Please enable cookies and refresh the page. Microsoft. The fiercely competitive software giant is positioning its wares for cloud computing with software and services. The companys two cash cows operating. Kaspersky Endpoint Security 10 for Windows Workstations Service Pack 1 Maintenance Release 2 has been released on December 7, 2015. Full version number is 10. Slipstreaming Windows XP with Service Pack 3 SP3Three and a half years after my previous Windows XP slipstreaming guide for XP Service Pack 2, or SP2, were back again with what I assume will be my last XP slipstreaming guide, this time covering Windows XP Service Pack 3 SP3. I first covered slipstreaming on the Super. Site almost seven years ago, for Windows 2. Windows version to support this functionality. Not surprisingly, the process hasnt changed much and the end result is still a version of the current Windows Setup CD thats been integrated with the latest updates. Microsoft promises a more elegant method of slipstreaming with Windows Vista, but thats been pushed back to Vista SP2, so for the foreseeable future, were still using the old but reliable method documented here. As a brief refresher, slipstreaming was originally designed to help Microsofts corporate customers integrate the latest updates into their network based OS install images so that they wouldnt have to waste time deploying an OS image to multiple PCs only to later have to wait around while enormous numbers of updates were installed. With slipstreaming, you can keep an OS image reasonably up to date and keep post install updates to a minimum. And for whatever its worth, Microsoft uses this process to create updated integrated installation media of its own each time a Windows service pack is released. Of course, what Im documenting here will be of interest primarily to individuals and, perhaps, small businesses that dont have access to Microsofts volume licensing programs whereby they would receive up to date install media on an ongoing basis. And as anyone who has installed Windows XP with Service Pack 2 SP2 in the last year or so can tell you, theres nothing like the monotony of installing the OS and then having to install 1. Its just not right. But integrating your Windows XP with SP2 Setup disc with SP3 will make everything OK, at least the next time you do a fresh OS install. And instead of 1. AD10v/1280x720-J0I.jpg' alt='Microsoft Xp Professional Service Pack 3 Product Key' title='Microsoft Xp Professional Service Pack 3 Product Key' />OS install, youll just have a handful. Though that number will of course continue to go up over time. Disclaimer While I will try and help readers who encounter problems integrating XP with SP3, understand that you proceed at your own risk. Be sure to fully backup everything on your system before wiping it out and reinstalling, whether with an integrated XP SP3 disc or otherwise. Understand that you will need to abide by Microsofts production activation requirements and that these technologies could require you to activate XP by phone after an OS reinstall. Be prepared to go back to your previous XP Setup CD if things dont work out. If you go into this with the right frame of mind, the worst case scenario is that you have to install a fresh copy of XP with SP2 and then immediately install SP3 afterwards. Thats not too horrible. Prerequisites. This time around, Im only providing one set of instructions, involving only freely available tools you can readily find online. Heres what you need to make it work. A Windows XP Home or Professional with SP2 Setup CD. Its possible that an original XP Setup CD or an XP with SP1 Setup CD will work, but Ive only tested XP with SP2, both retail and volume license versions of the CD. You may have luck with OEM CDs from PC makers as well, depending how much the company changed the disc layout. Full or Upgrade CDs work just fine. Previously splipstreamed discs are fine as well. But Ive only tested this with versions of XP that include just a single Setup CD Media Center and Tablet PC users are out of luck. Windows XP Service Pack 3 Standalone Updater. Microsoft Xp Professional Service Pack 3 Product Key' title='Microsoft Xp Professional Service Pack 3 Product Key' />This 3. MB file is now available from the Microsoft Web site. ISO Buster. This useful data recovery tool can be downloaded for free. Img. Burn. This is an excellent free utility for disc burning. Other downloads. You may want to be prepared with some other installation files, perhaps on a USB key or burned CD. These files might include drivers particular to your hardware especially a network driver so you can get online and the application updates mentioned in Step 6 below. Be sure to download the XP SP3 standalone installer and download and install ISO Buster and Img. Burn before proceeding. Latest bug fixes for Microsoft Windows, including fixes for some possible DoS attacks. Important note for Vista users You can perform these steps in either Windows XP or Windows Vista, your choice. Ive done it both ways, but the screen shots here show XP because, well, this is an XP based process and all. But either OS works fine, with one caveat For some reason, attempts to slipstreaming volume license versions of Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 3 under Windows Vista will not work, resulting in a condition where Product Activiation will not recognize a valid Product Key. To overcome this problem, be sure to run Step 3 with admin privileges, as described in that step. If that doesnt work, simply use XP for the slipstream. OK, lets get started. Step 1 Copy the Windows XP Setup CD contents to your hard drive. Open your My Computer in Vista, Computer window and navigate to Tools then Folder Options. In the Folder Options dialog, navigate to the View tab and select the option titled Show hidden files and folders. Then, uncheck the option titled Hide protected operating system files Recommended. Dispense with the Warning dialog that appears. Click OK to close the Folder Options dialog. Insert your Windows XP with SP2 Setup CD in the optical drive of your PC and close any auto run window that appears. In My Computer or Computer, right click the optical drive and select Open. Leave the window open with a view of the contents of the Windows XP Setup CD. Open My Computer again. This time, navigate to the root of the C drive or another location to which youd like to save the files youll eventually integrate with SP3. Create a folder named xp as in C xp. Then, create a second folder named sp. Pinnacle Studio 17 Full Version on this page. C sp. 3. Now, drag and drop the contents of the XP Setup CD into the C xp folder. Click image for a larger version. Step 2 Extract the contents of the XP SP3 updater to your hard drive. Now, you need to extract the SP3 files. While the files are copying between the two locations, copy the Windows XP SP3 standalone installer typically windowsxp kb. US to C sp. 3. Then, open a command line window Start, Run, cmd in Windows XP in Vista, just open the Start Menu and type cmd in Start Menu Search. Then, using the following commands exactly, navigate to C sp. Note that the text ENTER means hit the ENTER key lt strong cd ENTERlt br cd sp. ENTERlt br windowsxp kb. ENTERlt strong An Extracting Files dialog will come up and display the progress. When the extraction is done, the following dialog will appear. Press OK to continue. Inside C sp. 3, youll see a new folder called i. Step 3 Integrate XP with SP3. Now, type the following in the command line window where ENTER means hit the ENTER key lt strong cd i. ENTERlt br cd update ENTERlt br update. ENTERlt strong Warning If you are trying to slipstream a volume license version of Windows XP Professional from Windows Vista, the preceding steps need to run as an administrator. To do so, right click on the desktop and choose New then Shortcut. In the Create Shortcut dialog, paste in the following bolded text lt strong C sp. Then, click Next, give the Shortcut a name, and click Finish. Run the shortcut by right clicking it and choosing Run as administrator. Then proceed normally.