Great work, thanks for this. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > kevin > Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 2:40 AM > To: Brad Erdman > Cc: unattended-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: XP SP3 issues > > 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. >
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