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Automatically Slipstream Windows XP with SP2 and All Post-SP2 Security Hotfixes with a Single Command (announcement)
Submitted by ross on Fri, 04/25/2008 - 13:38.Details at http://smithii.com/slipstream_xpsp2.
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Automatically Slipstream Windows XP with SP2 and All Post-SP2 Security Hotfixes with a Single Command (Updated 23-Apr-08)
Submitted by ross on Wed, 04/23/2008 - 07:13.I've written the batch file xpsp2.cmd (updated 23-Apr-08) to automatically download and slipstream a standard Windows XP boot disk with Service Pack 2 and all post-SP2 security hotfixes.
It uses wget or curl (if either are found in the PATH), or your installed browser to download the updates. I have tested this with Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Opera. Other browsers should work, as well. The batch file xpsp2local.cmd (updated 23-Apr-08) will update the copy of Windows XP that is installed on the computer you run the command on. You may wish to do this, if you do not have, or want, the machine you want to hotfix connected to the internet, or if you are unable to run Windows Update for some reason (for example, if Internet Explorer isn't installed, or doesn't work properly, due to a virus or similar mishap). To slipstream the hotfixes, and burn the slipstreamed disk, I've created the makefile xpsp2.mak (updated 23-Apr-08). Details on usage below.