DosFreak

Interesting, I've been out of the Technet Plus scene since I left my old job....so no more CD's or access for me! This was like 2 yrs ago. Is there any documentation on these MS 3-IN-1 CD's? I find it strange that they would do this.

Just heard that Creative is making a new soundcard. Supposed to actually be something new :shock: I'll see if I can find the article.

Please don't resurrect old posts and ScummVM doesn't work for Escape from Monkey Island. Thread closed.

Windows 2000/XP CD SlipStream Guide Contacts: DosFreak d0sfreak@yahoo.com Zarquon tom@blastcapacity.org Ars Technica Slipstream Guide Use this for much shorter instructions...may be better guide depending on your needs: http://zarquon.arsware.org/ DOWNLOADS CDR SOFTWARE Roxio Easy CD Creator 5= www.roxio.com Ahead Nero Burning ROM = http://www.nero.com/en/index.html#download CDRWIN = http://www.goldenhawk.com/ IMAGING SOFTWARE WINISO = www.winiso.com WINIMAGE = www.winimage.com DOWNLOAD THE BOOT SECTOR FILES Get the CD-ROM boot sector and CD Marker files from here: http://www.soundcardcentral.com/funstuff/slipstream/bootfiles.zip http://www.angelfire.com/de2/w2kcd/neededfiles.zip http://www.angelfire.com/de2/w2kcd/ http://www.thetechguide.com/win2kbootcd/boot.bin http://www.speakeasy.org/~intense1/bink/bootfiles.zip Windows 2000/XP Service Packs Windows 2000 (Pro/Server/Advanced Server 32bit) SP1 http://download.microsoft.com/download/win2000platform/SP/SP1/NT5/EN-US/sp1network.exe SP2 http://download.microsoft.com/download/win2000platform/SP/SP2/NT5/EN-US/W2KSP2.exe SP3 http://download.microsoft.com/download/win2000platform/SP/SP3/NT5/EN-US/W2KSP3.exe Windows XP (Home/Pro 32bit) SP1 http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/SP/SP1/WXP/EN-US/xpsp1_en_x86.exe DOWNLOAD WINDOWS XP BOOT DISKS No Service Pack Home= http://download.microsoft.com/download/WinXPHome/Install/310994/WIN98MeXP/EN-US/WinXP_EN_HOM_BF.EXE Professional = http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/310994/WIN98MeXP/EN-US/WinXP_EN_PRO_BF.EXE Service Pack 1 Home= http://download.microsoft.com/download/W...1_en_hom_bf.exe Professional= http://download.microsoft.com/download/w...1_en_pro_bf.exe WINDOWS 2000/XP CD'S THAT DO NOT BOOT Place the appropriate files from neededfiles.zip into the root directory of the folder that you copied the Windows 2000/XP CD into. WINDOWS 2000 BOOT FILES Place CDROM_NT.5 into the root of the CD. Also make sure these files are located in the root of your CD: CDROM_IP.5 - If 2000 PRO then place this into the root. CDROM_IS.5 - If 2000 SERVER then place this into the root. CDROM_IA.5 - If 2000 ADVANCED SERVER then place this into the root. CDROM_ID.5 - If 2000 DATACENTER then place this into the root. WINDOWS XP BOOT FILES WIN51IP - If XP PRO then place this into the root. If you already have the CDROM_ or WIN51 files on your CD then do not use the ones included with the .zip's. Just don't worry about it. If your CD does not have these files then you will need to place the above files onto your CD. The root of the Windows 2000 CD should contain these files: Autorun.inf cdrom_iX.5 (X=P/S/A) cdrom_nt.5 cdrom_sp.tst (cdrom_sp.tst=SP1 cdromsp2.tst=SP2 cdromsp3.tst=SP3) read1st.txt readme.doc setup.exe spnotes.htm (Only in SP2/SP3) The root of the Windows XP Pro CD should contain these files: AUTORUN.INF README.HTM SETUP.EXE SPNOTES.HTM WIN51 WIN51IP WIN51IP.SP1 You may also create these files yourself. For Windows 2000's CDROM_ files simply open up notepad and create the filenames that I posted above then simply write the letters "w2k" at the very beginning of the file. For the .tst file just create a blank file with notepad. For Windows XP's WIN51 files simply open up notepad and create the filenames that I posted above then simply write the letters "Windows" at the very beginning of the file. For the .SP1 just create a blank file with notepad. VOLUME LABELS Windows 2000 Professional = W2PFPP_EN Server = W2SFPP_EN Advanced Server = W2AFPP_EN DataCenter = W2DFPP_EN Windows XP Professional = WXPVOL_EN SHORT & EAST INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING A BOOTABLE 2K/XP CD WITH INTEGRATED SERVICE PACK! Download WinISO. Execute WinISO Insert 2K/XP CD into CDROM. Go to Actions/Make ISO from CDROM Pick the letter where your 2K/XP cd is located. Pick the location where you wish to place the .ISO Make sure ASPI is Selected! Hit make! When done go to File/Open Open up your .ISO Go to Actions/Extract Extract 2K/XP to a directory When done: Do a S:\SP.exe (name of Service Pack file) -s:S:\2K/XP (Where your extracted 2K/XP CD is located) to slipstream 2K/XP with a service pack. When done it will say "Integrated install has completed successfully." Hit ok. Now delete all directories/files in the 2K/XP .ISO that you created. Go to Actions/Add Files Add all of the files from the root of the extracted CD to the image Go to Actions/Add Directory Add all of the directories from the extracted cd to the image. Go to File/Save As and Save your image. Your done! Now go install 2K/SP with integrated Service Pack! ** Some people have experienced problems when booting with a .ISO created with WINISO. For those people simply use WINIMAGE instead of WINISO to create the initial .ISO, then use WINISO for the rest of the instructions. Currently it is unknown why WINISO does this. LONG & COMPLICATED INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING A BOOTABLE 2K/XP CD WITH INTEGRATED SERVICE PACK! CREATING THE BOOT SECTOR FILE There are 2 ways to extract the boot sector: #1 Execute CDRWIN and go to the "Extract Disc/Tracks/Sectors" button. For Extract Mode... : Choose "Select Sectors" For CD Reader Select the current location of your 2K/XP CD. For Image Filename choose a directory to place your file. Example: C:\2kboot.bin For Sector Selection: "Start: 20 End: 20 Datatype: Data Mode1 (2048)" Click the "START" button to create the Windows NT4/2K/XP/.NET boot sector file! or #2 Download Bart's Boot Image Extractor http://www.nu2.nu/nu2files/bbie10.zip Extract the files and run BBie X: (Where X=the CDR where your NT4/2K/XP/.NET CD is located) This only works in NT...but you can extract boot sectors from .ISO'S in 9x using this tool. PREPARING THE WINDOWS 2000/XP CD FOR CD CREATION Make a folder on your C: drive. Name it the same as that of your Windows 2000/XP CD. Example: W2PSEL_EN Copy the entire Windows 2000/XP CD to the folder. You will need at least 380MB on your hard drive just for the Windows 2000/XP CD. SLIPSTREAMING WINDOWS 2000/XP WITH A SERVICE PACK (CAN ONLY BE PERFORMED ON A 2K/XP/.NET BOX) Copy SP1/SP2/SP3 to your C: drive. Do a Start/Run/C:\sp1network.exe -S:C:\W2PSEL_EN to "slipstream" or update the windows 2000/XP CD with the latest service pack. When it's done it will say "Integrated install has completed successfully". Click OK. If it does not say this then you have done something wrong. IF YOU EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS WITH SP1NETWORK.EXE/W2KSP2.EXE/W2KSP3.EXE Do a Start/run/C:\sp1network.exe -X:C:\SP1 to extract the Service pack files to a subdirectory. Click OK at the screen where it displays "C:\SP1" When it's done extracting click OK. Do a Start/Run/C:\SP1\i386\update\update.exe -s:C:\W2PSEL_EN to "slipstream" or update the windows 2000 CD/XP with the latest service pack. When it's done it will say "Integrated install has completed successfully". Click OK. If it does not say this then you have done something wrong. BURN TO CD INSTRUCTIONS CDRWIN is the preferred CDR burning program to burn Windows 2000/XP CD's. Using CDRWIN you can use the Windows 2000/XP boot feature EXACTLY as Windows 2000/XP does (No floppy Emulation). Adaptec can not. (floppy emulation) CDRWIN v4.0a Open CDRWIN and choose the File Backup and Tools option In the BACKUP/TOOL Operation Choose the Build an ISO9660 Image File In FILE BACKUP List click the DIRECTORY button and choose the directory where you copied the Windows 2000 CD. Click OK. Then click the ADD button. You should see the directory in the big box now. Check the INCLUDE HIDDEN FILES,LONG FILENAMES(JOLIET),INCLUDE SYSTEM FILES,RECURSE SUBDIRECTORIES. Uncheck PRESERVE FULL PATHNAMES. For IMAGE FILENAME click the three dots at the right and choose a directory and a filename. Then click Save. You should see the pathname and the filename of your .ISO in the box. Check the DISABLE VERSION NUMBERS box. Click the ADVANCED OPTIONS button. For Volume Label use the name of the original Windows 2000 CD. Ex: W2PSEL_EN For Volume Set Name use the name of the original Windows 2000/XP CD Publisher Name: MICROSOFT CORPORATION PREPARER NAME: MICROSOFT CORPORATION, ONE MICROSOFT WAY, REDMOND WA 98052, (206) 882-8080 Choose the BOOTABLE DISC tab. Check the MAKE BOOTABLE DISC box. For MEDIA EMULATION CHOOSE Custom For Image File name use the boot sector file that you made. For DEVELOPER NAME use MICROSOFT CORPORATION For Load Sector Count use the number 4. Click OK and then START to make your image! When it's done open up any CDR burning program that supports .ISO's to burn your IMAGE to CD. (It is recommended to use another program to burn the image file to CD due to the shareware version of CDRWIN only burning images at 1x!) Nero Burning ROM v5.5.9.0 Make a file called nero.reg Add the following to nero.reg and save it: REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ahead\Nero - Burning ROM\General] "AddISOFileVersion"=dword:0 Now run nero.reg Open Nero Exit all open Nero Windows Choose "RECORDER" Select "Image Record" if you wish to burn to .ISO. Select your CDR if you wish to burn straight to CD. Now go to FILE and then NEW Choose CD-ROM (Boot) Select Image File Browse to your boot sector file. For Kind of Emulation: Choose: "NO EMULATION" Change "Number of loaded sectors" to 4. Go to tab ISO LABEL tab Volume Label W2SFPP_EN Volume Set W2SFPP_EN Publisher MICROSOFT CORPORATION Data Preparer MICROSOFT CORPORATION, ONE MICROSOFT WAY, REDMOND WA 98052, (206) 882-8080 Hit NEW Drag the Windows 2000/XP files into the ISO Window. Right-click on the volum label in the ISO2 window and go to properties. Verify that the settings are correct. Now Choose Burn Image! Adaptec EZ CD Creator v5.02d Start Easy CD Creator 5 Project Selector, select Make A Data CD, Select Data CD Project Once EZ CD Creator has started go to File,New CD Project,Bootable CD Change Bootable CD Type to "No Emulation" Change Sector Count to 4 Choose "Browse" and locate the boot sector file that you made with CDRWIN. Press OK to close this screen Now in the lower left-hand screen right-click on the CD Icon and choose rename. I use "W2PSEL_EN" since that is the name of my original CD. Now Right-click on the CD Icon again. Choose Properties. For File system use: ISO9660 For Physical format of CD use: MODE 1: CDROM Now locate your original 2K/XP CD files in the upper screen. Drag all files from the original 2K/XP CD into the lower left-hand side of the screen. Now you can burn this project to CD or save it as an image file. To save as an image file: Go to File,Create CD Hard Disk Image..., Type in a name for the image and save it as either a .cif or a .iso. (.CIF is an extension used by EZ CD Creator. I suggest using .ISO since most CD programs use that extension.) To record to CD go to File,Record CD... If at any time later you wish to burn your image file to CD then just go to File,Record CD From CD Image and burn it! OTHER THINGS YOU CAN DO TO YOUR 2K/XP CD. UP[censored] THE BOOT DISKS ON THE WINDOWS 2000/XP CD When you integrate a Service Pack into Windows 2000/XP it does not update the boot disks on the CD. If you try to use the boot disks with your integrated Service Pack CD it will not work. Using the following script you can create updated boot disks to work with your updated Windows 2000/XP! * Before performing ANY of the below: If you do not wish to go through the trouble of the following. (If you are in a hurry) then there is a quick way to get the boot disks working without going through the pain below. QUICK WAY 1. Create the bootdisks as normal. 2. Replace the TXTSETUP.SIF on DISK 1 with the TXTSETUP.SIF from the updated SP. 3. What this does is get the bootdisks to work with your slipstreamed SP BUT the rest of the files on the floppies will not be updated to the Service Pack. What this means is that the part of the installation process that uses the floppies (All the drivers you see it load when you boot the floppies, Hardware detection, partition format) may be buggy, the updated Service Pack files *MAY* have fixes for these bugs. I am currently unaware of any serious bugs in the 2K/XP setup, none as serious as the NT4 setup so you should be able to perform this procedure without any problems. LONG WAY 1ST METHOD BOOTDISK IMAGE UPDATE SCRIPT http://idisk.mac.com/zarq/Public/Ars/slipfiles.zip Thanks Zarquon for the script! Place the following lines in a text file called BDUP_NODISK.cmd to make your own BDUP_NODISK.cmd if you cannot download slipfiles.zip: @echo off FOR %%i IN ("%~1\bootdisk\cdboot?.img") DO echo. & echo Extracting %%~nxi... & md %%~ni & pushd %%~ni & ..\extract -x %%~fi > NUL & echo. & echo Up[censored] files: & (FOR /F "usebackq skip=4 tokens=1" %%j IN (`..\extract -l %%~fi`) DO if exist "%~f1\i386\%%j" (echo %%j & xcopy /i /y "%~f1\i386\%%j" %%j > NUL)) & popd echo. & echo Done. Consult README.HTML to merge updated files. Copy BDUP_NODISK.CMD to anywhere on your hard drive. Doesn't matter where really. Now download the following file and place it in the same directory where NDUP_NODISK.CMD is located or in your path (if running BDUP_NODISK.CMD from START/RUN then place EXTRACT.EXE in your PATH otherwise the program will not execute). http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/gvollant/extrac21.zip ftp://ftp.winimage.com/extrac21.zip http://users.surfanytime.co.uk/aceuk/Ars/Software/extract.zip Now update the bootdisks by pointing the script to the updated Windows 2000/XP CD. Example: bdup.cmd X:\win2k (i386 does not have to be specified. Just the root of the CD). *** The Boot Disks should be in the same directory as the I386 directory. For XP create the BOOTDISK directory and place the downloaded bootdisks from Microsoft into this directory. The script will run very fast and when done there should be 4 CDBOOT directories (for 2K) or 6 CDBOOT directories (for XP) located in the directory where you ran the script. Now download Winimage. 2K Open each CDBOOT1 and delete all of the files. Now inject each directory into the corresponding image. XP Download the XP Boot Disks from MS Now inject each directory into the corresponding image. 2ND METHOD (IF THE ABOVE PROCEDURE DOES NOT WORK! THE FOLLOWING ONLY WORKS WITH WINDOWS 2000 CURRENTLY!) Make a file called MKDISK.BAT, copy the following into it and save it. REM THIS BATCH FILE ASSUMES THAT THE CDROM WHERE YOUR WINDOWS 2000 CDROM RESIDES IS G: REM IF YOURS IS DIFFERENT SIMPLY USE THE REPLACE COMMAND TO REPLACE G: WITH THE LETTER REM OF YOUR CDROM DRIVE. MD C:\BT2K MD C:\BT2K\1 MD C:\BT2K\2 MD C:\BT2K\3 MD C:\BT2K\4\SYSTEM32 REM DISK 1 COPY /Y G:\i386\BIOSINFO.INF C:\BT2K\1\ COPY /Y DISK101 C:\BT2K\1\ COPY /Y G:\I386\NTDETECT.COM C:\BT2K\1\ COPY /Y G:\I386\NTKRNLMP.EX_ C:\BT2K\1\ COPY /Y G:\I386\SETUPLDR.BIN C:\BT2K\1\ COPY /Y G:\I386\TXTSETUP.SIF C:\BT2K\1\ REM DISK 2 COPY /Y G:\I386\1394BUS.SY_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\ACPI.SY_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\ACPIEC.SY_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\BOOTVID.DL_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\C_1252.NL_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\C_437.NL_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y DISK102 C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\DMIO.SY_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\DMLOAD.SY_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\FDC.SY_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\FTDISK.SY_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\HAL.DL_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\HALAACPI.DL_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\HALACPI.DL_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\HALAPIC.DL_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\HIDCLASS.SY_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\HIDPARSE.SY_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\HIDUSB.SY_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\I8042PRT.SY_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\INTELIDE.SY_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\ISAPNP.SY_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\KBDCLASS.SY_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\KBDHID.SY_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\LBRTFDC.SY_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\L_INTL.NL_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\MOUNTMGR.SY_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\OHCI1394.SY_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\OPENHCI.SY_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\PARTMGR.SY_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\PCI.SY_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\PCIIDE.SY_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\PCIIDEX.SY_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\PCMCIA.SY_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\SBP2PORT.SY_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\SCSIPORT.SY_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\SERENUM.SY_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\SERIAL.SY_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\SETUPDD.SY_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\SETUPREG.HIV C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\SPDDLANG.SY_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\UHCD.SY_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\USBD.SY_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\USBHUB.SY_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\USBSTOR.SY_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\VGA.SY_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\VGAOEM.FO_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\VIDEOPRT.SY_ C:\BT2K\2\ COPY /Y G:\I386\WMILIB.SY_ C:\BT2K\2\ REM DISK 3 COPY /Y G:\I386\ABP480N5.SY_ C:\BT2K\3\ COPY /Y G:\I386\ADPU160M.SY_ C:\BT2K\3\ COPY /Y G:\I386\AHA154X.SY_ C:\BT2K\3\ COPY /Y G:\I386\AIC116X.SY_ C:\BT2K\3\ COPY /Y G:\I386\AIC78U2.SY_ C:\BT2K\3\ COPY /Y G:\I386\AIC78XX.SY_ C:\BT2K\3\ COPY /Y G:\I386\AMSINT.SY_ C:\BT2K\3\ COPY /Y G:\I386\ASC.SY_ C:\BT2K\3\ COPY /Y G:\I386\ASC3350P.SY_ C:\BT2K\3\ COPY /Y G:\I386\ASC3550.SY_ C:\BT2K\3\ COPY /Y G:\I386\ATAPI.SY_ C:\BT2K\3\ COPY /Y G:\I386\BUSLOGIC.SY_ C:\BT2K\3\ COPY /Y G:\I386\CD20XRNT.SY_ C:\BT2K\3\ COPY /Y G:\I386\CPQARRAY.SY_ C:\BT2K\3\ COPY /Y G:\I386\CPQARRY2.SY_ C:\BT2K\3\ COPY /Y G:\I386\CPQFCALM.SY_ C:\BT2K\3\ COPY /Y G:\I386\CPQFWS2E.SY_ C:\BT2K\3\ COPY /Y G:\I386\DAC960NT.SY_ C:\BT2K\3\ COPY /Y DISK103 C:\BT2K\3\ COPY /Y G:\I386\DMBOOT.SY_ C:\BT2K\3\ COPY /Y G:\I386\FD16_700.SY_ C:\BT2K\3\ COPY /Y G:\I386\FIREPORT.SY_ C:\BT2K\3\ COPY /Y G:\I386\FLASHPNT.SY_ C:\BT2K\3\ COPY /Y G:\I386\INI910U.SY_ C:\BT2K\3\ COPY /Y G:\I386\IPSRAIDN.SY_ C:\BT2K\3\ COPY /Y G:\I386\LP6NDS35.SY_ C:\BT2K\3\ COPY /Y G:\I386\MRAID35X.SY_ C:\BT2K\3\ COPY /Y G:\I386\NCRC710.SY_ C:\BT2K\3\ COPY /Y G:\I386\QL1080.SY_ C:\BT2K\3\ COPY /Y G:\I386\QL10WNT.SY_ C:\BT2K\3\ COPY /Y G:\I386\QL1240.SY_ C:\BT2K\3\ COPY /Y G:\I386\QL2100.SY_ C:\BT2K\3\ COPY /Y G:\I386\SPARROW.SY_ C:\BT2K\3\ COPY /Y G:\I386\SYMC810.SY_ C:\BT2K\3\ COPY /Y G:\I386\SYMC8XX.SY_ C:\BT2K\3\ COPY /Y G:\I386\SYM_HI.SY_ C:\BT2K\3\ COPY /Y G:\I386\TFFSPORT.SY_ C:\BT2K\3\ COPY /Y G:\I386\ULTRA66.SY_ C:\BT2K\3\ REM DISK 4 COPY /Y G:\I386\CDFS.SY_ C:\BT2K\4\ COPY /Y G:\I386\CDROM.SY_ C:\BT2K\4\ COPY /Y G:\I386\CLASS2.SY_ C:\BT2K\4\ COPY /Y G:\I386\CLASSPNP.SY_ C:\BT2K\4\ COPY /Y G:\I386\DISK.SY_ C:\BT2K\4\ COPY /Y DISK104 C:\BT2K\4\ COPY /Y G:\I386\FASTFAT.SY_ C:\BT2K\4\ COPY /Y G:\I386\FLPYDISK.SY_ C:\BT2K\4\ COPY /Y G:\I386\KBDUS.DLL C:\BT2K\4\ COPY /Y G:\I386\NTFS.SY_ C:\BT2K\4\ COPY /Y G:\I386\SFLOPPY.SY_ C:\BT2K\4\ COPY /Y G:\I386\SPCMDCON.SYS C:\BT2K\4\ REM SYSTEM32 DIR COPY /Y G:\I386\NTDLL.DLL C:\BT2K\4\SYSTEM32\ COPY /Y G:\I386\SYSTEM32\SMSS.EXE C:\BT2K\4\SYSTEM32\ Now download Winimage and install it. Open the images in the BOOTDISK directory with Winimage. Delete all of the files in CDBOOT1.IMG and inject all of the files in \BT2K\1 into the image. Perform the same for the rest of the images. Now copy the updates images to the BOOTDISK directory on your CD! UP[censored] THE SUPPORT & DEPLOYMENT TOOLS Windows 2000 SP3 Deployment Tools Download the following and place them in the SUPPORT folder on your Windows 2000 CD. These are the SP3 tools there are also tools for each SP. http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/prem_sp3/deploytools.asp The Windows 2000 Resource Kit Deployment Tools (deploy.cab) assists system administrators in installing Windows 2000 on multiple computers. This file contains updates to the deployment tools and documentation. http://premierdownload.microsoft.com/dow...DeployTools.exe Windows 2000 SP3 Support Tools http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/prem_sp3/supporttools.asp These updated Windows 2000 Support Tools (support.cab) will help support personnel and network administrators better manage their networks and troubleshoot problems. http://premierdownload.microsoft.com/download/win2000platform/Tool/SP3/NT5/EN-US/SP3SupportTools.exe REMOVE CD KEY PROMPT In the \I386 folder, find SETUPP.INI Set it’s attributes so that “read only” is unchecked (right-click, properties) Open the file and change the Pid=51873000 to Pid=51873270 and save the file. INSTALL WINDOWS 2000/XP ON A MACHINE WITH LESS THAN 64MB MEMORY Edit the file TXTSETUP.SIF located in I386. Search for RequiredMemory Change this to 0. Save the file Now install Windows 2000/XP! *This only works with the DOS installation using winnt.exe FOR EXTRA SPACE The Root and I386 directories are the only directories that are really needed for Slipstreaming and installing NT. All of the other directories can be deleted. You may delete the LANG folder under I386 if you do not use any other languages. You may also delete the I386\WIN9XMIG, I386\WIN9XUPG, and I386\WINNTUPG folders if you do not plan on upgrading. FASTER BOOT SPEED & WINDOWS 2000/XP DUAL-BOOT FIX Replace the NTLDR & NTDETECT.COM with the XP versions of these files. This is a good idea because if you install Windows 2000 as a dual-boot with Windows XP then the Windows XP NTLDR & NTDETECT.COM will be overwritten with the Windows 2000 versions which will make your Windows XP unable to boot. By replacing NTLDR & NTDETECT.COM on the CD then when you install Windows 2000 you will get the benefits of the updated NTLDR & NTDETECT.COM and also the ability to boot both operating systems. (If you do not do this then you will have to replace the files manually after installing Windows 2000) TIPS Make sure that your bios is set to boot from CD before it boots from the Hard Drive. Change it back to HD after you are done installing! Slipstreamed Service Packs CAN NOT be uninstalled. Windows NT 4.0 Service Packs do not have the ability to slipstream. To "slipstream" NT 4.0 you have to manually replace the files. This can be done and IT IS POSSIBLE. It just takes ALOT of time to integrate the service pack FULLY with Windows NT 4.0. You can use the 2K/XP boot sector on the NT4 CD's! The benefits are obvious. If you have the original NT4 CD in your drive when you reboot the setup will immediately start. If you have the 2K/XP boot sector then you will get the "Press a key" prompt. This allows you to leave the CD in your servers and not having to worry about them when your server reboots! (You need to add bootfix.bin from your 2K/XP I386 directory to the I386 directory on your NT4 CD for this to work) Windows XP NETBUI support is located in VALUEADD\MSFT\NET\NETBEUI. Go here ftp://hotfix.microsoft.com/winnt for hotfixes for your version of NT. You will have to call Microsoft for the password for the hotfixes. THANKS Zarquon for the BDUP.CMD script. ACE for the Extract Link Makers of Nero Burning ROM Makers of CDRWIN Makers of Adaptec EZ CD Microsoft Bink The Tech Guide Maker's of EXTRACT (Winimage) Bart

Ah, ye old slipstream guide. Wow. Was testing out the latest ver of Nlite today and it's amazing how far we've come in customization of pre-installation of Windows. Dunno if it's worth it to bother up[censored] the guide or not since Nlite is so good. I suppose in some instances or if you like to torture yourself then a guide like the one I posted would be okay to use but really people should just use Nlite.

MS doesn't release 3-IN-1 CD's. Just think about it and why they wouldn't do it. They would be releasing 3 "different" versions of 2003 on one CD....why would they do that? Answer: They wouldn't. I've experimented a little bit with making my own 3-in-1 but I've never tried to slipstream one. Your option: 1. Aquire a list of the original 2003 files for each version. Create seperate copies of all 3 2003, slipstream em, creat new 3-in-1. 2. Buy the original 2003 CD's, slipstream 'em, create 3-in-1. If this is a business (don't mention it here) then it would behoove you to get a license for 2003.

Speaking of Cedega I recently got BattleZone 2 working....it didn't work until I patched it and the Menu movie doesn't play but it works! WOOHOOO!!! /Way to go for offtopicness.

Patches Scrolls should have it...or it least it did last time I checked.

Well if your really into Gaming then you'll always need a dual-boot. Cedega is pretty good but it's not even close to perfect. I've recently added Linux to my compatibility list and so far DosBox\ScummVm are the only programs that are "perfect" (but slow for DosBox) between XP/Linux. Cedega still has quite a ways to go before someone switchs permanently to Linux. With that said if all of your games work in Cedega and your not worried about the latest games then yeah you can easily switch to Linux withour worrying about using XP. That's my goal too. Hopefully my compatibility data can help out Transgaming.

Fury, Post in the thread that you created. DO NOT bring up someone else's thread if you have nothing to contribue. It doesn't help to post to multiple threads for help since your polluting the forum with multiple threads, the chances of your getting help actually decrease rather than increase since noone is going to want to click through 5 seperate threads looking for your issue. POST YOUR INFO IN YOUR OWN THREAD. Thread Closed

Don't post in someone elses thread asking for help with your own issue.....also don't post in multiple threads with your issue. Learn how to post. Thread closed.

NT3.x/4/2000/XP/2003 emulate MS-DOS in the form of NTVDM....well not exactly emulation but that's too technical to go over. Point is, NTVDM does not allow emulate or allow the access to the Host hardware that some MS-DOS programs need. Alot of MS-DOS program will work fine in NTVDM....but alot do not. For those cases that do not there are serveral choices: 1. Dual-boot with Windows 98. (Most compatible option). 2. Use an emulator: Http://dosbox.sourceforge.net Bochs Qemu Vmware Microsoft Virtual PC 3. Various 3rd party utilities: VDMSound, VGAFIX (To fix VESA access issues), SAPUCDEX (To fix broken NTVDM MSCDEX driver), SOLVBE (Another utility for VESA access, ability to run VESA in a Windows), NOLFBLIM (Disable LFB for DOS programs that can fallback to non LFB modes). Do your programs require the use of Parallel/COM ports? If so you'd probably be better off with Vmware/Virtual PC. Try both...I personally prefer Vmware over VPC except gaming and DOS which VPC emulates better.

I've never had any problems with DK2 and XP but if you've got it working under 98SE in VPC then since VPC doesn't support D3D and it's running in DirectDraw mode then it's possible that disabling D3D in XP would solve the crashing problems for people.

It only mentions Mech2 because it's mentioning "old" games, not because the contents of the post have anything usefull to get Mech2 to work under Windows XP. The only thing it mentions that relates to Mech2 is VDMSound but it doesn't mention Mech2 in relation to VDMSound except at the Intro. Basically, please read the entire thread before posting links to sites that do not help.

I use DosBox: Http://dosbox.sourceforge.net

There is no EASY way. You'll have to go through several steps depending on which option you chose.

According to my RedHat v6 .ISO's RH6 came out in April 20,1999. That's more like 6 years! IIRC, Windows 2000 went RTM in Dec 1999?

"bogus IP address" If your referring to the 169.xx.xx.xx address then that's the address that XP uses when it cannot find a DHCP server...which may mean that your having connectivity problems. A registry cleaner has nothing to do with this issue.

Please don't post useless links. There are hundreds of more usefull web pages on the internet than that one. The only reason that one is quoted often is that it's from MS, that's it. Not because of any actual usefullness. I would bash it but I haven't bothered to create a webpage myself. Anyways, It has nothing to do with MW2 on XP so therefore it's useless.

Just reinstall, then uninstall, then install again. Somehow your uninst.isu was corrupted or not found as the error message stated.

Originally posted by madfiddler: Quote: Great, thanks a lot... With copying these files to system32 cause any problems in the future with anything else? Thanks, Mark. No, the REPAIR folder has uncorrupted copies of those files that have been corrupted by spyware/virus/lame program. Copying them from REPAIR or from your CD's fixes those files.

Drivers should work fine assuming you go through Device Manager. I haven't used the actual installer that comes with Creative's drivers for about 4+ years so I can't help ya troubleshoot that. I do know that I used it once and it didn't detect my card so I just went through Device Manager.

Stop stealing games. Thread closed.

NT4 might work on it. NT4 works on my ASUS A78NX and even has drivers for it. If the board as NT4 drivers then it should work fine.

Unfortunately I don't have the game so can't test it myself. If you feel comfortable playing around with Installshield editors to remove the OS requirement then that is what I would or, or look for an installshield extractor that will unpack file files..... Wait a sec...There's an APCOMPAT tool in the SUPPORT directory on your 2000 CD. Try that.