SlipStreaming SP3

[Willie2]

I have a XP home CD without any SP's, can I SlipStream SP3 to
this CD or do I have to have SP1 or SP2 already on the disk???

 

[joelm3103]

I think you can slipstream SP3 on the disk and don't need to have SP1 or SP2.

 

[Burn]

You still need sp1 and sp2. SP3 doesn't include those updates. so if you do slipstream it, you will need to do all of them

 

[joelm3103]

All 3 SP's can fit on 1 disk though?

 

[Willie2]

I Slipstreamed SP3 onto my XP Home that doesn't have any SP's on it &
I installed it, So far it works, It shows in system properties but doesn't
show in "Add or remove programs" will this be a problem?? Also after the
install I still had about 60 updates & I only installed the security & critical.
Any comments???

 

[joelm3103]

Well since you slipstreamed it, I don't think it's removable now. Also the 60 updates or so you saw, that maybe from SP1 & SP2 that Burn notified has different updates.

 

[Willie2]

The last time I installed XP home I tried installing SP3, but it wouldn't let me, it said I had to have a copy of SP1 or SP2 on before I could install
SP3, but with the SlipStreaming I only installed SP3, so I guess doing it this way you don't need the othe SP's?? I guess I'll have to wait & see???

 

[joelm3103]

Ya I guess you can wait and see. How I viewed it is, since you Slipstreamed it, it has become part of the OS. Which would result in 1 installation and no uninstalling (just like you cannot "uninstall" the OS). All the other updates are probably updates from SP1 and SP2 that you don't have.

 

[Willie2]

Are you saying I won't be able to uninstall it, wouldn't it uninstall if I use Killdisk??

 

[joelm3103]

What I mean by uninstall is normal uninstalling process as in taking of a program from Windows or any other OS. What you are talking about, is reformatting or deleting the whole partition. That's something different.