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<b><font color=red>Anyone interested in the WinXP SP2 Beta themselves to test it, it can be downloaded from the link below, however you do this at your own risk, and it comes with a warning not to run it on critical systems, and I suggest you heed that.</font color=red></b>
Just for anyones knowledge thats doing it, the 8 missing files that Windows XP Pro can't find after Slipstreaming the SP2 Beta over SP1 are missing Indeo Codecs and DLL files, the SP2 is a major change in WinXP and I mean Major.
The Firewalls automatically activated upon first bootup along with every other feature XP has, also anyone deciding to run the SP2 Beta, you don't have to create a slipstreamed disk to install the SP2, you can just download the Beta version SP2 and execute it.
However for later installs you'll probably want to make an installation disk to save some installation time. I made a Bootable WinXP installation disk with SP2 slipstreamed into the disk, so when you install WinXP you're installing SP2, at the same time.
I used ISO Buster to capture the WinXP Boot File, and Nero 6 to burn the compilation to disk, you don't have to use those programs they're just the ones I used, if anyones interested in running the Beta SP2 and, creating your own installation disk, let me know, I can save you a lot of trouble.
Note; After you slipstream SP2 into your WinXP files but before you burn to disk, you need to remove the "win51ip.sp1" reference file from your compilation or your, WinXP CD will not boot.
And by the way the WinXP Blaster Worm Patch, that we had to get from a special Microsoft download site is in the Beta SP2.
But for you guys that love to install their OP/SYS's every month this will be an adventure!!!
<A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2predl.mspx" target="_new">WinXP SP2 Beta Testing</A>
The last installation disk I bought had the SP1 already on the disk, the SP2 Beta is a huge update for a service pack 273Mb, they've reworked the entire OP/SYS, from one end to the other, some things even look different and some things have been added and are completely new, they,ve added a Security Station and a Firewall Control, directly into the Control Panel, you don't have to look for the Firewall anymore, It's in your face from the very beginning.
Ryan
<A HREF="http://forums.btvillarin.com/index.php?act=ST&f=41&t=2541" target="_new">My Rig</A>
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by 4ryan6 on 03/22/04 08:02 AM.</EM></FONT></P>
Just for anyones knowledge thats doing it, the 8 missing files that Windows XP Pro can't find after Slipstreaming the SP2 Beta over SP1 are missing Indeo Codecs and DLL files, the SP2 is a major change in WinXP and I mean Major.
The Firewalls automatically activated upon first bootup along with every other feature XP has, also anyone deciding to run the SP2 Beta, you don't have to create a slipstreamed disk to install the SP2, you can just download the Beta version SP2 and execute it.
However for later installs you'll probably want to make an installation disk to save some installation time. I made a Bootable WinXP installation disk with SP2 slipstreamed into the disk, so when you install WinXP you're installing SP2, at the same time.
I used ISO Buster to capture the WinXP Boot File, and Nero 6 to burn the compilation to disk, you don't have to use those programs they're just the ones I used, if anyones interested in running the Beta SP2 and, creating your own installation disk, let me know, I can save you a lot of trouble.
Note; After you slipstream SP2 into your WinXP files but before you burn to disk, you need to remove the "win51ip.sp1" reference file from your compilation or your, WinXP CD will not boot.
And by the way the WinXP Blaster Worm Patch, that we had to get from a special Microsoft download site is in the Beta SP2.
But for you guys that love to install their OP/SYS's every month this will be an adventure!!!
<A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2predl.mspx" target="_new">WinXP SP2 Beta Testing</A>
The last installation disk I bought had the SP1 already on the disk, the SP2 Beta is a huge update for a service pack 273Mb, they've reworked the entire OP/SYS, from one end to the other, some things even look different and some things have been added and are completely new, they,ve added a Security Station and a Firewall Control, directly into the Control Panel, you don't have to look for the Firewall anymore, It's in your face from the very beginning.
Ryan
<A HREF="http://forums.btvillarin.com/index.php?act=ST&f=41&t=2541" target="_new">My Rig</A>
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by 4ryan6 on 03/22/04 08:02 AM.</EM></FONT></P>
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