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  1. Bâshrat the Sneaky's DriverPacks and MSFN by theCSapprentice · · Score: 5, Informative · on Creating XP Disk Images w/ Company Applications?

    You can learn how to everything from here:
    http://www.msfn.org/board/

    Here:
    http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/ 1/

    And here:
    http://www.driverpacks.net/Projects/DriverPacks/

    Applications, Drivers, Updates - all slipstreamed.

  2. Re:Slipstreaming by Meostro · · Score: 1 · on Installing Windows with Recent Updates?

    I've been working on this for a while, it's harder than it should be but it's certainly possible.

    The place that helped the most was MSFN Unattended, the documentation there takes you through this kind of stuff step-by-step. They also have forums and driver packs that will help you install to almost any system you can imagine without needing extra driver disks, the BTS DriverPack is the greatest driver collection I've ever seen.

    To make your life easier, nLite will automate a bunch of the steps you'll want to use, plus it can strip out a bunch of stuff that you don't want in your install anyway.

  3. Images by gruhnj · · Score: 1 · on Installing Windows with Recent Updates?

    As has been pointed out earlier in this story, the best you can do is http://unattended.msfn.org/

    Having said that, if you are doing this often enough why do you not have an image? Imaging spares you this work and you also get all of your applications as well. Your more likey to mess something up the more manual rebuilds you do, especially if you have a non trivial configuration. Better yet, with a little work with sysprep you can add drivers for multiple models. Bâshrat the Sneaky's DriverPacks works for most hardware and takes minimal effort. I currently use the same image for about 15 different models of laptops. Having one image for all of my on site hardware makes updates a snap.

    SGT Gruhn
    BCT1, 101 ABN DIV(AASLT)

  4. Re:RTFA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Switching to Windows, Not as Easy as You Think

    And I call BS on you. There are a ton of resources available for experienced Windows users to allow an incredibly customised Windows installation, along with integrating SATA/RAID drivers.

    As you noted, XP doesn't go out of it's way to offer every single option under the sun within it's installer, and describes every process it's going through, which can be helpful to the average user. And I admit, especially in the case of the floppy drivers, RAID/(some)SATA setups can be irritating if you don't want to have to go customise your installation CD, but let's face it, pick any Linux installer from before 2003 (release date of SP2 for XP, I could've used XP's release date... but I decided to be lenient ;) and you'll find that just as much messing around is needed to get everything working 'out-of-the-box'.

    Back to your point, there are a ton of resources around that allow fairly easy creation of a customised XP CD (I define 'easy' as 'I can do it'... I'm far from an expert =P) with integrated drivers, program installations and a more openly explained process of the XP installation. Try these resources:

    - Integrated Drivers for XP
    - Great at removing unneeded items, setting up automatic installation, and lots of other handy things
    - An amazing and comprehensive guide to creating a customised XP installation
    - Microsoft's own deployment tool