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I sure wish I did that way! took almost 500mgs before getting ride of backup on add remove progra. Still a big download, and don't even try without broadband. I have 1500k down and with the long install after it took just about 1 hour. But every this works.
Madc250:)
Well after seeing the post on here I again tried Windows update & sure enough this time it displayed IE6 SP1 and XP SP1 to be downloaded separately from each other. The XP SP 1 seemed to be about 54Mb (possibly due to me regularly using update feature?) but it was painfully slow on my 576kbps DSL link with each 1Mb taking about 60 seconds instead of the usual 17 secs!!
No problems so far.....
Tony P
I agree, Lotus. The slipstreamed install went flawlessly. I've seen a couple of posts regarding a problem with account switching in OE6 that I have to look into but have to set up some dummy e-mail accounts first since I don't use OE6.Quote:
Originally posted by LotusAstra
[B]Well for anyone interested the XP Install with slipstreamed SP1 went perfect...
...no critical updates needed at all after the fresh install...
Jubal: I just checked in Add/Remove Programs under the new Set Program Access and Defaults category. Messenger is listed there for removal although I haven't tried it yet since I have a few clients that use it for support access.
Ok. Her we are, Sept. 9. Two critical updates to install separately from the Windows update site.
1) IE 6.0 Sp1. Installed it but it killed all my passwords. Is that kind of behaviour necessary by MS. It included also the username and passord for this board (VirtualDr)s I have to redo every single password. Secondly, and this is a warning: Attend your installation from the first moment to the last. There are window message boxes coming up all the time that have to be ok'ed. If you do not react, at least in dial-ups like mine, the connection will be cut. I went through it.
2) Tried also to install Windows XP SP1. The installtion file was downloaded but each time I want to start the installation, MS cancels the update. What is that? I am pretty pi.... about this.
I had none of that trouble and I did it the same way you did [win update]. Did not lose anything and had no dialouge boxs after it started. BIG download though, even with cable. As taken alot of room
Sorry about your problems
Madc250
The Elder Geek, I tried to use the Set Programs Access and Defaults, it did not work. I tried to use the Add/Remove, I could uncheck it, but it also did not work. As soon as you start Outlook Express it comes back. I have eliminated it the same way I did before, but I was expecting a Microsoft procedure to do it in SP1. I renamed the Messenger folder to MessengerOld and it does not come back and I have notice no ill effects. Thats the way I did it before.
Lotus and The Elder Geek, what method did you use to make your slipstream CD's. Did you go with the Microsft method or from the info from DRMDJ's link.
I'm signing up for Broadband can't bear my slow connection anymore.
Thanks
OK, I just installed the service pack on two machines. So far no funny things happened. I do have a trusty NT 4.0 box, and several Win2K boxes to use in case they go belly up on me. The download was not bad after I finally got a solid connect to the server(s). It was just so hard to get a good connection though ( had to download at 03:00 AM to get the good connect too). I looked at the list of things that it fixes, and most of them should have been fixed on the initial release, they are simple things that should just work right out of the box.
I'll keep posting to let everyone know how things are going with my experience, at least.
Microsoft should do something about the lousy download for the pack because it is 133 MB large. Man that is a big Service pack for an OS, even though the SP for Win2k was 100 MB too. They just seem to be getting bigger and bigger each release.
Hi Philgo, myself i used DrMDJ's link, found it was easy enough to follow that i didn't need another...
I prefer to use "Disk-at-Once" not Track-at-Once" as told to do in the link, other than that i followed it exactly as written.
Regards :)
Hi Philgo,
I used the info from DrMDJ's link as well. It was a smooth and easy process. No doubt you'll enjoy the broadband connection. I was fortunate enough to be in an area where RoadRunner first rolled out their service. It sure would be tough to go back to DUN again. :D
Take care -
if it aint broke
dont fix it
-thats my motto ... been crushed 2 many times trying to fix a machine that wasnt broken
I agree with that Running_on_Wheel, heres another...
Back-Up... Then u can play till it don't work no more :D
I prefer that one myself :)
The main/only point of posting the link(s) I did for slimstreaming was that instructions are provided for producing a bootable, integrated winxp (or 2K) installation CD. MS' instructions show how to slipstream, but not creat oneself a cd.
Glad it worked for those who tried it.
PS. Using DOA vs TAO to burn is not important. Oh (in case anyone was wondering/concerned), the cd boot sector code (boot.bin) provided as part of a download in the link I gave is the legitimate code for an XP CD. A person could extract their own from their install cd using something like CDRWIN, but it isn't worth it. It's easier to just use the one provided (and pre-extracted) in the article.
Too lazy to check if this was mentioned before, but make sure you re-run bootvis after installing SP1. My boot time went from ~32sec to ~52sec after installing SP1.
Good point tironsi, as SPI install resets some things and jumbles up the file locations of files a previous run of bootvis might have altered.