Newbie trying to update XP SP2 to SP3 w/ all hotfixes, IE8 & WMP11

[mrdane]

Thank you for all the help!!!

I successfully integrated/slipstreamed SP3, all relevant hotfixes and updates, IE8 and WMP11 into my XP Pro CD.

A few questions:

Should I also include the .NET framework 2.0, 3.0, & 3.5? (If yes, how do I accomplish this?) And,

Some updates and hotfixes appear in the 'Add or Remove Programs' window as updates even though they were installed at the point of the Windows install, why would this be?

The updates appearing in the 'Add or Remove Programs' window are:

KB898461

KB2524375

KB941569

KB2508272

KB2443685

Edited July 17, 2011 by mrdane

[Guest]

Should I also include the .NET framework 2.0, 3.0, & 3.5? (If yes, how do I accomplish this?)

My philosophy is don't install something unless you need it as it adds bloat. Your philosophy may be different. Do you have applications that require those frameworks? If so you can use these.

BTW, 3.5 includes 2.0 and 3.0.

The updates appearing in the 'Add or Remove Programs' window are:

KB898461

KB2524375

KB941569

KB2508272

KB2443685

KB898461, KB2524375, KB2508272 and KB2443685 are mostly registry entries. They probably got installed silently using the svcpack method

KB941569 contains wmasf.dll. Not sure why that didn't slipstream. Perhaps it has been superseded?

[mrdane]

My philosophy is don't install something unless you need it as it adds bloat. Your philosophy may be different.

My philosophy is the same. I think I kept getting a update request for netframe because of the tools I was using to update XP. Otherwise, I have no apps that use it.

I reinstalled XP with SP3, IE8, WMP11, and the relevant updates, and all went smoothly. Thanks again for the help.

Edited July 18, 2011 by mrdane