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for the most people who just want to slipstream, there is a better and easier program

AutoStreamer
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=188337

I was going to slipstream SP1 but by time I was I heard of SP2. Very cool especially for everyone who uses dialup and likes to reinstall XP everytime it becomes goop.

and I must say it is nice not having to worry about begin connected to the internet when you install XP. I slipstreamed SP2 about 3 days ago...MS sure does hide the network install patch on their site.

Imho this is a must. I've installed some fresh XP systems
lately, and one gets a virus/worm before there is time to download the patch from Microsoft.

A friend of mine has a Dell OEM WinXP CD, and could not slipstream SP2 for some reason, apparently because Dell had put something extra on there. I also have a Dell and I was able to Slipstream SP2 on mine.

I would also recommend the autostreamer from the team behind autopatcherXP. The little program makes slipstreaming a walk in the park. Here's another link showing how to slipstream office and create unattended installs:

http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/office2003_slipstreaming.htm

I'm looking for a way to Slipstream a vendor's device driver (SATA controller for my boot device) into the base OS so that I would not need a floppy disk each time I reinstall Windows.

Does anyone have a good tutorial on this for Windows 2000?
I saw a few for Windows XP, which is easier.

It does work.
It will not, if the OEM integrates extra patches with the CD. These patches are listes in svcpack.inf.

Copy 1386 folder to HD, erase the said file. Now you can integrate SP2 into XP + build the CD following boot CD instructions for XP. If you don't want your CD to have the serial # integrated, go to i386 folder, open winnt.sif and erase the serial # entry, safe file.

Now you got a "clean" XP SP2 CD.

Of course, copy all of your CD content to HD, unhide hidden files first, then go to i386 folder, etc... sorry.

"The program can be found here http://nuhi.msfn.org/nlite.html. You will also need to install the .Net Framework if you don’t have this installed already. The only other things that you need are:"

I wouldn't like to install the .Net framework right now because as long as it has this +GDI vulnerability and microsoft only have a tool to inpect your PC for +GDI apps
like .Net framework and Office applications.

Besides that interesting article.

Slipstreaming doesn't work on custom install disks that already have some updated added and/or slipstreamed into the install.

These are the instructions I followed when I created an SP2 slipstreamed install.
http://www.windows-help.net/WindowsXP/winxp-sp2-bootcd.html/

Take a look at the second screenshot on the screen talking about if you get an error.

and here's a link that works without the extra /

http://www.windows-help.net/WindowsXP/winxp-sp2-bootcd.html

Maximum PC magazine has an excellent tutorial on just this topic. It was either this month or last month, can't remember which, sorry.

"and here's a link that works without the extra /

http://www.windows-help.net/WindowsXP/winxp-sp2-bootcd.html"

This is the _regular_ procedure. This will not work for OEM CDs with various single patches integrated via the unattended install mode - then you have to erase the svcpack file as I described, which is the problem his friend encountered.

Cool then, appreciate the info.

If there is sufficent interest then I will look at doing more articles on the other functions in nLite. So please let me know.

I'm looking for a way to Slipstream a vendor's device driver (SATA controller for my boot device) into the base OS so that I would not need a floppy disk each time I reinstall Windows.

Does anyone have a good tutorial on this for Windows 2000?
I saw a few for Windows XP, which is easier.

The process should be basically the same. Google for "Windows 2000 unattended setup".

Alternatively, any of the (numerous) MCSE study guides for Windows 2000 Server or Professional should document the procedure, if you can lay hands on one of them.

There is an option within nLite that allows you to add additional drivers to the base OS.

I'm assuming the service pack goes on the CD as the installer one can download from the windows update site. Can I also assume that I could have Mozilla FireFox and ThunderBird's installers slipstreamed despite them having prompts durring their installation? What about device drivers and games?

for the most people who just want to slipstream, there is a better and easier program

AutoStreamer
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=188337

I recently found a nice simple program what I need that will include SP2 + update/fixes from Windows update. Also, even allow you to include third party apps in CD. It's called XPCREATE.

http://greenmachine.msfnhosting.com/XPCREATE/

For Danish users I can recommend this free video-guide, showing how to slipstream SP2 with Windows XP.

I think Non-Danish-users can use it too, but they will not understand the audio-comments, offcause

http://www.serverguider.dk/artikler_117.html

I've used both the Nlite method and Autostreamer. If you want to modify the disc in a significant way Nlite offers more options. If all you want is an updated version with SP2, Autostreamer would be my first choice. Nlite is more complex to use and might be a bit rich for novice users.
Keep in mind you could always use Autostreamer to create the new ISO, then use any of the WinISO, WinImage, etc. programs to inject files and directories into the ISO.

www.betanews.com has it as well.. for future reference

If you have an MSDN account, MSDN slipstreams installations for you. They have an ISO with SP2 already intigrated in.

http://www.btsunattended.net/EN/DriverPacks/index.htm

Here are bucketloads of drivers you can add.

How do I slipstream my very nifty Windows XP 8-in-1 disk?
It has all flavours of Windows XP (and WPA patches) on one CD. It is great. I haven't been able to slip-stream it though.