SP2 Custom install

Posted: 08-09-2004, 09:03 PM

Mike Funk

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I would like to make a custom install for XP SP2 and was
wondering if that's possible. I downloaded it but it's
just an exe and not a msi file, so I wasn't sure. I'm
guessing this isn't possible, but worth the time to ask.

Thanks!

-Mike

SP2 Custom install

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Robert Moir

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Re: SP2 Custom install

Posted: 08-09-2004, 10:31 PM

Mike Funk wrote:

> I would like to make a custom install for XP SP2 and was
> wondering if that's possible. I downloaded it but it's
> just an exe and not a msi file, so I wasn't sure. I'm
> guessing this isn't possible, but worth the time to ask.

What exactly do you mean by "Custom Install"? If you want to integrate XP
SP2 into your OS install so that you don't have to do it seperately, look
around for guides to "Slipstreaming".

If you mean a custom install in the same way that you can install some
applications and choose what bits of the app you want to install then I'm
afraid Service Packs don't work like that - the service pack installer will
look at what is running on your machine and do a 'custom install' of its own
based on what parts of your system need to be updated.

Rob
MS MVP

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Re: SP2 Custom install

Posted: 08-09-2004, 10:36 PM

Thanks for the reply Rob!

-Mike

>-----Original Message-----
>Mike Funk wrote:
>> I would like to make a custom install for XP SP2 and

was

>> wondering if that's possible. I downloaded it but it's
>> just an exe and not a msi file, so I wasn't sure. I'm
>> guessing this isn't possible, but worth the time to

ask.

>
>What exactly do you mean by "Custom Install"? If you

want to integrate XP

>SP2 into your OS install so that you don't have to do it

seperately, look

>around for guides to "Slipstreaming".
>
>If you mean a custom install in the same way that you

can install some

>applications and choose what bits of the app you want to

install then I'm

>afraid Service Packs don't work like that - the service

pack installer will

>look at what is running on your machine and do a 'custom

install' of its own

>based on what parts of your system need to be updated.
>
>Rob
>MS MVP
>
>
>.
>

Benn Wolff

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Re: SP2 Custom install

Posted: 08-10-2004, 12:08 AM

upzip the .exe look in the update folder for the .msi

"Mike Funk" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:2cb901c47e54$46a38250$[email protected]..

>
> I would like to make a custom install for XP SP2 and was
> wondering if that's possible. I downloaded it but it's
> just an exe and not a msi file, so I wasn't sure. I'm
> guessing this isn't possible, but worth the time to ask.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Mike

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