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3. Updating windowsXP is a joke! My update manager keeps downloading and patching the system all the time! But again what if you had to format again? If you do then you have to start over again patching the system. Good thing was I had a good firewall that alerted me!
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There is very good solution for that problem. It’s called AutoStreamer and you can download it from here:
http://mhtools.knoware.nl/raptor/autostreamer/AutoStreamer.zip
Interesting thing is Slipstreaming of Windows XP (no matter is it Home Edition or Pro or even Corporate edition) and SP2. It’s unbelievable easy for use, just follow instructions on screen. When you slipstream it into one ISO file, you can burn it on CD and after that you have your copy of Windows XP (Home or Pro edition) + SP2 included. As soon as you finish installing your Windows from that CD (assuming that you’re going to perform clean-install after format sometimes in the future, as you mentioned above), SP2 is already installed. No need to wait untill it’s downloaded and installed every single time you want to install Windows again… IMHO, unbelievable simple… however - best tool ever !
Cheers !