As we all know Microsoft has released the final service pack of Windows XP x86 to the public. The Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) is now available under Windows update.
One may obtain the service pack via Windows Update or by downloading the stand alone installation EXE via Microsoft web sites also. It is recommended that if you have a single or few PCs, then please use the Windows update as in that case for an up-to-date Windows XP SP2 system the download size would be around 70 MB.
Where as if you have many PCs under your network or administration, then please obtain the network installation or stand alone version to install off-line !!
Windows XP Service Pack 3 Network Installation Package
When many users have bought Windows XP, they have found that Windows XP comes with SP2 pre-integrated under the installation media, so when you install Windows XP from such installation media, you find that you installation already have SP2 under it.
Many users are now searching for answer as how do you integrate the SP3 under this present installation media, here is a guide which may help you to integrate the SP3 under Windows XP installation media.
How do you slipstream / integrate Windows XP SP3 into you Windows installation media ?
The process is pretty simple, may take just 30 mins to complete !! One may just follow these basic steps to complete the action.
What do you need to begin the process (prerequisites) ?
Hardware prerequisites
- Internet connection to obtain the SP3 network installation or standalone version
- A PC
- 4 GB of Free HDD Space
- CD Writer
- Blank CD-R
Software prerequisites
- Windows OS (Win 2000, XP, Vista / Server 2000, 2003, 2008)
- Nero / Ashampoo / Any burner to burn bootable CD
Obtain the Service pack and installation Media
Please download the RTM version of Windows XP SP3 from given link of top of this post.
Copy all data at your HDD
In my case I am copying all my data to HDD drive F in which I have more than 4 GB of free space, which is needed to complete the operation.
Copy all data of Windows installation CD (Windows XP / Windows XP SP1 / Windows XP SP2) to F:\CD folder.
Place the Windows XP SP3 at F:\SP3 folder and rename the default “WINDOWSXP-KB936929-SP3-X86-ENU.exe” to SP3.exe
Extract the SP3
Now please start command promt from Start > Accessories > Command and navigate to F:\SP3, via command, F: and cd sp3. This should land you at the F:\SP3 directory containing the SP3 network installation file. Therefore please run command, sp3.exe -x:f:\sp3\
Now you may see there is a folder named i386 containing many files and folder in side the SP3 directory which you have under your F:\ drive.
Start the integration / slipstream process
The update file is located at f:\sp3\i386\update folder, therefore at that command promt window please run these following sets of commands. To navigate to the update folder (f:\sp3\i386\update), please type command, cd i386 & press enter, and next type cd update & press enter (assuming you are already at F:\SP3 location).
Now please run the command to start the update, update -s:F:\CD
This would start the update process to slipstream of integrate the Windows XP SP3 under your windows installation source !!
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