you MIGHT be able to, but I think GUIRunOnce might be better. Then you're not changing a good majority of system files just before Windows Setup finalizes. You may or may not come up with errors.

theoritically yes possible ; but u should name it

SP.exe /Q /O /N /Z

not

SP2.exe /Q /O /N /Z

to support more Service Packs in the future

but should I wonder if these switches are going to be supported forever !!!

any way I think this is convinient with network enviroment

u needn't slipstream ur cd every 2-3 years

u saved about 30 minutes of ur time in the next -say-3years

Alanoll : we must have been writing syncronously

I just tried it using the switch I posted, and it works great! Although it's friggin 800mb, but hey at least now we have a standard source that we could use. It's over the network now, so who cares...

Perhaps is it time to start another thread with update to SP2 only ?

Ah!! But are there updates yet?

Why do my updates keep showing up in Add/Remove Programs? I was sure I was doing it right. Here is my svcpack.inf file:

[Version] 
Signature="$Windows NT$"
MajorVersion=5
MinorVersion=1
BuildNumber=2600

[SetupData]
CatalogSubDir="\i386\Update"

[ProductCatalogsToInstall]

[SetupHotfixesToRun]
JS56NEN.exe /Q:A /R:N
823182.exe /Q /N /Z
823353.exe /Q:A /R:N
824105.exe /Q /N /Z
824141.exe /Q /N /Z
825119.exe /Q /N /Z
826939.exe /Q /N /Z
828035.exe /Q /N /Z
828741.exe /Q /N /Z
835732.exe /Q /N /Z
837001.exe /Q /N /Z
839645.exe /Q /N /Z
840315.exe /Q /N /Z
840374.exe /Q /N /Z
841873.exe /Q /N /Z
842773.exe /Q /N /Z
867801.exe /Q:A /R:N
DX9NTopk.exe
WMP9MM2.exe
828026.exe /Q /N /Z
qchain.exe

Am I doing something wrong there?

@Professor Fink

Use this switch:

/Q /O /N /Z instead of /Q /N /Z

But I though that the /O switch was only to "Overwrite OEM Files without prompting", thus speeding up the installation, but nothing else.

My fault

You have to remove the entries from the registry so the hotfixes don't appear in add/remove.

e.g.:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;Remove from Uninstall

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KB823182][-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KB824105]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KB824141]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KB825116]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KB825119]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KB826939]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KB828035]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\oeupdate]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KB832353]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ieupdate]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Q828026]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KB828741]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KB835732]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KB840374]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KB839643]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KB870669]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\oeupdate]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KB839645]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KB840315]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KB840648]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KB841873]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KB842773]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KB837001]

Ah!! But are there updates yet?

There are a couple recommended as far as I know... still have to check which...

But I thought that the /O switch was only to "Overwrite OEM Files without prompting", thus speeding up the installation, but nothing else.

You were right in thinking that, he just suggested what he thought would solve the requested problem.

See here for a full list/explanation of hotfix switches - MS official.

Interesting note, providing I'm reading that page correctly...

New hotfixes (the update.exe kind) will support the /integrate switch... no need to run them manually - can just apply them to the source i386 folder.

V. V. interesting...

Interesting note, providing I'm reading that page correctly...

New hotfixes (the update.exe kind) will support the /integrate switch... no need to run them manually - can just apply them to the source i386 folder.

V. V. interesting...

The idea is V.V. nice, the implementation is not as great. XPCREATE is cleaner and more efficient. To see what I mean, try both methods on a single hotfix.

Come on, GM, throw us a bone.