What Is A Slipstreamed Installation CD?
Think of your installation CD as providing a stream of data to your computer to set up the operating system. On the day XP was released the data stream was up to date and current. As months have gone by, upgrades and fixes have been issued to make your system more stable and secure. SP2 or SP3 is a compilation of those updates and fixes. Slipstreaming 'slips' these new bits of data from SP2 or SP3 into the 'stream' of data that the original CD provided, effectively merging the two into one XP Installation CD ROM. A slipstreamed CD is used just like any other Windows installation CD. Without a slipstreamed CD when you go to Windows Update you might find many Critical Updates are needed.
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