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From: Tom Scales on 14 Feb 2010 06:03


> -----Original Message-----
> From: dg1261 [mailto:dgREMOVE-THIS1261(a)cs.com]
> Posted At: Saturday, February 13, 2010 8:47 PM
> Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
> Conversation: Large Drive Support Dimension 4550
> Subject: Re: Large Drive Support Dimension 4550
>
> Ben Myers <ben_myers(a)charter.net> wrote in
> news:hl59uo$juf$1(a)news.eternal-
> september.org:
>
> > Not sure if Dell ever produced SP3 CDs for XP Home. The only
> > ones I've ever seen have SP2. But an SP3 CD may exist.
>
> Ben: FTR, I bought a couple Dell Minis with XP Home, and they included
> XP
> Home SP3 CDs, copyright 2009.
>
> Tom: I haven't experienced slipstreaming breaking the Dell ability to
> not
> need activation. Every December I've slipstreamed my installation CDs
> to
> bring them up to date with the year's hotfixes, including SP1 to SP2,
> and
> SP2 to SP3. They still do a clean install fine without requiring
> activation. I use the www.hfslip.org method instead of the more
> popular
> nLite, so I don't know if that makes a difference.


Good to know. I'll give it a try!


From: William R. Walsh on 15 Feb 2010 10:48
HI!

> > They still do a clean install fine without requiring activation.
> >  I use thewww.hfslip.orgmethod instead of the more
> > popular nLite, so I don't know if that makes a difference.

> Good to know.  I'll give it a try!

I can provide an additional data point by saying that nLite's method
worked fine with two Dell Windows XP installation discs--one at SP0
and the other at SP1a. The preactivated state was not broken.

William
From: Bob Villa on 15 Feb 2010 18:41
On Feb 15, 9:48 am, "William R. Walsh" <wm_wa...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> HI!
>
> > > They still do a clean install fine without requiring activation.
> > >  I use thewww.hfslip.orgmethodinstead of the more
> > > popular nLite, so I don't know if that makes a difference.
> > Good to know.  I'll give it a try!
>
> I can provide an additional data point by saying that nLite's method
> worked fine with two Dell Windows XP installation discs--one at SP0
> and the other at SP1a. The preactivated state was not broken.
>
> William

nLite also worked for me with XP Home SP1. No activation needed.
(That was my problem install I needed the SATA drivers merged into
it.)

bob
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