- Copy the contents of you WinXP CD-ROM to a new folder on your HDD c:\winxpcd
- Download the network installation of the wanted service pack
- Create a new folder c:\winxpsp
- Run the service pack .exe file with the parameter -x and when it asks where to extract point it to c:\winxpsp
WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.EXE -x
- One can also open the service pack .exe file with WinZip and extract the files to c:\winxpsp
- Go to the folder c:\winxpsp\i386\update and run:
UPDATE.EXE /S:c:\winxpcd
Note when slipstreaming WinXP SP2 on a Win2k machine then one might get a fatal error when running UPDATE.EXE. This can by solved by temporarily renaming c:\winxpsp\i386\update\setupapi.dll (Will force it to use the Win2k setupapi.dll).
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