I know it's a different process. But I was thinking that since MS wasn't
supporting an upgrade from SP0 (Gold) to SP3 that SP3 isn't all inclusive of
what's contained in SP1 and SP2. So I did some tests just to verify if
there was a difference between slipstreaming SP0 (Gold) and SP2, there is,
but pretty minor. SP3 doesn't modify/update some files from SP0 (Gold) that
SP2 does. However, it doesn't look like it matters that much in the end
unless you care about MSTSC or the Migration Wizard. Still, I'll only be
integrating SP3 into SP2.
Here's what I did. I took XP Gold (SP0) and integrated SP3. Then I took XP
Gold (SP0) and integrated SP2***, then integrated SP3. There are 13 files
that SP2 updated, which SP3 didn't. Now, these files may or may not be
needed in SP3 anymore, but just looking at them I doubt it. Some are
updates for Terminal Server Client, MMC help file, Migration Wizard, that
looks to be about it. Actually none of them look that critical.
*** I would have used an SP2 disc, but I don't have one at home.
This is going to word wrap horribly, but hopefully the attached plain text
comparison report comes through.
SP0 to SP3 on the left
SP0 to SP2 to SP3 on the right
FOLDER COMPARISON
Produced: 05/04/2008 9:46:33 AM
Mode: Just Mismatches
Left base folder: C:\xp\xpcdGold-to-sp3
Right base folder: c:\xp\xpcdGold-to-sp2-to-sp3
Name Size Modified Name Size
Modified
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I386 563,926,915 05/04/2008 9:14:16 am I386
583,846,803 05/04/2008 9:37:15 am
+GUITRN_A.DL_ 47,743 08/23/2001 5:00:00 am <> +GUITRN_A.DL_ 49,795
08/04/2004 12:56:44 am
+MIGISM_A.DL_ 82,325 08/23/2001 5:00:00 am <> +MIGISM_A.DL_ 84,559
08/04/2004 12:56:44 am
+MIGWIZ_A.EX_ 65,221 08/23/2001 5:00:00 am <> +MIGWIZ_A.EX_ 67,301
08/04/2004 12:56:52 am
+MMC.CH_ 137,992 08/23/2001 5:00:00 am <> +MMC.CH_ 137,992
07/17/2004 11:40:26 am
+MSRDP.CA_ 267,848 08/23/2001 5:00:00 am <> +MSRDP.CA_ 325,490
08/04/2004 1:58:04 am
+MSTSC.CH_ 64,448 08/23/2001 5:00:00 am <> +MSTSC.CH_ 64,690
07/17/2004 11:40:26 am
+MSTSC.EX_ 111,744 08/23/2001 5:00:00 am <> +MSTSC.EX_ 116,694
08/03/2004 10:59:42 pm
+MSTSCAX.DL_ 225,772 08/23/2001 5:00:00 am <> +MSTSCAX.DL_ 279,128
08/03/2004 10:59:44 pm
+RDSKTPW.CH_ 27,906 08/23/2001 5:00:00 am <> +RDSKTPW.CH_ 27,798
07/17/2004 11:40:38 am
+SCRIPT_A.DL_ 75,183 08/23/2001 5:00:00 am <> +SCRIPT_A.DL_ 81,729
08/04/2004 12:56:46 am
| << +sp2.cab 18,738,937
08/04/2004 1:05:44 am
| << +SP2.CAT 1,042,903
08/04/2004 2:03:44 am
+SYSMOD_A.DL_ 62,103 08/23/2001 5:00:00 am <> +SYSMOD_A.DL_ 70,165
08/04/2004 12:56:48 am
+TSCUPGRD.EX_ 19,673 08/23/2001 5:00:00 am <> +TSCUPGRD.EX_ 20,631
08/03/2004 10:59:28 pm
\XPTHT41W.HT_ 2,365 08/23/2001 5:00:00 am <> \XPTHT41W.HT_ 2,399
07/17/2004 11:40:54 am
<< win51ip.SP2 2
08/04/2004 2:07:58 am
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Anyway, there's my findings. The other 3 orphaned files from SP2 are left
over from the SP2 slipstream. Integrating SP3 from SP0, SP1 or SP3 should
get you pretty much to the same place. So for all those people on the
internet (I was surprised at how many there are) clamoring that you should
only slipstream from SP0 (Gold), it really makes no difference if you use
SP0 (Gold) or SP2 and probably SP1, but I didn't test that. I was able to
install XP SP3 from both of the ISOs I made into VMWare and everything
looked like it worked just fine.
I didn't test doing an actual upgrade because, I've spent more time than
it's worth it on this already and just as with SP2 I'll probably never
"upgrade" to SP3, but do a reinstall with SP3 integrated into the install.
kevin
On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 5:12 PM, Brad Erdman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> That link refers to installing SP3, not slipstreaming. It's a different
> process.
FOLDER COMPARISON
Produced: 05/04/2008 9:46:33 AM
Mode: Just Mismatches
Left base folder: C:\xp\xpcdGold-to-sp3
Right base folder: c:\xp\xpcdGold-to-sp2-to-sp3
Name Size Modified Name Size
Modified
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I386 563,926,915 05/04/2008 9:14:16 am I386 583,846,803
05/04/2008 9:37:15 am
+GUITRN_A.DL_ 47,743 08/23/2001 5:00:00 am <> +GUITRN_A.DL_ 49,795
08/04/2004 12:56:44 am
+MIGISM_A.DL_ 82,325 08/23/2001 5:00:00 am <> +MIGISM_A.DL_ 84,559
08/04/2004 12:56:44 am
+MIGWIZ_A.EX_ 65,221 08/23/2001 5:00:00 am <> +MIGWIZ_A.EX_ 67,301
08/04/2004 12:56:52 am
+MMC.CH_ 137,992 08/23/2001 5:00:00 am <> +MMC.CH_ 137,992
07/17/2004 11:40:26 am
+MSRDP.CA_ 267,848 08/23/2001 5:00:00 am <> +MSRDP.CA_ 325,490
08/04/2004 1:58:04 am
+MSTSC.CH_ 64,448 08/23/2001 5:00:00 am <> +MSTSC.CH_ 64,690
07/17/2004 11:40:26 am
+MSTSC.EX_ 111,744 08/23/2001 5:00:00 am <> +MSTSC.EX_ 116,694
08/03/2004 10:59:42 pm
+MSTSCAX.DL_ 225,772 08/23/2001 5:00:00 am <> +MSTSCAX.DL_ 279,128
08/03/2004 10:59:44 pm
+RDSKTPW.CH_ 27,906 08/23/2001 5:00:00 am <> +RDSKTPW.CH_ 27,798
07/17/2004 11:40:38 am
+SCRIPT_A.DL_ 75,183 08/23/2001 5:00:00 am <> +SCRIPT_A.DL_ 81,729
08/04/2004 12:56:46 am
| << +sp2.cab 18,738,937
08/04/2004 1:05:44 am
| << +SP2.CAT 1,042,903
08/04/2004 2:03:44 am
+SYSMOD_A.DL_ 62,103 08/23/2001 5:00:00 am <> +SYSMOD_A.DL_ 70,165
08/04/2004 12:56:48 am
+TSCUPGRD.EX_ 19,673 08/23/2001 5:00:00 am <> +TSCUPGRD.EX_ 20,631
08/03/2004 10:59:28 pm
\XPTHT41W.HT_ 2,365 08/23/2001 5:00:00 am <> \XPTHT41W.HT_ 2,399
07/17/2004 11:40:54 am
<< win51ip.SP2 2
08/04/2004 2:07:58 am
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