Re: sfc /scannow with XP2 and slipstreaming

SWL wrote:
> The XP SP2 that I downloaded from Microsoft is 266MB and the only
> way to open it is to extract it which of course has been done but the
> KB835935-SP2-ENU does not appear, and all that shows up in the add
> delete panel is Windows XP Service Pack 2--no number. So, what do
> I have? And by the way, everything is kept up to date.
>
> To run sfc /scannow with SP2, as I understand it, involves
> slipstreaming and xpsp2.exe is needed to begin this process.?

Eh?

Make your slipstreamed CD.. (It's known as "Integrating" now.)
Then use your newly made CD to run your command.

This command:
WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe -s:<path-to-dist-point>

Pretty much does everything you need to do (if you copied your CD to your
computer, blah blah blah..)

http://theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm
or
http://www.neowin.net/articles.php?action=more&id=94

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