windows disc

[onesmartidiot]

I apologize if this is piracy, if so ill delete this question... but i dont see why it would be.

I have a fully legit win xp pro key i bought at "the computer factory" .

it says ibm corp. on it, so it's oem.

i bought it back in '04, so i have an sp1 install disc. is it possible to buy a "pressed" widnows disc with sp2 on it? ive tried "slipstreaming" but cant seem to get it to work. some guy at microcenter today told me to look at torrents or something, i have a feeling that is illegal. it would just be nice to buy a sp2 disc without buying the $150 key that i already have. i nuke my machine about every three months to keep it running nice. but havning to install sp2, then 821734029837 updates is getting old.

thanks

 

[Nodsu]

Ask IBM for the CD. It shouldn't cost too much and you would get a nice pressed factory thing.

And yes, you may find a XPSP2 OEM CD online.

 

[pdyckman@comcas]

Microsoft sells or gives away (probably sells) a support disc that contains SP2.

 

[Didou]

nLite (freeware & spyware-free) makes it very easy to create a slipstreamed bootable CD. I've used it before & recommend it whenever I can.

 

[Cinders]

Like Didou said nLite is an excellent program that makes slipstreaming a disk very easy. I have used it many times with great success. You could play around with nLite for months trying all the different options if you really wanted to.

 

[mickzer]

Or try Autostreamer:

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/System-Tweak/Autostreamer.shtml

mickzer