The integration of Service Pack 3 in installation CD of the operating system is very useful for two reasons:
1) saves time during installation;
2) with a single installation you reach the maximum of the known stability of the operating system.
Without this trick, usually, for example using the CD ROM installation Windows XP will not even updated to Service Pack 1 (Service Pack 3 is the latest update package released for Windows XP 6 May 2008) and then gradually you install the service pack number.
start by saying that service packs are cumulative, so by installing only the CD with the first version of XP Service Pack 3 and later, you get the same result in the installation sequence of all the service pack, obviously with saving considerable time.
addition, you should not reinstall Windows XP version first and then get online to download updates for your operating system, you immediately expose a significant risk because the system is not updated and therefore extremely vulnerable.
If you connect directly to the Internet, without the protection of a router or a firewall, you might run into worm infections are very common in the network.
To do this you need to use nLite (free software) that provides the following advantages:
- can pre-configure and customize your Windows will generate an installation CD that will include the automatic use of such adjustments. It will not be necessary for the administrator, then apply, with the operating system installation completed.
- allows you to pre-install device drivers and printers. There will be no need, therefore, to provide at a later time to install the drivers for your video card, for example, or local printer or network (this second feature is therefore extremely useful for all those professional profiles who have to work on many computer systems engineering are all equal to each other, think of the computer rooms of schools or university training).
Before you begin, you must verify that you have your own CD ROM of the original installation of Windows XP, nLite software, a properly functioning system on which Windows is installed. NET framework 2.0, 1 GB of free space disk drive, a blank CD / DVD on which you can store the installation files updated to Service Pack 3 and the software WinUpdatesList.
After you install and start nLite, you can choose which language to use User Interface (Italian) and then clicking the Next button, the program will ask where the files are stored in your Windows installation.
At this point, insert the Windows installation CD ROM in the drive, click on Browse ... nLite and point to the corresponding drive letter. As a next step, the program prompts you to specify a folder, hard disk, in which you want to store the files necessary for creating a CD ROM upgraded to Service Pack 3. E 'right to select, for example, the C: drive and then use the Create New Folder button to create a new empty directory (eg WINXP_SP3).
After this initial phase, you should click the Next button (window configurations). nLite will ask then what customizations you may wish to apply on the installation CD of the operating system.
If you only want to update the installation CD of Windows XP Service Pack 3, simply click on the Service Pack, the first from top to bottom and then click ISO bootable.
The significance of the other buttons are self explanatory: the user can activate them more prepared to manually add other updates, device drivers and so on.
Through this window, the service pack must be chosen to be integrated: in our case, the Service Pack 3 (WindowsXP-kb936929-sp3-x86-ENU.exe).
During the integration of Service Pack 3 is not necessary, of course, add patches and hotfixes: you can use the button Hotfix Update Pack Addon and in the future if you want to integrate, in a new installation CD, updates that Microsoft will make available.
In this regard, it is possible to use the software WinUpdatesList: launching the application, the software will list all the Microsoft patches that are installed via a path on your system. In the future, you should click on the column Installation dates in order to obtain the list of updates applied sorted by date of installation. The updates can then be integrated into the Windows XP CD using nLite always. Clicking the right mouse button on an upgrade you can access the "knowledge base" of Microsoft and download the installation files for each patch.
Enabling the Information button pre-installation, nLite makes available a series of tabs that allow you to make the installation of Windows XP completely automated.
Acting on various "tabs", the user can enter the product key for Windows, choose the path to the Program Files folder, set a list of applications that run on the first boot (RunOnce) a set of preconfigured user accounts, specify the computer name, workgroup and other information used in the local network, enter the settings to be used for LAN and Internet connections for automatic updates and other system components.
After the procedure, nLite will create an ISO image of the new installation CD updated to Service Pack 3 and possibly customized to suit your needs. The ISO file must then obviously be burned to a blank CD / DVD.
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