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Here's the official download link:

Click Me, I'm Sexy!

The site is quite speedy:

2.7 MB/sec, what are you downloading with? o_O Thats gotta be cached.

Bleh, it doesn't have it in Dutch yet..

Krom wrote:2.7 MB/sec, what are you downloading with? o_O Thats gotta be cached.

Negative on the cached. I'm riding an empty OC3 pipe. I downloaded it again after I posted that pic and got 3.2meg/sec. Here's another shot of 2.8megs/sec.



I assure you, there is no caching going on.

I pulled it at 1.6mb at work.

This is the final beta version, yes?

Final period.

Vindicator wrote:This is the final beta version, yes?

No. This is the full deal, the final version.

Downloading, but only at my connections maximum of 35kb/sec.

485KB/s here

I hate you all.

i max out at 6,034k/s

Going to the site it does not look like SP2 is for home use computors...or am I missing something?

Arch wrote:Negative on the cached. I'm riding an empty OC3 pipe. ....I assure you, there is no caching going on.

aw man... you suck! gimme gimme gimme.

hehe.. or as the seagulls in "Finding Nemo" ...Mine?! ..Mine?!..Mine?!

woodchip: This is meant for network admins to have handy incase they have to re-load a system. It'll save them ALOT of update downloading since its a comprehensive service pack (meaning it has all updates upto that point). Microsoft releases two versions of a service pack. A network installer (this one) or a net installer (only downloads what you actually need). Windows Update only has the net installer because the average user wouldn't download a two hundred something MB file vs. a few kB file that installs everything for them.

Trust me, this is the one you want. It doesn't require a net connection to install, which is very good if you're just re-installing XP.

Duper: Is this before, or after they get stuck in the sail?

mmm slipstream SP2.

fliptw wrote:mmm slipstream SP2.

That is the first thing I did after downloading it.

Check out AutoStreamer.

Edit: SP2 deployment tools, SP2 support tools, SP2 checked build.

Does that autostreamer keep the CD bootible like the method I use?

Edit: yep, seems to indicate that it does.

Krom wrote:Does that autostreamer keep the CD bootible like the method I use?

Edit: yep, seems to indicate that it does.

It did on the cd I just used it on.

Got mine, nice easy install

For those that use the cracked uxtheme.dll to use themes:

http://www.neowin.net/comments.php?cate ... e&id=23207

Using the cracked dll that you used with original release XP or XP SP1 will cause rundll to crash in XP SP2 when applying any themes.

MD-2389 wrote:For those that use the cracked uxtheme.dll to use themes:

Hacks!

Killed two birds with one stone... installed SP2 and re-installed Windows at the same time! AutoStreamer is great.

1285k/sec

god microsoft has sweet servers.

BUBBALOU wrote:

MD-2389 wrote:For those that use the cracked uxtheme.dll to use themes:

Hacks!

Its legal.

onley prob im haveing is i cant get it to kill the damn fire wall. i turn it off but its still running cause nothing will connect.

My only beef is that Windows Update v5 is b0rked. It loads just fine, its just that the scanning engine doesn't work. It'll give a bloated version of the 404 error message after a second of scanning my box. Doesn't matter if auto-update is on or off, doesn't matter if Kerio is enabled/disabled/installed/uninstalled. Windows firewall is OFF (because Kerio is far superior in every way). Doesn't matter if I use the custom or express scanning engine. Can't use v4 because it auto-forwards to v5 immediately.

It's added Korean and French as well now... C'mon, it's the Dutch version we need around here

MD-2389 wrote:My only beef is that Windows Update v5 is b0rked. It loads just fine, its just that the scanning engine doesn't work. It'll give a bloated version of the 404 error message after a second of scanning my box.

Tried adding *.microsoft.com to your trusted sites ? (yeah, I know that's an oximoron.. )

Grendel wrote:

MD-2389 wrote:My only beef is that Windows Update v5 is b0rked. It loads just fine, its just that the scanning engine doesn't work. It'll give a bloated version of the 404 error message after a second of scanning my box.

Tried adding *.microsoft.com to your trusted sites ? (yeah, I know that's an oximoron.. )

If that were an issue, then it wouldn't load at all.

It loads just fine, its just that the scanning engine doesn't work.

I get that too.

it something to do with IP resolution.

Maybe the %SystemRoot%\WindowsUpdate.log file has some info ? Try the M$ community (WU).

It seems that msxml3.dll got un-registered by SP2.

regsvr32 msxml3.dll

That solved the problem.

Anyone else notice that the Windows load screen now just says "Windows XP" (instead of Windows XP Home, Pro, etc.)? So far I've installed this on every version of XP (Home, Pro, Tablet, Media Center) and they all do it.

Flatlander wrote:Anyone else notice that the Windows load screen now just says "Windows XP" (instead of Windows XP Home, Pro, etc.)? So far I've installed this on every version of XP (Home, Pro, Tablet, Media Center) and they all do it.

Ditto.

BTW: I have no problems at all using Windows Update.

Flatlander wrote:Anyone else notice that the Windows load screen now just says "Windows XP" (instead of Windows XP Home, Pro, etc.)? So far I've installed this on every version of XP (Home, Pro, Tablet, Media Center) and they all do it.

Think about this for a moment.... are you done...?

what did you download.. SP2 for a specific version... or a ALL in one IT/DEV version??

I'll let you answer your own question now that the light is ON!

If you are having issues with windows update then it is your configuration of your machine(s) only, check your firewall/antivirus, and or popup blocker, adaware/spybot/bho blocker...some how you are blocking ActiveX and the update of the .dll file from windowsupdate.microsoft.com or go.microsoft.com

Ok I have a stupid question for you all.

Do you need to sliptream SP1 first and then SP2 or do you only need to do SP2 if you want a Slipstreamed CD that does the whole works for you when you install it?

I've nevered slipstreamed a cd before but want to do it now - first time right. I'm asking this because of the screenshots of the autostream program said in the CD build part - 5.1.2600.1106 (SP1).

Thanks

if you downloaded the IT version of SP2 then just use that version with your orginal version of your windows XP cd to slipstream

The IT SPK2 has all the patches included since the ORGINAL release of Windows XP

IOW : ALL IN ONE

Slipstreaming works by replacing the CAB files on the CD with updated ones. So whether you use an original XP CD ("XP Gold") or an XP CD with SP1 integrated, it doesn't matter since all the CAB files get replaced anyway.