Integrate SP3 into XP without WGA stuff?

[noway]

When I integrated SP2, the only changes I made were patching uxtheme.dll, patching tcpip.sys and patching sfc_os.dll. I would like to do the same with a XPSP3 Integrated disc before burning it, except I would also like to remove all the WGA crap too, since I will not be needing it. What do I do to remove the WGA stuff before burning the disc?

[cluberti]

» Posting Guidelines

1. This is not a warez site! Links/Requests to warez and/or illegal material (porn, cracks, serials, etc..) will not be tolerated. Discussion of circumventing WGA/activation/timebombs/keygens or any other illegal activity will also not be tolerated. You will be banned without notice.

You might want to ask that question somewhere else, but it won't get answered here.

[angrypenguin]

Please correct me if I'm wrong (I'm sure you will!) But I don't think he was actually asking to circumvent WGA (as in to get around what it does), just not include it (or to exclude it) in his WinXP CD with SP3 slipstreamed. MS even have instructions how to remove WGA on their website! In the context noway is talking, isn't WGA just another "feature" of XP like WMP, IE, etc? Or is it different now as its a part of SP3? Not quite sure if that makes sense as I've read discussion on here on how to remove parts of SP2. Or does SP3 have some licensing that specifically says you can't remove WGA from it? Just my 10c worth!

[noway]

I've already got SP3 downloaded. I'm not sure if some WGA stuff is embedded within the SP3 update because I can't seem to find any published list of the updates that are included in SP3. Maybe it's not even included, so I don't have to remove anything?

If I need WGA, I'll just download it from MS. I just don't want it on my XP disc when I integrate SP3 since it is unnecessary and I didn't have it on my other XP disc. I like to have a bit of control over which updates I install, not just accept them all as a package willy-nilly.

Edited April 25, 2008 by noway

[njven]

Follow MS instructions. Apply the reg tweaks with RunOnceEx. This talk is fine since windows needs WGA to validate. That means no features such as updates will work without genuine windows. Like I said genuine windows requires WGA anyway.

[Kelsenellenelvian]

WGA is NOT in SP3!

[noway]

WGA is NOT in SP3!

Thank you.

[Ambassador]

I think your thinking of the new WGA feature in SP3 taken from Vista.

Though I don't want that either...

[Maelstorm]

From what I understand, they took the activation code from Vista and back ported it to XP. What it does is allow Windows to be installed without a key, so you can input the key later. The benefit that I see to this is you don't need one disk for each machine, you just need one disk for them all, since you don't need the key right away.