Tip & How To about Microsoft Windows XP Professional for PC

Download all the SP3 hotfixes and Slipstream them to your CD

Posted by Owen Stephen Dawson on Thursday, January 07, 2010

If you use Internet download manager IDM the fastest on the net cost $24.95

http://www.internetdownloadmanager.com

Import this ef2 IDM queue and it will do all the rest for you this is correct upto April 2009 feel free to add the missing 8 months worth I will update this when I have time

http://depositfiles.com/files/vtyqigsq8

If you want to install all the latest hofixes and security updates you can use Ross Smith's http://smithii.com/slipstream_xpsp3 command files last updated in May 2009, I use the xpsp3.cmd file to create slipstreamed windows boot CD for my friends. If you don't want to use them they are great to find out what updates and hotfixes can be slipstreamed.

Build a Bootable Windows XP disk with Service Pack 3 and all critical post-SP3 hotfixes slipstreamed

http://smithii.com/files/xpsp3.cmd

OR

Apply Windows XP Service Pack 3 and all critical post-SP3 hotfixes

http://smithii.com/files/xpsp3local.cmd

AND

To slipstream the hotfixes, and burn the slipstreamed disk

http://smithii.com/files/xpsp3.mak

N.B> This guy Paul Thurrott is also on Twitter and explains how to do this the old fashioned manual way although he is pre-occupied with Windows 7 at the moment.http://www.winsupersite.com