WinXP SP2 Network Install Package...

[Ichinisan]

Windows XP Service Pack 2 Network Installation Package for IT Professionals and Developers

Microsoft has this download available. I wonder if this will be useful for making slipstreamed installs or creating a network installation with personalized settings? Double-clicking it tries to install as a regular Service Pack. There must be optional command-line switches to display this "advanced" interface.

Does anyone have an ideo how to use this download?

 

[stash]

Run it from the command line with /? to see the switches.

-x will extract it to a directory for slipstreaming.

 

[Ichinisan]

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Service Pack 2 Setup
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AVAILABLE SWITCHES:
[/help] [/quiet] [/passive] [/uninstall] [/norestart] [/forcerestart] [/l] [/n] [/o] [/f] [/integrate:] [/d:]

/help Displays this message

SETUP MODES

/quiet Quiet mode (no user interaction or display)
/passive Unattended mode (progress bar only)
/uninstall Uninstalls the package

RESTART OPTIONS

/norestart Do not restart when installation is complete
/forcerestart Restart after installation

SPECIAL OPTIONS

/l Lists installed Windows hotfixes or update packages
/o Overwrite OEM files without prompting
/n Do not backup files needed for uninstall
/f Force other programs to close when the computer shuts down
/integrate:<path> Integrate this software update into the folder located at <path>
/d:<path> Back up files into <path>


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OK
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I don't really see anything different from the standard network installation package. Is this possibly identical? Perhaps Microsoft just recently decided to start calling it by a more descriptive name? They had been calling the downloadable package a "Network Install" before and even after SP2 was released.

 

[Dahak]

the reason why they labled it for "Network Installation Package for IT Professionals and Developers" is because most home users will probably just install it through the windows update site, so in all reality it is the same idea as the windows xp sp1 network install. Its just the full download that can be used for slipstream install and the like... or download it and burn it so you dont always have to wait through windows updates

Dahak

 

[Ichinisan]

Well, I first downloaded SP2 Final "Network Installation Package" before this download became available. Did Microsoft change the description *after* I first downloaded the standard SP2 network install? I can't be sure. I deleted my original SP2 package after I created my slipstreamed disc, so I can't do a file-compare to make sure that this is identical.

I guess I'll never know.