Slipstream... Does it reinstall patches during setup?

[creol]

I noticed that once I slipstreamed about 20 different patches into my install files, the install is now taking about 10min longer. I also noticed that the kb######.exe files are in the I386\svcpack folder. Could this mean that the patches are reinstalling? Can I just remove the files and the patches are already applied?

WinXP unattend install SP2 with many patches via BartPe

Thanks for your help!!

Creol

[blinkdt]

Windows just keeps getting bigger, or so it appears. People bring their machines to me and I find Dells with 128MB RAM running a patched Windows XP SP2 install. That might have been OK for the initial release years ago, but not now.

You can learn lots more about slipstreaming--what it is, how it works, what it does--by using the magical search functionality, no offense intended. Off the top of my head, it's my understanding that slipsltreaming is not integrating, where I386 files are actually replaced with updated CABed versions (integrate the latest Flash player, for example) from the get-go. But unlike a post-install patch operation, slipstreaming "revamps" the OS during the T-13 install stage--removing vulnerability issues--and is faster that a post-install patch operation. By slipstreaming, you prep the OS to do the work of integration during the initial install, and it does it all by itself using Microsoft's method. It takes longer because you have added files, but nothing is "reinstalling."

I am confident this has all been explained in greater detail in specific portions of the Unattended Guide. A lot of time has been spent creating that Guide, and it deserves a close read.

[boooggy]

u can use ryan's update pack.....

http://ryanvm.msfn.org/

Edited January 4, 2006 by boooggy

[MAVERICKS CHOICE]

That is one of the reasons I don't let autoupdate install every patch on my machine without me being aware of it.

Sure the critical stuff but theres other patches that aren't necessary for every machine.

As booogy mentioned Ryan VM update packs are excellent & something I always use as a base on reinstall & works very fast.

Cheers

MC.