A few weeks back, I ran "sfc /scannow" from the command-line to verify that my system files were okay. What I didn't know at the time was that running this program sets the computer back to it's original (installation) condition.
(At least I am pretty sure this is true, feel free to correct me if I am wrong.)
What I didn't know at the time was that I would have needed to re-install all the Security Updates, etc... that were released after the "Service Pack" version of my XP Installation disk (in my case, SP2).
Not knowing this, I unwittingly went about Internet Surfing "naked" with limited (security) protection, and stumbled onto an internet site that installed a slew of malware on my computer. If I had all the Security Updates installed at the time, it is my belief that I would have been protected from this site (and others like it).
Now I am concerned because sfc is a useful and easy-to-use troubleshooting technique. But if it going to "reset" the Security of my system back to SP2 after I use it, it will mean that I will not want to use it due to the time involved of re-installing all the updates that were released after SP2.
So my first question is, is it possible to create a Slipstreamed WinXP (Pro) Install disk that you can insert when sfc /scannow calls for the installation disk that will have all the installed updates, so that sfc will (I assume) overwrite these files with the most-recently released version ?
And if it is possible, is it "legal" ?
I have tried nuhi's "nLite" program, and while it was good at creating a disk with the most recent Service Packs installed (back then I was bringing a bare Win2000 Installation disk up to SP4), getting nLite to also slipstream the Security Updates, Hotfixes etc... into the installation disk was more time-consuming and more technically difficult to successfully accomplish.
Recently I have been reading about all the different things that are being done to modify WinXP. Most modifications are trying to "slim-down" the bulk of it in order to make it load and run faster.
Given all this creative activity, I wonder if anyone has gotten to the point to where an WinXP installation disk can be made based not on the original data from the Installation disk, which can either be "pared down", slipstreamed with other data, or both, but rather an Installation Disk that is created from the data of the installed Operating System on the system's Hard Drive.
In short, a true "back-up disk" for the Operating System, one that can be easily be created without having to spend a lot of time learning which files to include or exclude.
What I am looking for is a fast way to repair my current system's installation without having to "go backwards" first, before having to spend a lot of time "going forward" in order to get the system back up to the point it was before I started "going backwards".
In short, does anyone know of a "magic bullet" ?
Thanks in advance,
George
(At least I am pretty sure this is true, feel free to correct me if I am wrong.)
What I didn't know at the time was that I would have needed to re-install all the Security Updates, etc... that were released after the "Service Pack" version of my XP Installation disk (in my case, SP2).
Not knowing this, I unwittingly went about Internet Surfing "naked" with limited (security) protection, and stumbled onto an internet site that installed a slew of malware on my computer. If I had all the Security Updates installed at the time, it is my belief that I would have been protected from this site (and others like it).
Now I am concerned because sfc is a useful and easy-to-use troubleshooting technique. But if it going to "reset" the Security of my system back to SP2 after I use it, it will mean that I will not want to use it due to the time involved of re-installing all the updates that were released after SP2.
So my first question is, is it possible to create a Slipstreamed WinXP (Pro) Install disk that you can insert when sfc /scannow calls for the installation disk that will have all the installed updates, so that sfc will (I assume) overwrite these files with the most-recently released version ?
And if it is possible, is it "legal" ?
I have tried nuhi's "nLite" program, and while it was good at creating a disk with the most recent Service Packs installed (back then I was bringing a bare Win2000 Installation disk up to SP4), getting nLite to also slipstream the Security Updates, Hotfixes etc... into the installation disk was more time-consuming and more technically difficult to successfully accomplish.
Recently I have been reading about all the different things that are being done to modify WinXP. Most modifications are trying to "slim-down" the bulk of it in order to make it load and run faster.
Given all this creative activity, I wonder if anyone has gotten to the point to where an WinXP installation disk can be made based not on the original data from the Installation disk, which can either be "pared down", slipstreamed with other data, or both, but rather an Installation Disk that is created from the data of the installed Operating System on the system's Hard Drive.
In short, a true "back-up disk" for the Operating System, one that can be easily be created without having to spend a lot of time learning which files to include or exclude.
What I am looking for is a fast way to repair my current system's installation without having to "go backwards" first, before having to spend a lot of time "going forward" in order to get the system back up to the point it was before I started "going backwards".
In short, does anyone know of a "magic bullet" ?
Thanks in advance,
George