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From: "Stephen Bird" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: Guide to Building an Unattended XP Install CD
I suppose that if I were to want to produce such a CD, then I would think
more on
the legalities. I have a number of original Windows (versions) CDs, which
I'm about
to use in reviewing Microsoft's Virtual PC software, so I guess I do have
legal
If Microsoft was serious about preventing us from installing Windows with a
far superior later released CD they would change the Product Key series with
each release. This would prevent installing Windows Home OEM SP1 or SP1 and
then using a Product Key that came with an earlier Windows Home OEM CD that
did not have any SP slipstreamed.
I would have no problem if they went to that system with Vista, if they
would send us quarterly Updater CD's so we would not have to jump through
hoops to update a version of Windows that is from 1 to 3 years old. This is
how they handled NT, right? If you had SP4 for NT it would install without
having to first install SP1, SP2 & SP3.
I am not looking for a slick way out of some reasonably expected to do work
here. I just want a quick way to get from Windows XP Home, released in
October of 2001 to what Windows XP is today. Using one comprehensive and up
to date Updater CD is reasonable, even if it takes from 30 minutes to an
hour to install. What is not reasonable is having to spend 2 or more hours
updating a clean install of Windows of any version.
Once I get the Microsoft Security Update CD installed on a clean install of
Windows 98SE or Me, I still have over an hour of more recent updates to
download via my cable ISP connection and install. Microsoft should have
followed up with another comprehensive Updater CD for Windows 98SE and Me.
Chuck
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