patching xp cd with sp2 + downloading updates seperate

hi ..

i've 2 oem editions of win xp pro sp1a that came with the system &
one purchased winxp home sp1. im planning on reinstalling all pcs as
theyve got cluttered with lot of junk. Now what i wanted to know was
howto integrate sp2 into winxp sp1a cd & howto write it back to a cd
i want the windows firewall disabled by default as well.

also can i download the critical updates & all others seperately like the
sp2 for IT
professionals and add it into this installation so that i dont havto go
through the
entire process of adding all the updates on the pc's again. If i can
download them
where can i do that from?

do help ..

regs
renjith
--
Renjith Chembakarayil
- Is the world Round or Flat ? .. ive my doubts !

"Renjith Chembakarayil" <>
wrote in message news:556DDA42-8D87-4925-B7D1-...
> hi ..
>
> i've 2 oem editions of win xp pro sp1a that came with the system &
> one purchased winxp home sp1. im planning on reinstalling all pcs as
> theyve got cluttered with lot of junk. Now what i wanted to know was
> howto integrate sp2 into winxp sp1a cd & howto write it back to a cd
> i want the windows firewall disabled by default as well.
>
> also can i download the critical updates & all others seperately like the
> sp2 for IT
> professionals and add it into this installation so that i dont havto go
> through the
> entire process of adding all the updates on the pc's again. If i can
> download them
> where can i do that from?
>
> do help ..
>
> regs
> renjith
> --
> Renjith Chembakarayil
> - Is the world Round or Flat ? .. ive my doubts !


I am unsure if the following utilities will work with OEM versions of
Windows; I use them only with retail versions:

Google for

Autostreamer

(which will do everything you requested with a few mouse clicks), or

nLite

which is not as user-friendly as Autostreamer and it is harder to
incorporate other files into your build...

Bobby

Use Autostreamer with a burning software such as Nero.
http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/u...ostreamer.html

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Home SP2 Fully Updated
P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 360gb HDD, 2.0gb DDR
"Renjith Chembakarayil" <>
wrote in message news:556DDA42-8D87-4925-B7D1-...
> hi ..
>
> i've 2 oem editions of win xp pro sp1a that came with the system &
> one purchased winxp home sp1. im planning on reinstalling all pcs as
> theyve got cluttered with lot of junk. Now what i wanted to know was
> howto integrate sp2 into winxp sp1a cd & howto write it back to a cd
> i want the windows firewall disabled by default as well.
>
> also can i download the critical updates & all others seperately like the
> sp2 for IT
> professionals and add it into this installation so that i dont havto go
> through the
> entire process of adding all the updates on the pc's again. If i can
> download them
> where can i do that from?
>
> do help ..
>
> regs
> renjith
> --
> Renjith Chembakarayil
> - Is the world Round or Flat ? .. ive my doubts !

thanx for the help baddog & peter ...

now autostreamer is fine for adding a service pack .. but what do i do with
all the small critical updates that windows keeps coming up with every other
day .. even if i manage to download all these updates(mebe around 100) .. can
i integrate them into the xp installation in a way like we did with the
service pack ??

--
Renjith Chembakarayil
- Is the world Round or Flat ? .. ive my doubts !


"Peter" wrote:

> Use Autostreamer with a burning software such as Nero.
> http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/u...ostreamer.html
>
> --
> Peter
> Toronto, Canada
> XP Home SP2 Fully Updated
> P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 360gb HDD, 2.0gb DDR
> "Renjith Chembakarayil" <>
> wrote in message news:556DDA42-8D87-4925-B7D1-...
> > hi ..
> >
> > i've 2 oem editions of win xp pro sp1a that came with the system &
> > one purchased winxp home sp1. im planning on reinstalling all pcs as
> > theyve got cluttered with lot of junk. Now what i wanted to know was
> > howto integrate sp2 into winxp sp1a cd & howto write it back to a cd
> > i want the windows firewall disabled by default as well.
> >
> > also can i download the critical updates & all others seperately like the
> > sp2 for IT
> > professionals and add it into this installation so that i dont havto go
> > through the
> > entire process of adding all the updates on the pc's again. If i can
> > download them
> > where can i do that from?
> >
> > do help ..
> >
> > regs
> > renjith
> > --
> > Renjith Chembakarayil
> > - Is the world Round or Flat ? .. ive my doubts !
>
>
>

There aren't that many....I've found, through lots of formats/reinstalls (I
can't be bothered spending hours or days trying to fix things) that it's so
easy to do what I suggested and then install the rest. I guess if you are
in a server environment then you want to capture all updates. There haven't
been that many.

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Home SP2 Fully Updated
P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 360gb HDD, 2.0gb DDR
"Renjith Chembakarayil" <>
wrote in message news:8E43B39A-9F59-4034-9075-...
> thanx for the help baddog & peter ...
>
> now autostreamer is fine for adding a service pack .. but what do i do
> with
> all the small critical updates that windows keeps coming up with every
> other
> day .. even if i manage to download all these updates(mebe around 100) ..
> can
> i integrate them into the xp installation in a way like we did with the
> service pack ??
>
> --
> Renjith Chembakarayil
> - Is the world Round or Flat ? .. ive my doubts !
>
>
> "Peter" wrote:
>
>> Use Autostreamer with a burning software such as Nero.
>> http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/u...ostreamer.html
>>
>> --
>> Peter
>> Toronto, Canada
>> XP Home SP2 Fully Updated
>> P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 360gb HDD, 2.0gb DDR
>> "Renjith Chembakarayil" <>
>> wrote in message
>> news:556DDA42-8D87-4925-B7D1-...
>> > hi ..
>> >
>> > i've 2 oem editions of win xp pro sp1a that came with the system &
>> > one purchased winxp home sp1. im planning on reinstalling all pcs as
>> > theyve got cluttered with lot of junk. Now what i wanted to know was
>> > howto integrate sp2 into winxp sp1a cd & howto write it back to a cd
>> > i want the windows firewall disabled by default as well.
>> >
>> > also can i download the critical updates & all others seperately like
>> > the
>> > sp2 for IT
>> > professionals and add it into this installation so that i dont havto go
>> > through the
>> > entire process of adding all the updates on the pc's again. If i can
>> > download them
>> > where can i do that from?
>> >
>> > do help ..
>> >
>> > regs
>> > renjith
>> > --
>> > Renjith Chembakarayil
>> > - Is the world Round or Flat ? .. ive my doubts !
>>
>>
>>

thanks peter .. anyways i found this software called nLite(nliteos.com) which
can do most of the functions + more including removing unecessary stuff ..
etc ..

one more thing .. how can i integrate something like mediaplayer 10 or ms
antispyware into the installations ?

regs

--
Renjith Chembakarayil



"Peter" wrote:

> There aren't that many....I've found, through lots of formats/reinstalls (I
> can't be bothered spending hours or days trying to fix things) that it's so
> easy to do what I suggested and then install the rest. I guess if you are
> in a server environment then you want to capture all updates. There haven't
> been that many.
>
> --
> Peter
> Toronto, Canada
> XP Home SP2 Fully Updated
> P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 360gb HDD, 2.0gb DDR
> "Renjith Chembakarayil" <>
> wrote in message news:8E43B39A-9F59-4034-9075-...
> > thanx for the help baddog & peter ...
> >
> > now autostreamer is fine for adding a service pack .. but what do i do
> > with
> > all the small critical updates that windows keeps coming up with every
> > other
> > day .. even if i manage to download all these updates(mebe around 100) ..
> > can
> > i integrate them into the xp installation in a way like we did with the
> > service pack ??
> >
> > --
> > Renjith Chembakarayil
> > - Is the world Round or Flat ? .. ive my doubts !
> >
> >
> > "Peter" wrote:
> >
> >> Use Autostreamer with a burning software such as Nero.
> >> http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/u...ostreamer.html
> >>
> >> --
> >> Peter
> >> Toronto, Canada
> >> XP Home SP2 Fully Updated
> >> P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 360gb HDD, 2.0gb DDR
> >> "Renjith Chembakarayil" <>
> >> wrote in message
> >> news:556DDA42-8D87-4925-B7D1-...
> >> > hi ..
> >> >
> >> > i've 2 oem editions of win xp pro sp1a that came with the system &
> >> > one purchased winxp home sp1. im planning on reinstalling all pcs as
> >> > theyve got cluttered with lot of junk. Now what i wanted to know was
> >> > howto integrate sp2 into winxp sp1a cd & howto write it back to a cd
> >> > i want the windows firewall disabled by default as well.
> >> >
> >> > also can i download the critical updates & all others seperately like
> >> > the
> >> > sp2 for IT
> >> > professionals and add it into this installation so that i dont havto go
> >> > through the
> >> > entire process of adding all the updates on the pc's again. If i can
> >> > download them
> >> > where can i do that from?
> >> >
> >> > do help ..
> >> >
> >> > regs
> >> > renjith
> >> > --
> >> > Renjith Chembakarayil
> >> > - Is the world Round or Flat ? .. ive my doubts !
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
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