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Need Dell XP Home with SP3 CD
I badly need a Dell XP Home with SP3 CD. Does anyone know any way to get
one? Will Dell sell one without reference to a specific computer? Any 3rd party sources? These are incredibly scarce because they were only used on net books around the time Dell stopped providing media. It's a constant problem for service needs. Please don't bother posting advice to slip stream one. There's no known way to do this for Dell OEM media that actually works. |
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Need Dell XP Home with SP3 CD
On Jul 21, 10:01*pm, "GTS-NJ" wrote:
I badly need a Dell XP Home with SP3 CD. *Does anyone know any way to get one? *Will Dell sell one without reference to a specific computer? *Any 3rd party sources? These are incredibly scarce because they were only used on net books around the time Dell stopped providing media. *It's a constant problem for service needs. Please don't bother posting advice to slip stream one. *There's no known way to do this for Dell OEM media that actually works. It can be done with freeware. nLite |
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Need Dell XP Home with SP3 CD
GTS-NJ wrote:
I badly need a Dell XP Home with SP3 CD. Does anyone know any way to get one? Will Dell sell one without reference to a specific computer? Any 3rd party sources? These are incredibly scarce because they were only used on net books around the time Dell stopped providing media. It's a constant problem for service needs. Please don't bother posting advice to slip stream one. There's no known way to do this for Dell OEM media that actually works. Despite your claim that it can't be done I'll have to disagree. I've done it with autostreamer and it works just fine. In fact I just finished a clean install with my slipstreamed SP3 disc (from a Dell OEM XP disc) on my old Dimension 8200. No problems. D |
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Need Dell XP Home with SP3 CD
On Jul 22, 6:58*am, "Doug" wrote:
GTS-NJ wrote: I badly need a Dell XP Home with SP3 CD. *Does anyone know any way to get one? *Will Dell sell one without reference to a specific computer? *Any 3rd party sources? These are incredibly scarce because they were only used on net books around the time Dell stopped providing media. *It's a constant problem for service needs. Please don't bother posting advice to slip stream one. *There's no known way to do this for Dell OEM media that actually works. Despite your claim that it can't be done I'll have to disagree. I've done it with autostreamer and it works just fine. In fact I just finished a clean install with my slipstreamed SP3 disc (from a Dell OEM XP disc) on my old Dimension 8200. No problems. D You could have said...you also disagree...but you didn't. (I just don't get any respect! R.Dangerfield) |
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Need Dell XP Home with SP3 CD
Doug wrote:
GTS-NJ wrote: I badly need a Dell XP Home with SP3 CD. Does anyone know any way to get one? Will Dell sell one without reference to a specific computer? Any 3rd party sources? These are incredibly scarce because they were only used on net books around the time Dell stopped providing media. It's a constant problem for service needs. Please don't bother posting advice to slip stream one. There's no known way to do this for Dell OEM media that actually works. Despite your claim that it can't be done I'll have to disagree. I've done it with autostreamer and it works just fine. In fact I just finished a clean install with my slipstreamed SP3 disc (from a Dell OEM XP disc) on my old Dimension 8200. No problems. D did it require activation or did it work like a dell oem windows cd? |
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Need Dell XP Home with SP3 CD
On Jul 22, 9:57*am, Christopher Muto wrote:
Doug wrote: GTS-NJ wrote: I badly need a Dell XP Home with SP3 CD. *Does anyone know any way to get one? *Will Dell sell one without reference to a specific computer? *Any 3rd party sources? These are incredibly scarce because they were only used on net books around the time Dell stopped providing media. *It's a constant problem for service needs. Please don't bother posting advice to slip stream one. *There's no known way to do this for Dell OEM media that actually works. Despite your claim that it can't be done I'll have to disagree. I've done it with autostreamer and it works just fine. In fact I just finished a clean install with my slipstreamed SP3 disc (from a Dell OEM XP disc) on my old Dimension 8200. No problems. D did it require activation or did it work like a dell oem windows cd? No activation using nLite (again, I must be invisible!) |
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Need Dell XP Home with SP3 CD
Bob Villa wrote:
On Jul 22, 9:57 am, Christopher Muto wrote: Doug wrote: GTS-NJ wrote: I badly need a Dell XP Home with SP3 CD. Does anyone know any way to get one? Will Dell sell one without reference to a specific computer? Any 3rd party sources? These are incredibly scarce because they were only used on net books around the time Dell stopped providing media. It's a constant problem for service needs. Please don't bother posting advice to slip stream one. There's no known way to do this for Dell OEM media that actually works. Despite your claim that it can't be done I'll have to disagree. I've done it with autostreamer and it works just fine. In fact I just finished a clean install with my slipstreamed SP3 disc (from a Dell OEM XP disc) on my old Dimension 8200. No problems. D did it require activation or did it work like a dell oem windows cd? No activation using nLite (again, I must be invisible!) cool. thanks for the info. you are not invisible, i see you. but i don't get the what the big deal is about this issue anyway. unless you are installing machines from scratch all the time why not just let windows update do its thing... six of one or a half dozen of the other... |
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Need Dell XP Home with SP3 CD
On Jul 22, 1:13*pm, Christopher Muto wrote:
Bob Villa wrote: On Jul 22, 9:57 am, Christopher Muto wrote: Doug wrote: GTS-NJ wrote: I badly need a Dell XP Home with SP3 CD. *Does anyone know any way to get one? *Will Dell sell one without reference to a specific computer? *Any 3rd party sources? These are incredibly scarce because they were only used on net books around the time Dell stopped providing media. *It's a constant problem for service needs. Please don't bother posting advice to slip stream one. *There's no known way to do this for Dell OEM media that actually works. Despite your claim that it can't be done I'll have to disagree. I've done it with autostreamer and it works just fine. In fact I just finished a clean install with my slipstreamed SP3 disc (from a Dell OEM XP disc) on my old Dimension 8200. No problems. D did it require activation or did it work like a dell oem windows cd? No activation using nLite (again, I must be invisible!) cool. *thanks for the info. *you are not invisible, i see you. *but i don't get the what the big deal is about this issue anyway. *unless you are installing machines from scratch all the time why not just let windows update do its thing... *six of one or a half dozen of the other.... In my case I had to add the serial drivers (no floppy) to a notebook (1545) so the rest of Windows could load. Then, adding SP3 is just a bonus |
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Need Dell XP Home with SP3 CD
Hi!
Please don't bother posting advice to slip stream one. There's no known way to do this for Dell OEM media that actually works. Then you're not doing it right or your source of information is wrong. I have slipstreamed SP3 to Dell discs for Windows XP Professional and Home versions. It worked every time, no problems that I could see. They were originally SP1 discs, but I'd not expect discs for SP2 to be much--if any--different for the slipstreaming process. William |
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