Hi.

Been reading the excellent manual "The definitive how to guide" all about slipstreaming and creating an unattended CD (win 2000, in my case).

It says for getting all the critical update hotfixes, to set up a 'base install' - with no updates, and use the Windows Update feature etc.

Do I create a virtual machine partition and install a clean install of win2k here and use this method to collect all the critical updates numbers to get the files together?

Thanks

Railman5

@Railman5

You obviously havent read anything

http://unattended.msfn.org/global/finish.htm

This is in the beginners section of the guide. And this "sticky" is right above your post!

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=31886

Thank you for your help!

I am relatively new to this side of things and thought it best to check with the 'experts' before I cock it all up!

Your last link is to all the hot fixes in one place is it?

So I can just download the hot fixes from there?

well that saves a lot of work then!

Still, was my original question about the VM a correct assumption?

perhaps us newbees should have special markers!!

Newbee on the loose.

If your using Win2000, your gonna have to slipstream SP4 into it first and then add all POST SP4 hotfixes into that before burning image.

Yes VM is for testing but I personally stay well clear of all those testing apps and use a dedicated machine for testing. (WinXP in my case too, not 2000 but its pretty much similar.)

There is a Win2000 forum see all forums here http://www.msfn.org/board/

Thanks for that excellent help there DLF.

As I said as a newbe i am willing to learn from you "experts"

its a new subject I am just starting out in.

Need all the help I can get at the moment!

Cheers

Sorry for off-topic reply, but I just wanted to say I love your "Snickering Muttley" avatar, DLF. I was a card-carrying member of Dick Dastardly's Vulture Squadron when I was a kid, and that just flashed me back!

@dman

Thanks. I was in love with PP for years!

Got him from here http://www.unoriginal.co.uk/coolstuff.html 8 zips of free avatars for d/load - some animated.

Hey you guys - is this the wackey Races fan club appreciation society or what!!

Well, I think I have enough info reading around (DLF!) to make a good stab at creating my first disk.

Just bought a couple of disks from e-bay to practice a clean install.

Watch this space guys!