Windows XP SP4 - "unofficial" work in progress (Page 1 of 2)

The work on the XP SP4 has progressed to the Alpha stage - author is exploring possibilities of 'unofficial' support after Microsoft stops their support (not sure how that will work).

I tried one of the earlier versions - have not lately.  I doubt if it would have problems though.

There might only be a minor issue if i had mistakenly referenced SP4.cab for Win2000 detection once and only once...
  Must find, check and update (if not already changed). ToDo.

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SP4 RC has been released: http://www.ryanvm.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10321

Has anybody tried an integration of a SP4RC source with DPs_BASE & the latest NT5 MassStorage Nightly (1405176)?

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ChiefZeke?  Is there any new development on the XP-SP4 front?

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I stickied this topic. perhaps you can post the link to the final in your first post (edit)

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Ahh... thought it was different... NM.

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I would suggest you check with the author at the Ryan site I linked to above and mention the connection with DriverPacks and verify no issues would arise with any mention you make about SP4 and the fact that any user issues are not 'your' responsibility.

Desalinization is not really on anyone's agenda.  One plant was built for $20+million (US) years ago in Santa Barbara - and closed after less than a year in operation. Now, 15+years later they are spending millions to refurbish it to try again - will have to wait and see how that goes.  Some communities are fining people for NOT watering their grass (and, thereby, keeping up appearances) - go figure. The water police are out in some places ticketing people for those watering their grass but allowing street/sidewalk runoff (which I see every day driving around my home town).

I live in the middle of the Mojave Desert so water is an issue and some folks are removing their grass and getting help from the  water district. My front/back yards are nothing but desert landscape - no wasteful water here.

Climate researchers are suggesting an "El Nino" may help somewhat this year - will have to wait and see. Last one - about 10-12 years ago - really saturated this area - major flooding.

Still have too many locals refusing to accept 'climate change' as the reason.

There seems to be a quirk with using the DriverPacks along with XP SP4, specifically it doesn't like any of the drivers being kept.

The finisher runs just fine if no drivers are kept, but if any are it crashes out with the message "could not delete DSPdsblr.exe". Tested on a XP pro source with SP4 slipstreamed and no other modifications.

It has been suggested that due to the presence of a few sp4*.* files, the finisher mistakenly believes it's working on Windows 2000.

Here's a copy of the failing settings file.

[General]
; preferred language
prefLang	= "English"
; yes/no, enable or disable the wizard-style buttons, if not specified: yes
wizardButtons	= "yes"
; yes/no, enable or disable the GUI, if not specified: yes
GUI		= "yes"


[Settings]
; disc/bartpe/multibootDisc
instPlatform	= "disc"
; trailing backslash is allowed, but not necessary
location	= "C:\Virtual_Machines\nLite\WinXP_x32_Prof_SP4 - Copy"
; none/all/select, if select, specify them below, if not specified: all
DriverPacks	= "all"
; 1/2, method to install the DriverPacks, if not specified: 2
DPsMethod	= "2"
; GUIRunOnce/RunOnceEx/custom, if not specified: GUIRunOnce
finisherMethod	= "custom"


; this section is optional!
[OptionalSettings]
; none/all/select/paths/patterns, enable or disable Keep The Drivers (KTD) , if not specified: none
KTD		= "all"
; <path>, to specify a custom KTD cache location, if not specified: default (%SystemRoot%\DriverPacks)
KTDlocation	= "%SystemRoot%\DriverPacks"
; yes/no, enable or disable QuickStream Cache (QSC), if not specified: yes
QSC		= "no"


; this section is optional!
[OptionalSettingsOther]
; CCC/CCP/None, use ATI Catalyst Control Center or ATI Catalyst Control Panel (only relevant when slipstreaming Graphics DriverPack)
; 1/2/3/None, use Nvidia Control Panel - 1 = Old, 2 = New, 3 = Both, None
ATI_cpl		= "CCC"
Nvidia_cpl	= "3"

Last edited by Kurt_Aust (2015-12-31 06:52:01)