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  In this section of winfoxp you will find useful Tweaks & Tips for WindowsXP. Here are Tweaks & Tips in alphabetical order A-M.

SLIPSTREAM SERVICE PACKS INTO OFFICE XP.


This scenario explains how to create an integrated installation of Office XP and the corresponding service pack in a shared distribution folder on a network or on your local computer. To complete this procedure, you must have the original Office XP CD media.
Note: This explanation is based upon usage of Office XP and SP2, but will also work for SP1 and future service packs.

Prerequisites
Before we begin anything, you'll need to have a few things:
Office XP CD
The Administrative Update of Service Pack 2 - download it right here:

At least 525MB of free space on your hard drives A CDR/CDRW drive, CD burning software and (This is actually only optional, but if you want to burn the resulting slipstreamed Office XP you'll need it).

Step 1: Copy the Office XP CD to your local HD
You need to insert the Office XP CD into your drive, navigate to your "Start" button, select "Run" and type "x:setup /a", where x is the physical drive your CD drive is assigned.
This is going to start the install process of Office XP. You'll be presented with the option of where you want the files to go (I chose "c:office"), and you'll be asked to enter your CD key.
After entering the CD key, you'll be presented with the End User License Agreement. Accept their then continue.
It's going to appear to be installing, but in fact your files are being copied over to your hard drive.
The completion window will pop up and the entire Office XP CD is now copied to your hard drive.

Step 2: Extract the Service Pack files
The next step is to decompress the Administrative Update into a folder on your hard drive.
You can run the command "x:oxpsp1a.exe" from the "Run" menu, where "x" is equal to the drive letter where you downloaded the admin install, or just double click on the install file. This will pop up the EULA for the update. Click "Yes" and continue.
Note: You need the administrative version of SP2 to perform the slipstreaming process. Download it right here:
You'll be asked where to extract the update. Enter it here or use the browse button if you've made the folder already. If you specify a directory that doesn't exist, it will be made automatically. I suggest you do it in a folder called SP2, but you can call it anything you want.

Once you click "OK", the file extraction begins.
You should have two files located in the directory you extracted to. A large file that is named MAINSP2ff.msp, which updates core components for Office XP, and a smaller one called Owc10SP2ff.msp, which updates Office Web Components.

Step 3: Apply SP to the installation files
Start the "Run" command from your "Start" menu again. Enter the following command:
msiexec /p x:sp2MAINSP2ff.msp /a x:officeproplus.msi shortfilenames=true /qb
Where "x" is the drive letter where the files are located, OFFICE is the folder where the Office XP files were copied, and SP2 is the folder where the SP2 files were extracted. This will update the core components.
Note: For SP1 you need to change the file name to MAINSP1ff.msp
Once that is done, you'll need to update the web components. Start the "Run" command from your "Start" menu again. Enter the following command:
msiexec /p x:sp2Owc10SP2ff.msp /a x:officeowc10.msi shortfilenames=true /qb
Note: For SP1 you need to change the file name to Owc10SP1ff.msp

October 16 2002 Word and Excel updates
For the slipstreaming of the Word and Excel updates that were released on October 16 2002 do the following:
msiexec /p x:wordWINWORDff.msp /a x:officeproplus.msi shortfilenames=true /qb
msiexec /p x:excelEXCELff.msp /a x:officeproplus.msi shortfilenames=true /qb
Again, you need the administrative versions of these updates to be able to slipstream them into the Office XP CD: http://download.microsoft.com/download/word2002/patch/wrd1005/w98nt42kmexp/en-us/wrd1005a.exe

http://download.microsoft.com/download/Excel2002/patch/exc1003/w98nt42kmexp/en-us/exc1003a.exe
Use you favorite CD-Burning software and burn the OFFICE folder to a CD.

SLIPSTREAMED XP WITH SP1


Creating A Slipstreamed XP/SP1 Installation CD
There are a few things  you need to create the slipstreamed CD. You will need:
The original Windows XP installation CD ROM - The new CD can be created from either the Home or Professional version of Windows XP. If your computer came with an OEM version of XP it can also be used.
Windows XP Service Pack 1 - It will be necessary to either download SP1 or obtain it on CD. To slipstream, you need the full SP1 which is a 133MB download available Here.
CD Creation Software - A burning program for your CD-R or CD-RW drive that allows creating bootable CD's. XP does come with the capability to burn CD's built in, the software it uses is not suitable for this task. Since the majority of my readers here seem to be using Roxio Easy CD Creator I've used it in the tutorial, but the instructions can be adapted to other burning software.
ISO Buster - Used to extract the boot loader image file for the CD. It's a free download Here.
Building Directories
The first step is to build a directory structure to hold the files that will be used in the CD creation process. It's a simple structure, requiring nothing more than a main folder with three sub-folders. It doesn't matter what names you use for your structure or where you locate them on your hard drive, but most users find drive C the easiest. I used the structure shown below, located on Drive C. Create whatever folders you are comfortable with or use the ones below if you want to cut and paste commands later in the tutorial. Whatever your choice, it's the relationship between the components that's important, not the naming of the parts.
Main Folder: XP-SS Located on Drive C Sub-Folder: SS-Boot Sub-Folder: SS-Root Sub-Folder: SS-XP1
Copying and Extracting Files
The first step is to insert the Windows XP CD and copy the entire contents into the SS-Root folder or the equivalent folder in your structure.
The second step is to navigate to where you downloaded the Service pack 1 file. If you downloaded SP1 from Microsoft it should be named xpsp1_en_x86.exe. Copy the file to the XP-SS folder and then rename it to xp-sp1.exe after the copy operation completes.
Use the Run dialogue shown below to extract the contents of the Service Pack to the previously created SS-XP1 folder.
The Run dialogue box is accessed from Start/Run
The command to begin the extraction is: C:XP-SSXP-SP1.EXE -U -X:C:XP-SSSS-XP1
Apply the extracted Service Pack 1 to Windows XP in the SS-Root folder using the Run dialogue box.
The Run dialogue box is accessed from Start/Run
The command to apply the Service Pack is: C:XP-SSSS-XP1UpdateUpdate.exe -S:C:XP-SSSS-Root
As shown below, Service Pack 1 is being integrated into the Windows installation folder.
Successful completion of the integration process.
In order to make the new CD bootable it's necessary to add the file Microsoft Corporation.img to the folder SS-Boot we created earlier. There are a number of ways to do this but the easiest is to use ISO Buster With the Windows XP CD in your CD drive, open ISO Buster. Click on Bootable CD in the left pane then right click Microsoft Computing.img in the right pane, finally clicking Extract Microsoft Corporation.img file.
Extract the file to the SS-Boot folder previously created or your equivalent.
Setting Up Easy CD Creator.
With the preparation out of the way it's time to actually burn the new CD. There are a number of different burning or CD creation programs that can be used to accomplish this task, but since a large majority of users seem to favor Easy CD Creator by Roxio I'm using it for this guide. The terminology and screens may vary depending on your program choice but the principles remain the same and can be easily adapted.
Load the Easy CD Creator program.
Select File New CD Project Bootable CD from the menu
Set Bootable CD Type to No Emulation
Set Load Segment to 0x7c0
Set Sector Count to 4
Click Browse
Navigate to the SS-Boot folder and select the Microsoft Corporation.img file then click Open
Select File/CD Project Properties
The General Tab
Set the [Volume Label] field depending on your Windows XP version.
If you have Windows XP Professional enter WXPCCP_EN
If you have Windows XP Home enter WXHCCP_EN
If you have Windows XP Professional OEM enter WXPOEM_EN
If you have Windows XP Home OEM enter WXHOEM_EN
Set File System to ISO9660
Set Format of CD to Mode 1: CDROM
The File System Tab
Set Publisher Name: Prepared By and Copyright: fields to your choice of information.
Select the radio button next to Use original file date
Select the radio button next to Any MS-DOS 8.3 character file names
The File Types Tab
Select the radio button next to Add all Files
Remove any check marks from Do not add Hidden files and Do not add System files selections.
Click OK to exit the CD Project Properties selection screens.Adding The Files To Be Copied
Set the Select Source Files: drop down selection list to SS-Root or your equivalent folder. Click on the first file in the list, hold down the Shift key and click on the last file in the list to select all the files and folders in the C:XP-SSSS-Root folder.
Click the Add Button.  Click the Record button
Remember that when installing XP on a machine that doesn't support CD installation, you will need boot disks. A normal boot disk such a one created with the unslipped XP disk will not work. you can find boot disks for slipstreamed XP home, and pro Here