SP3 Integration & MCE

[drmskr]

I was having some trouble with Integrating SP3. It seemed to work ok, however it wouldn't integrate WMP10, I could install this seperately outside of integration, but I also had some issues integrating it into MCE, and I would have to install SP3 again after it was installed.

A work arround I've done so far is this:

I basically have a HFSLIP SP2 Installation, and put the SP3 Installation file into the SW1 subfolder wich installes it during T-13 Silently. Now since in the past I've had trouble with long filenames, I renamed it to SP3.exe.

Now doing this, I can integrate WMP10 into the initial SP2 install, and everything gets installed ok. The big bonus, is that all of the MCE 2005 installs like it should.

For MCE 2005, this works for both Normal MCE 2005, as well as the method I use for Installing MCE 2005 into a regular XP Pro, wish is with the modified .inf files I use.

[jimmsta]

This seems to be the best workaround for now, since SP3 isn't supported for slipstreaming with MCE. I think that a 'custom' SP3 installation would probably work better, but then we'd need to find a way to hack around the security catalogs, /methinks. I imagine that there's a better way to get MCE working with SP3 slipped into the source, but I'm out of ideas at the moment. I've raised hell with Microsoft on their own forums, but haven't gotten anywhere.

[drmskr]

Yea, it may not be the best option, but it seems to work good so far. It wants to apply some updates when ya want to shut down after the first bootup, but otherwise works rather well. And the update prompt could be because i have a reg edit for Auto download of updates, and install when shut down.

I was actually rather supprised at how well it worked int he SW1 folder, I was kinda expecting something to not work, but worked it did. I'm not sure how many patches I should add to teh SP2 install disk though. Obviously IE7, and WMP10, along with whatever updates for them. Surely a fully apdated SP2 disc would work fine, but would ya really need all the updates if ya have SP3 in teh SW1? Prob is though, I'm afraid to really add to many updates after SP3, to be slipstreemed into it because SP3 wiull be added after.

Well, it's all going into a DVD disc anyways, lots of room right? May as well have a full SP2 setup with all updates. And if ya don't have MCE 2005, well then simply slipstreeming SP3 into the disc seems to work fine, so can have a smaller disc.

*shrug*

Well, it works at least.