When installing XP sp3 to a brand new machine...

re: When installing XP sp3 to a brand new machine...

HandyAndy — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:50:34 GMT

Boy remember the good old days when a service pack contained all the previous service packs.

It seems the more the industry progresses the more it regresses.

Anyone remember the HYPE that bits was going to keep us from ever having to do this again?

re: When installing XP sp3 to a brand new machine...

Bucky — Wed, 07 May 2008 21:08:46 GMT

Slipstream your RTM media.

re: When installing XP sp3 to a brand new machine...

Robert — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:19:54 GMT

That's ebay auction material - a CD with the original XP on it! :-)

re: When installing XP sp3 to a brand new machine...

bradley — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:04:26 GMT

When you are a SA customer and the XP media you have is still RTM that you tried for this test ;-)

re: When installing XP sp3 to a brand new machine...

David Mackie — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:43:50 GMT

You scare me Susan.

I'd be flat out finding a Windows XP RTM CD to install from OR you are buying PCs from Billy Bobs Guns, Bait and Managed Services. What OEM would not be installing XP SP2 preimaged???