FIRST, I USE ALL CAPS, IT IS EASIER FOR ME TO READ AND ABIT EASIER FOR ME TO TYPE, SINCE I AM NOT WRITTING A BOOK, I THINK IT IS OK TO USE ALL CAPS, AND IF ANYONE REALLY BELIEVES I AM SHOUTING OR GIVING THEM A HEADACHE. I THOUGHT THIS HAS BEEN CLEARED UP ALONG TIME AGO. BACK TO A QUESTION?
I DID EXACTLY AS MENTIONED TO CREATE A QUICK SLIPSTREAM XP SP2. CREADED A FOLDER WXP-SP2, AND A FOLDER D-SP2, ON MY C DRIVE. WHEN I ENTERED IN THE COMMAND PROMPT Wxpsp2.exe /integrate:C:\WXP-SP2 , IT CAME BACK WITH FAILED TO COPY ALL OR SOME FILES NEED TO INTERGRATE THE INSTAL. IT DID CREATE A NEW FOLDER WITH LOTS OF NUMBERS, INSIDE WAS I386 LISTING. I HAVE A PRE INSTALL CD FROM TOSHIBIA SATELLITE. I THAN TRIED TO USE NLITE. WHEN IT SAID FIND OR LOCATE THE WINDOWS INSTALLATION, I SELECTED THE WXP-SP2 WHICH HAD MY ORIGINAL CD COPIED IN THAT FOLDER. I CAME UP WITH MAKE SURE THE FOLDER CONTAINS THE I386 FOLDER, NLITE IS FOR PREINSTAL ENVIRORMENT ONLY. I AM NOT A TECH, BUT I AM TRYING, BUT MOST SLIPSTREAM DOCUMENTS ARE NOT FULLY CLEAR ABOUT STEP BY STEP, WHAT TO EXPECT AS AN OUTCOME, THEN WHAT FILES DO I DELETE AFTER, AND WHAT CAN I EXXPECT WHEN LOADING THE NEW CD, IF I WANTED TO INSTALL A CLEAN VERSION OF XP WITH NOW…..SP2. ALSO SINCE I HAVE A PRE-INSTALL CD FROM FACTORY, CAN I DELETE SOME STUFF FROM LOADING UNNECESSARY PROGRAMS. I HAVE ALSO BEEN TO STORES TO MAKE ONE FOR ME SO I DON’T HAVE TO KEEP UPDATING AND DELETING UNNECESSARY PROGRAMS. ALSO WILL THIS KEEP MY PRODUCT KEY SO I CAN KEEP XP HOME. IS THERE A EASY AND CLEAR WAY TO KEEP MY KEY PRODUCT AND HAVE IT UPDATED. CAN I BUY ONE WITHOUT HAVING TO BUY ANOTHER XP PROGRAM. ANY SUGGESTIONS WELCOMED. SORY FOR ANY CONFUSION AND SPELLING. RAY