XP Pro slipstream failure

[gary_mc]

I repair PC's for a living and have attempted to slipstream SP3 into several retail and OEM edition XP CD's.

XP Home SP2 to SP3 works like a charm

XP Pro and Pro VLK appear to slipstream correctly but on install all the START/ALL PROGRAMS menu only shows the System tools group and no other programs.

MCE loads the XP Pro component but refuses to install MC extensions effectively creating a crippled XP Pro install.

I have used the slipstream function provided by Microsoft and the latest version of N-Lite with the same result.

It only appears to be a problem with all versions of XP Pro I have to hand

Edited September 10, 2008 by gary_mc

[Tripredacus]

Try checking out the Unattended XP section to see if there are similar problems there.

http://www.msfn.org/board/Unattended-Windo...P-2003-f70.html

[mara-]

MCE loads the XP Pro component but refuses to install MC extensions effectively creating a crippled XP Pro install.

SP3 is not made to be slipstreamed to MCE edition.

Cheers