From: "Randy H" 

I found the switches for SP2, building a CD now-we'll see what happens.

"Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
news:419a4a33$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Copied the whole CD to a directory on the HD.
>
> From the commandline, I ran the SP2 with a commandline switch, that points
> it at the directory where the copied CD install files were (I'll have to
> lookup the switch, but it should be documented, or maybe type the SP exe
> name at the command line with a /? after it to get the options.).  That
> applied the SP files to the install files.  I believe you can also apply
> other hotfixes that way if they involve file updates.  Then, I copied all
> the files back to a new CDR, and used that for the install.
>
> When I was done with the re-install, looking at the Properties of My
> Computer, it says it's at SP2.  Going to Windows Update, it only needed
> the
> fixes released after SP2.
>
> --
> Glenn M.
>
>
> "Randy H"  wrote in message
> news:41999513$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Yup-Ran Spybot, Ad-Aware-nothing. Virus scans were also negative.
>>
>> When I did my original install I did a clean install of XP, even though
>> it
>> was the upgrade version.
>>
>> How did you make your slipstream SP2 disk?
>>
>> "Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
>> news:41997ecb$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> > Scan for spyware and such?
>> >
>> > Did you install with a full or upgrade version?  What options do you
>> > see
>> > when you pop in the XP install disk?  Does the dialog box offer an
>> > "upgrade"
>> > install?
>> >
>> > I just did that on the "bosses" laptop at work, as
his XP Pro on his
> Dell
>> > Latitude was getting a bit "wooly".  I had made a
slipstreamed SP2
> install
>> > disk from our original XP disk, and used that as the install, and when
> the
>> > dialog came up (when booted in XP), it offered an upgrade install.
> Worked
>> > perfectly, and all the little gremlins seem to have gone away.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Glenn M.
>> >
>> >
>> > "Randy H"  wrote
in message
>> > news:41997817$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >> Don't know when this broke  but now on my machine when
you righy click
> on
>> >> Manage on My computer you get a dialog box that has Desktop in the
> title
>> > bar
>> >> and sports an "Access Denied" message.
>> >>
>> >> Also, the Help and Support center stopped working-try
starting it, and
> I
>> > get
>> >> Error 126: the Specified Module Could Not Be Found. Gee, perhaps it
>> >> may
>> >> be
>> >> helpful to tell us what that module is? Excsue me?
>> >>
>> >> And to add insult to injury, SFC craps out with "Windows File
> Protection
>> >> could not initiate a scan of protected system files.
>> >>
>> >> The specific error code is 0x000006ba [The RPC server is
> unavailable.]."
>> >>
>> >> And this is supposed to be "The most stable Windows yet?"
>> >>
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