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heh... i had some fun with computers last week too!

I started the day by wiping windows and installing RedHat Fedora Core 5 (but i burned recovery discs first!). I couldn't find drivers for my laptop's hardware so i put windows XP pro on it. well, XP pro didn't come with drivers for my hardware either, and HPs driver download site was not working for me.. so i popped in the recovery discs and 3 hours later i find out that the recovery discs made a boo-boo, and i couldn't get into windows because the program that actually loads windows was missing (ntldr). So i wait a few horus and download Windows MCE, thinking it'd be fine. wrong. i install that and try to get drivers for it... blah! The next morning i did the recovery discs again and now everything is find.

so, the moral of this storey is: DON'T FCK WITH LAPTOPS! :P

should've asked me for help Chris :)

first:
slipstream SP2 onto the XP CD so SP2 is installed with XP.
Then go to:
http://www.autopatcher.com/
get autopatcher for XP
run it
THEN do live updates for the 3 or 4 you missed. Autopatcher is updated monthly.
Use Microsoft Updater and it'll handle the Office SP for you in the background.

Sweet!

I'm going to bookmark that site!!

This windows update crap has been pissing me off all day

OK, here is one I can't remember how to get rid of.

How do you remove Windows Messenger?
I had gotten rid of it before, but now I can't remember. I thought you had to go into the registry or something?

Yep it sucks. Windows in general is a mess of work. Linux is great, but Windows is convenient for a lot of things, especially games.

GlassWolf, do you have a website that describes the slipstreaming process so I can burn the Windows install onto a cd?

removing messenger:
for 4.7 autopatcher does it for you with a check box, or:
http://www.updatexp.com/disable-messenger-msn.html

slipstream Service packs into XP:
use:
http://www.nliteos.com/
or follow these instructions to do a straight slipstreaming:
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/wi ... stream.asp