i added the 888111 addon from the link above to nlite after slipstreaming SP3 and then applyed driverpacks. During DP integration, it just said 888111 cannot be slipstreamed and i clicked "ok". it finished the rest of the tasks. uA installation just went fine.

so can we use DP successfully for XPSP3 after integrating 888111 addon?

thanks dizzyden, i would try your "most wanted" method. kindly send the actual files for my reference to my id rajesh2404@aim.com

DizzyDen, seems wonderful. can you share your way of doing repair install.
my main problem is the fake setup one.

I noticed that repairing windows, which was installed using non-slipstreamed one(which was not integrated with DP) using DP integrated cd doesnt give this fake setup error. It pops up only when repairing a OS which was installed using DP integrated one.

Also i saw that not only winnt.sif is ignored, but cmdlines.txt and RunOnceEx.cmd files too didnt execute when i did repair install.
When that fake setup error popped up, i prepared a non-DP cd and repaired it.

Your way of creating xp cd sounds interesting and hope that consumes less time for the install process to a new computer. i would like to try your method once. but i wonder how the computer boots after the captured image is copied to a new system and rebooted. because when i connect my hdd to another computer and boot, it says to remove any new hardware components recently installed. so it only boots on the computer which is used to install xp.

i have a question, if i rename winnt.sif to winnt.sif.old, how can i use the answer file for unattended settings.

oh yes. im yet to try the solution, besides im glad to have the solution in hand.
btw how did i cant able to get hold of this solution when i searched for it before....

thanks felipegeek. atlast a solution long awaited.

would update my post with DPsfnshr.log contents. Thanks jtDoom.
Edit : Damn, last night what i did was to take the Dpsfnshr.exe from 7016 and replace in rootdrive and executed. it just deleted the D folder and left all other contents and now i find that the Dpsfnshr.log is replaced with 7016 version. sorry i didnt know the log file location before.

where can i find the DPsFnshr.log
Can i use 704 driverpacks in 7016 base?

we were already expecting reply for one year in this post :
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=70780

when i start setup from inside existing xp(to repair the current installation), it copies files, reboots and during setup, it says
"fake setup call himself instead original "setup.exe" - Setup Abort" and restarts.
i cant proceed further or enter the old windows. i then compiled an xp distribution without DP and saved it. is there way to repair xp with the DP integrated CD? I know running setup from inside xp ignores the [Unattended] section. but what about xp integrated with driverpack even if i want to do manual repair? is it not possible to repair xp with integrated DP?

i get this error in my installation.

http://img02.picoodle.com/img/img02/7/4/4/rajeshkumar/f_704Finisherm_efd41fc.jpg

Files remaining in the systemdrive after the finisher crash.

http://img03.picoodle.com/img/img03/7/4/4/rajeshkumar/f_RootDriveFim_315f358.jpg

i cant find DPsFnshr.log in the systemdrive(i suppose it would be there).

DPs_BASE.log :
==========

2007-04-04 14:49:57 : <INIT> DriverPacks BASE 7.04 initialized.
2007-04-04 14:49:57 : <INIT> Host environment: WIN_XP Service Pack 2 on X86 CPU.
2007-04-04 14:49:57 : <INIT> Created temporary working directory.
2007-04-04 14:49:57 : <INIT> Imported proxy settings from Internet Explorer.
2007-04-04 14:49:57 : <INIT> Start scanning for DriverPacks for the wnt5_x86-32 platform.
2007-04-04 14:49:57 : <INIT> 	Detected DriverPack Chipset 7.04!
2007-04-04 14:49:57 : <INIT> 	Detected DriverPack CPU 7.04!
2007-04-04 14:49:57 : <INIT> 	Detected DriverPack Graphics B 7.04!
2007-04-04 14:49:57 : <INIT> 	Detected DriverPack LAN 7.04!
2007-04-04 14:49:57 : <INIT> 	Detected DriverPack MassStorage 7.04!
2007-04-04 14:49:57 : <INIT> 	Detected DriverPack Sound A 7.04!
2007-04-04 14:49:57 : <INIT> 	Detected DriverPack Sound B 7.04!
2007-04-04 14:49:57 : <INIT> 	Could not detect any 3rd party DriverPacks.
2007-04-04 14:49:57 : <INIT> 	Finished scanning.
2007-04-04 14:49:57 : <INIT> Could not find settings file"K:\Slipstream\Softwares\DriverPacks\704\DPs_BASE.ini".
2007-04-04 14:49:57 : <INIT> [General]\prefLang not specified: default (English) was set.
2007-04-04 14:49:57 : <INIT> [General]\wizdButtons not specified: default (yes) was set.
2007-04-04 14:49:57 : <INIT> [General]\GUI not specified: default (yes) was set.
2007-04-04 14:49:57 : <INIT> [Settings]\DPsMethod not specified: default (2) was set.
2007-04-04 14:49:57 : <INIT> [Settings]\finisherMethod not specified: default (GUIRunOnce) was set.
2007-04-04 14:49:57 : <INIT> [OptionalSettings]\KTD not specified: default (none) was set.
2007-04-04 14:49:57 : <INIT> [OptionalSettings]\QSC not specified: default (yes) was set.
2007-04-04 14:49:57 : <INIT> [OptionalSettingsOther]\ATI_cpl not specified: default (CCC) was set.
2007-04-04 14:49:57 : <INIT> QuickStream Cache directory not found!
2007-04-04 14:49:57 : <GUI>  Initialized GUI.
2007-04-04 14:49:57 : <GUI>  Created a list of all available language files.
2007-04-04 14:49:57 : <GUI>  Set the last used language, English, as the GUI language.
2007-04-04 14:50:07 : <GUI>  Changed Windows installation files OR export (depending on the installation platform) location to E:\April\nLiteOnly.
2007-04-04 14:50:07 : <GUI>  Windows XP Professional -  Retail SP2 detected.
2007-04-04 14:50:07 : <GUI>  The platform wnt5_x86-32_disc will be used (which is the 'disc' installation platform for the OS family 'wnt5_x86-32').
2007-04-04 14:50:49 : <GUI>  Refreshed UpdateChecker with success.
2007-04-04 14:50:53 : <GUI>  Saved settings!
2007-04-04 14:50:53 : <GUI>  Closed GUI.
2007-04-04 14:50:54 : <SEL>  Selected module: mod_slip_wxp_x86-32_disc_m2.
2007-04-04 14:51:07 : <PREP> Extracted DriverPack MassStorage to a temporary working directory.
2007-04-04 14:51:08 : <PREP> Removed all attributes from \I386.
2007-04-04 14:51:08 : <PREP> Generated \I386\winnt.sif file.
2007-04-04 14:51:08 : <PREP> Created a backup of \I386\txtsetup.sif.
2007-04-04 14:51:08 : <PREP> Created a backup of \I386\dosnet.inf.
2007-04-04 14:51:08 : <SLIP> Created necessary directory structure for method 2.
2007-04-04 14:51:08 : <SLIP> Copied files necessary for method 2.
2007-04-04 14:51:08 : <SLIP> Extracted files necessary for method 2.
2007-04-04 14:51:09 : <SLIP> Created \I386\presetup.cmd file.
2007-04-04 14:51:09 : <SLIP> Updated \I386\txtsetup.sif to support method 2.
2007-04-04 14:51:09 : <SLIP> Updated \I386\dosnet.inf to support method 2.
2007-04-04 14:51:14 : <SLIP> Copied DriverPacks to \OEM.
2007-04-04 14:51:15 : <SLIP> Extracted and deleted \I386\svcpack.in_.
2007-04-04 14:51:15 : <SLIP> Updated \I386\svcpack.inf file to support KB888111 and KB921401.
2007-04-04 14:51:16 : <SLIP> Updated \I386\txtsetup.sif file to support KB888111.
2007-04-04 14:51:18 : <SLIP> Updated \I386\dosnet.inf file to support KB888111.
2007-04-04 14:51:18 : <SLIP> Updated \I386\dosnet.inf file to support KB921401.
2007-04-04 14:51:32 : <SLIP> Slipstreamed DriverPack MassStorage text mode drivers.
2007-04-04 14:51:36 : <SLIP> Removed entries from \I386\txtsetup.sif that will be updated.
2007-04-04 14:51:36 : <SLIP> Removed entries from \I386\dosnet.inf that will be updated.
2007-04-04 14:52:01 : <SLIP> Updated \I386\dosnet.inf and \I386\txtsetup.sif to support DP MassStorage text mode drivers.
2007-04-04 14:52:01 : <SLIP> Updated \I386\winnt.sif to support method 2.
2007-04-04 14:52:01 : <SLIP> Updated DPsFnshr.ini to disable KTD.
2007-04-04 14:52:01 : <SLIP> Created \$OEM$ directory.
2007-04-04 14:52:01 : <SLIP> Updated \$OEM$\cmdlines.txt to execute ROE.exe.
2007-04-04 14:52:01 : <SLIP> Slipstream finished in 1 minutes and 8 seconds.
2007-04-04 14:52:18 : <CLNP> Temporary working directory successfully deleted.
2007-04-04 14:52:18 : Program terminated.