Topic: Windows XP SP4 - "unofficial" work in progress

There has been a big effort here: http://www.ryanvm.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10321 at creating an XP SP4 Update. Work has been progressing at a fast pace and the end is near on a finished product.

I'm mentioning it here so that you can prepare for future inquiries by DriverPacks users as to whether or not your updates will be compatible with this "unofficial" update. This heads-up should give you enough time to prepare an answer and to determine if there are going to be compatibility issues.

This "unofficial" update should be a nice addition for those wanting to stay with XP beyond its April 2014 death.

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Of course we will, Should be quite easy since i have added no patches for SP3 in DriverPacks BASE. I may need to write code to acknowledge it's presence, or not.

ryan's, msfn, 911, etc are long time friends and contributors of DriverPacks.net, please keep us in the loop.

Jeff

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Re: Windows XP SP4 - "unofficial" work in progress

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).

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Have noticed that increase in development since January.
  Does it work with DPs_BASE?

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TechDud wrote:

Have noticed that increase in development since January.
  Does it work with DPs_BASE?

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

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there is no reason it would have issues... wink

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Re: Windows XP SP4 - "unofficial" work in progress

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

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For those interested - the unofficial SP4 has reached Beta 3 status - so far, lots of testers have used it and have been impressed.

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

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Woo HOO , taht sounds awesome big_smile!!!!

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Re: Windows XP SP4 - "unofficial" work in progress

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

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http://www.zdnet.com/want-windows-xp-sp … 000033030/
Had wondered why a few hundred copies of MassStorage had been downloaded since August.  That caught my eye.

Slipstreaming it seems staightforward.  There are a number of textmode bugfixes with SP4, from notes in the Topic.  The Windows XP SP4 security enhancements are a good addition as well, imho.

I do see that you had sucessfully tried DriverPacks [Nightlies] with a previous SP4 beta, about a year ago Chief.
Am hoping it has helped.  smile

Last edited by TechDud (2014-10-12 17:29:13)

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

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Re: Windows XP SP4 - "unofficial" work in progress

SP4 Unofficial Final - http://www.ryanvm.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10321

Check the items listed to make sure you download the correct items for your system.

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

Not sure of what you meant about posting the link - I did post the same link on my first posting and the one above - or am I missing something? The link I posted yesterday does say 'Final'.

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

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Re: Windows XP SP4 - "unofficial" work in progress

Awesome!  I can't wait to try it, although need to.
Can anybody share their experience with the XP-SP4 final and integration with DPs_BASE_1006(+) and the current nightly for MassStorage?  Should unofficial SP4 be noted in changelog as "available"?
Thank you.

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Re: Windows XP SP4 - "unofficial" work in progress

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.

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Am not yet a member there.  It does give me impetus to move towards finalizing the NT5 packs here for a release though.  We are a ways off yet, unfortunately.
Any help i can get is appreciated and often credited in changelogs (FWIW), and possibly fitting, as this is a community project.  Without community assistance and the will for such, any group endeavour is likely to wither and die of apathy at least.

[off-topic](Without having checked for the last few weeks ...)  Things are so dry in Southern California, desalination has become a seemingly overnight staple source of good clean H2O, if i have heard that correctly.  Is cheap solar gaining prominance yet as a source of the tremendous energy needed for evaporation?  Are they using the WOW process yet or "rifled" piping or other technologies to increase efficiency when consuming carbon-based fuels?  (thanks to Bill Duff for the link)[/off-topic]

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Re: Windows XP SP4 - "unofficial" work in progress

TechDud wrote:

[off-topic](Without having checked for the last few weeks ...)  Things are so dry in Southern California, desalination has become a seemingly overnight staple source of good clean H2O, if i have heard that correctly.  Is cheap solar gaining prominance yet as a source of the tremendous energy needed for evaporation?  Are they using the WOW process yet or "rifled" piping or other technologies to increase efficiency when consuming carbon-based fuels?  (thanks to Bill Duff for the link)[/off-topic]

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.

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New 'final' posted to Ryan forum - see above.

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Re: Windows XP SP4 - "unofficial" work in progress

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"

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Re: Windows XP SP4 - "unofficial" work in progress

I'll be posting a link to this at the RyanVM Board

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I need to see the finisher log DPsFnshr.log

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