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From: Bob Villa on 22 Jul 2010 15:32
On Jul 22, 9:57 am, Christopher Muto <m...(a)worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> Doug wrote:
> > GTS-NJ wrote:
> >>> I badly need a Dell XP Home with SP3 CD.  Does anyone know any way
> >>> to get one?  Will Dell sell one without reference to a specific
> >>> computer?  Any 3rd party sources?
>
> >>> These are incredibly scarce because they were only used on net books
> >>> around the time Dell stopped providing media.  It's a constant
> >>> problem for service needs.
>
> >>> Please don't bother posting advice to slip stream one.  There's no
> >>> known way to do this for Dell OEM media that actually works.
>
> > Despite your claim that it can't be done I'll have to disagree. I've done it
> > with autostreamer and it works just fine. In fact I just finished a clean
> > install with my slipstreamed SP3 disc (from a Dell OEM XP disc) on my old
> > Dimension 8200. No problems.
>
> > D
>
> did it require activation or did it work like a dell oem windows cd?

No activation using nLite (again, I must be invisible!)
From: Christopher Muto on 22 Jul 2010 16:13
Bob Villa wrote:
> On Jul 22, 9:57 am, Christopher Muto <m...(a)worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>> Doug wrote:
>>> GTS-NJ wrote:
>>>>> I badly need a Dell XP Home with SP3 CD. Does anyone know any way
>>>>> to get one? Will Dell sell one without reference to a specific
>>>>> computer? Any 3rd party sources?
>>>>> These are incredibly scarce because they were only used on net books
>>>>> around the time Dell stopped providing media. It's a constant
>>>>> problem for service needs.
>>>>> Please don't bother posting advice to slip stream one. There's no
>>>>> known way to do this for Dell OEM media that actually works.
>>> Despite your claim that it can't be done I'll have to disagree. I've done it
>>> with autostreamer and it works just fine. In fact I just finished a clean
>>> install with my slipstreamed SP3 disc (from a Dell OEM XP disc) on my old
>>> Dimension 8200. No problems.
>>> D
>> did it require activation or did it work like a dell oem windows cd?
>
> No activation using nLite (again, I must be invisible!)

cool. thanks for the info. you are not invisible, i see you. but i
don't get the what the big deal is about this issue anyway. unless you
are installing machines from scratch all the time why not just let
windows update do its thing... six of one or a half dozen of the other...
From: Bob Villa on 22 Jul 2010 16:40
On Jul 22, 1:13 pm, Christopher Muto <m...(a)worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> Bob Villa wrote:
> > On Jul 22, 9:57 am, Christopher Muto <m...(a)worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> >> Doug wrote:
> >>> GTS-NJ wrote:
> >>>>> I badly need a Dell XP Home with SP3 CD.  Does anyone know any way
> >>>>> to get one?  Will Dell sell one without reference to a specific
> >>>>> computer?  Any 3rd party sources?
> >>>>> These are incredibly scarce because they were only used on net books
> >>>>> around the time Dell stopped providing media.  It's a constant
> >>>>> problem for service needs.
> >>>>> Please don't bother posting advice to slip stream one.  There's no
> >>>>> known way to do this for Dell OEM media that actually works.
> >>> Despite your claim that it can't be done I'll have to disagree. I've done it
> >>> with autostreamer and it works just fine. In fact I just finished a clean
> >>> install with my slipstreamed SP3 disc (from a Dell OEM XP disc) on my old
> >>> Dimension 8200. No problems.
> >>> D
> >> did it require activation or did it work like a dell oem windows cd?
>
> > No activation using nLite (again, I must be invisible!)
>
> cool.  thanks for the info.  you are not invisible, i see you.  but i
> don't get the what the big deal is about this issue anyway.  unless you
> are installing machines from scratch all the time why not just let
> windows update do its thing...  six of one or a half dozen of the other....

In my case I had to add the serial drivers (no floppy) to a notebook
(1545) so the rest of Windows could load.
Then, adding SP3 is just a bonus
From: William R. Walsh on 23 Jul 2010 16:35
Hi!

> Please don't bother posting advice to slip stream one. There's no known
> way to do this for Dell OEM media that actually works.

Then you're not doing it right or your source of information is wrong. I
have slipstreamed SP3 to Dell discs for Windows XP Professional and Home
versions. It worked every time, no problems that I could see. They were
originally SP1 discs, but I'd not expect discs for SP2 to be much--if
any--different for the slipstreaming process.

William


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