one should not be able to purchase a key without a CD so the key can serve as evidence that you had a cd at some point. Can be discused of course.

At this point you should stop asking people if they read the thread. Honestly, out of the blue statements and derailing totally off topic. I said it first but I still back you up. As also stated by Zxian and by the OP (read the thread ?) the computer we are talking about is more than acceptable on the hardware level. People talk about their experience "from the times of Win3.11"... have you ever ran a properly installed XP on a PIII 800 with 256 RAM, sent mails or surf the internet with it ? Exactly, no problemo. So say "fairly under-powered computer" for this 1.2GHz-512, not at all. I'm sure Black Viper knows an awfull lot about services, but I'm also sure he formats his PC at least 10 times a year. This is not what the OP is planning to do. This computer needs to be properly reinstalled, in a few hours, not 12-14, have a drink with the family up North. And maybe come back in 4 years and do it again. Microsoft makes Windows XP the best they can to 1) make it look good so it sells (that's the unneeded bit for not so "hard core tweakers") 2) make it work out of the box for 99.99 % of buyers, this implies unneeded components, but does not translate in "making a bad product". And it sure doesn't mean anyone replying here knows "the" uncle best than Bill Gates knows the uncle. None of us knows the uncle, only the OP, but maybe MS has a little understanding of their users and of their product. I'm going off topic as well. I wonder why this thread is turning almost emotional for some posters. I'll stop here.