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Now, 42 Billion degrees is not inaccurate: it's a raging absurd!!!
Or if the drive is 42GB, it's a typo.
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So if it's an "all but nLite" problem, why do you register to get help from here? In what way have you modified the source before the problem arises?
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If the machines have different versions of XP and different licensing schemes (thus activation methods), and depending on how many time you intend to install Windows on them in the future, you may have to check what the benefit is of building a one fit all disk. There arte methods of building a disk that will autoactivate on your Dell and your HP, but they will not auto activate on your "generic" machine, so this is already a no go for a "one fit all" solution. On the other hand, i it's all the same versions (Home or Pro), you might build a disk that can be manually activated on all machines. What do you mean by "the generic"?
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How many "End of XP" threads do we need ?
+please get a relevant title.
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Format the Drive and start again, It's the only answer.
Sorry but before you give an answer like that, please, read the (now old) thread. To what question is your answer anyway?
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What machine is that (brand and model). Does it have proper chipset drivers installed? Does it have switchable graphics?
Please don't post direct links to exe files and don't offer money, it makes it look like a rogue post.
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Your source is probably modified in a non kosher way, "outside" of nLite.
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A relevant question is "Who reported the bugs/security flaws until now, how and why?".
If someone could exploit a flaw until it was patched (thus first detected and reported), maybe that someone could have now waited and keep that trick "for later" knowing he could then exploit it for a far longer time.
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Good article dencorso ...
just written by someone that says "I've never used Windows XP, because I've run Linux on all my PC systems for about 15 years" ..
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2. Serial Key no longer works; I tried my personal one many times & even tried different ones from the Internet, no luck.
I don't think anything you've done here could cause that. There must be something else that you did differently. Like starting from an other set of files.
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1) I thought there was no problem going from CD to DVD, I've never had the need to, so I can't really say. I guess it's your .net that makes your install "too fat".
2) if your XP is in french, you can't use updates from UDC. I onve tried to adapt the script in some, ways but you'll need the KBs from somewhere else as the download loactions are totally different (not just 3 letters difference). Almost all f the KBs are localized versions. The UDC does more than getting KBs, it also creates inf files that correct the integrating process. You can use that and rewrite parts of the batch but it will take you more than few minutes. See this.
3) IE8 integration seems solved in latest version of nLite (yes, nLite has been updated few months ago after several years in the desert.). I don't think WMP11 can be integrated as such, you'll probably still need an addon (french, that is)
4) On the RAID/AHCI level, it is technically not advised to integrate anything else than what you need for a given machine. nLite being "for personal use only" people normally don't need a cd that would install on loads of different machines. One of the problems is that nLite could potentially integrate different drivers that have the same names and that results in a botched install because needed files could be overwritten by different versions of different drivers.
There are numerous ways of installing from USB. We have a subforum about that here. The problem on that forum is that the info is overwhelming. I prefer one where you can copy the whole iso on the USB stick.
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sorry, double post of mine.
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Please attach (not paste) your last session.ini file and state what's physically written on your original CD. And please don't swear.
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The agreement is that you don't use nLite in such scenario ("personal use only").
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Unfortunately, the agreement is that you don't use nLite in such scenario ("personal use only").
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If the PCs (still) have an OEM sticker (for XP), you can use the OEM key (which should auto-activate) OR the key on the sticker. But in the CD should enter the key (unattended) unless you change that in the options.
I have a Dell WinXP-Pro SP3 disk. I've used this disk on a couple of pc's and would like to try slipstreaming. Will there be any issues with the pc product key since I will use this Dell re-install disk to create the slipstream?
Have you got issues up to now? Slipstream what to what?
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I think we are getting this thing far more complicated than it needs to be.
I don't see a problem (yet) with the key. Activation should be possible (why go OEM?). I don't see a problem with poping a Win98 cd at install, I guess he has one
I also don't see any reference to the virtualization method that is used, I don't see what why nLite should be used.
(@PinkFreud) I sureley don't see why he should install XP in a VM (which he has trouble doing and asks help for ) in order to install nLite in order to install XP in a VM (which he has trouble doing and asks help for).
And I can't see an answer to any of the three questions in my first post, as it seems that the SP2 install was tried (and failed) on real hardware. As it stands, we are nowhere.
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You could also install SP2 as guest in a Virtual Machine (I prefer VMWare player, YMMV)
If you read the very 1st post, that is what he is trying to do.
Once he's done with that, he could as well install SP3 in the running VM. No need for nLite here.As additional info to the OP, you don't need AHCI drivers for the host hardware in a virtual machine. The VM has its own virtual hardware and all drivers that come with it.
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The downside is that (statistically) you end up with 1/3 of the free space in each partition and that can potentially be an annoyance when your drive fills up and you need to shift big amounts of data.A cousin of mine has a USB hard disk that is roughly 1/3 NTFS, 1/3 FAT32 and 1/3 EXT4, even handier.
If it was not clear
, that cousin is a fictional character that I invented only to reply to the purely anecdotal contribution by NixFix. I knew that. My point was about the partitioning, not about your fictional cousin.
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My original post was asking if it possible to use nLite to slipstream an Upgrade XP disc with an original disc (in this case Win 98), or round the other way, so that I only have to have one disc and reduce any chance of errors.
You'll probably loose much more time trying to do that than than you are going to win working around the annoyance. And this is apparently not the source of your main problem anyway. Read this post.
What do you mean by "the MB is configured to run the virtual machine"... what's the MB ? Does the VM pass the partitioning/formating screen?
Also as Kelselellenelvian says, if you slipstream a service pack under Win7 (which you most probably did but may not have an alternative), you will probably not be able to enter a key for your XP.
Do you have links to that "stop error" being caused by SP2 (vs SP3)?
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A cousin of mine has a USB hard disk that is roughly 1/3 NTFS, 1/3 FAT32 and 1/3 EXT4, even handier.
The downside is that (statistically) you end up with 1/3 of the free space in each partition and that can potentially be an annoyance when your drive fills up and you need to shift big amounts of data.
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defrag your NT PageFile and HIV's. I'm not sure there is a cure for that virus yet.0
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I have slip streamed my XP SP2 to SP3, with additional relevant MS updates and also the drivers for my ASUS F2A85-M MB using nLite.
Have you made other modifications? Is the source an original MS disc ? Does it (not) show same problem ?
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What I understand so far;
-you bought an HP mini netbook with XP on it (what year?)
-someone messed up the partitions
-you bought XP recovery cds (or burned them yourself?)-the 2nd disc is not seen (can you tested it, in that USB drive on an other comp ?) or (according to HP) can't be loaded from an USB optical drive at that point of install.
-as that model also exists sold with Win7, you also bought Win7 recovery DVDs.
-those won't install,it loads everything then fails because the eeprom is non windows 7.
This is your conclusion, but can you state the exact message ?
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Must be an expert on XP.
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Once he's done with that, he could as well install SP3 in the running VM. No need for nLite here.
, that cousin is a fictional character that I invented only to reply to the purely anecdotal contribution by NixFix. 
I'm not sure there is a cure for that virus yet.
Can I use repair to modify nLite installation of XP Pro x64
in nLite
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This thread can also have an answer to your questions.