Slipstreaming an OEM XP Question

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Since I convinced my parents and one of my sisters to get Dell's I've
become the official on-scene tech support. {sigh}

I noticed that when my sisters drive died and I put a new one in I didn't
have to activate the new install. The 60GB drive in my parents computer is
about 80% full and I've been thinking about installing a bigger one. I'm
thinking that once sp2 has its shake out it'll be a good time to upgrade my
parents computer, both hardware and software. I'm wondering if I
slipstream sp2 will that cause me any activation headaches? Anyone know?

Thanks.

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-Jeff B. (not in a hurry to try sp2 himself)
yeff at erols dot com

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On Mon, 09 Aug 2004 12:04:29 GMT, WSZsr wrote:

> No problem at all. It acts no differently than the original OEM XP CD.
> Just be sure you boot from the XP CD and install from there so you do not
> have to bother with activation.

Thanks for the info!

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-Jeff B.
yeff at erols dot com