Max Dread Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Hi thereI remember looking into this issue several months ago - back when SP3 was still in its final beta stages, and around the time the RTM was first released... At the time I wanted to know what I had to do seeing as I only have an original "gold" XP Pro disc (i.e. no service packs). My googling led me to a lot of confusion and heated debate! Some were sure that you could use nLite to slipstream SP3 directly onto a "Gold" XP, whilst others were adamant that you had to use nLite to slipstream SP2 onto the "Gold" XP before slipstreaming SP3 otherwise it would lead to problems. A lot of the debate centred around MS's acknowledgement that unlike other SP's, SP3 was not cumulative.Now that a few months have passed, I wondered what the consensus is. Is there still disagreement about this? Or is there a definitive answer?Would appreciate any views or comments.CheersMax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmbattle Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 I believe the reason for this confusion is because SP3 can only be slipstreamed - into any XP distribution, regardless of whether it is XP 'Gold', SP1, or SP2 - when running an XP OS with SP2 installed. However, please don't quote me on that!Regardless, why not just give it a try on your system and see what happens - you have nothing to lose, and everything to gain! Cheers,Jamesx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponch Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 From what I read...-to install SP3 on a running XP system, you must have at least SP1 running (so first install an intermediate SP if needed).-to make a sliptstream disc, you can start from any SP level (0-1-2) so yes, it is cumulative in some way. The OS you are running has no impact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnhc Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Max Dread,See here for this quote:I went from gold to sp3 right when it came out.Enjoy, John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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