OtheHill >> I don't think ef2 wants to combine 98fe & 98se. << That was the impression I got. You could incorporate IE SP1 without to much problem, but all the other updates, DLLs and such, would create problems. Incorporating Win98 SE updates files into Win98 SE would be a possibility but where the the slipstreaming facility does it automatically, with Win 98 it would have to be done manually. A long and laborious task. Stuart

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I thought as much. I did find a program that claim to be able to incorporate updates to XP as well as slipstream SP1 or SP2. I don't know if it works because I am a Win2000 user. It would be nice to be able to slipstream SP4 into my Win2000sp1 CD.

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Stuart, Thanks. Got it.

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Greetings: Thanks for all the responses. Just to remove any doubt: what I want to do is "combine" a Windows 98 installation disk and a Windows 98SE Update disk to make a single disk to install Windows 98SE. Mixing in the critical updates and Internet Explorer SP1 would be great, but not essential. OntheHill, thanks for the program. If I try it, I will report the results here. Ed

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OtheHill, Happy New Year. Look here for info regarding slipstreaming Win2K SP4. HTH Dave If a Man is talking in the forest and there is no woman there to hear him, is he still wrong?

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Dave357 This looks like what I wanted. Thanks. For some reason other instructions I found stated that you needed to already have SP2 slipstreamed prior to slipstreaming SP4. My 2000pro disk has SP1 slipstreamed and all I have had to do was apply SP4 and any updates after that, so it made no sense to me. Going back to the original query. I dual boot Win98se and Win2000. I still would like to somehow integrate all the Win98se critical updates and patches into one install disk. I will try doing the Win2000 disk though.

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OtheHill, yeah, I'd love to slipstream Win98SE with all of the updates, but I've never found a way to do it. The closest that I've seen is to use the Security Update CD that Microsoft is(was?) giving away. That installs most of the updates at once (after completing the normal installation). But even after using it, there are several Windows Updates that came out after the CD did. I do a lot of Win98SE installs, & a slipstream would sure save a lot of time. I've toyed with the idea of doing a clean install, including updates, on a small (600-MB?) partition, using regedit to delete the HKLM>Enum Key in the registry, then shutting down, slaving the HD into another PC, and using Nero to create a disk image. (The 600-MB? partition should allow the image to fit on one CD.) This could then be used as a sort of Recovery CD on any machine, though it would still need to discover & install all of the hardware. I'm not sure how much junk this would leave in the registry though. If I ever get around to trying this, I'll post the results here on the forum. Dave

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I thought about exactly the same thing, but as you pointed out, there are inherent problems with this method. We need to figure something out. Windows98 is on the last leg of support. I have archived all that junk, but it is difficult to sort through all of it. MS didn't help when they relabeled all of the patches with different numbers either. The same goes for Win2000.

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Dave357, If you do try your idea you might want to try another approach... Create your installation complete. When done go to System properties, Hardware Profiles tab, create a new configuration by copying the current (original) one and renaming it to 'New install' or something else. Then clone it. The first time it starts up on a new machine it will then ignore the "Original" hardware configuration and establish the new one. Once installed on the new target machine simply delete the "Original" configuration and rename the "New install" to "Original". Sure, the registry will contain the original hardware information but it won't take up much space. (Possibly, the first config will be removed from the registry upon it's deletion???) Just a thought, Bryan

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Bryco, Hmm...interesting thought. I could actually try both approaches with one installation, too...first your approach, then delete the HKLM>Enum key & burn a second CD. I may try this sometime this week. The laptop that I use on a daily basis has been getting some IE popups lately, & I haven't been able to find the source of the problem, even after running AdAware, scanning with the Antivirus, checking MSConfig, etc, so I've been thinking about formatting & starting over anyway. I'll post results if I actually get around to doing it. Dave

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I'll keep an eye open for your posting. Bryan

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I have not been able to find a utility for win 98se slipstreaming and driver/hotfix integration however for xp users u can find n-lite and a great guide at http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?action=show&showarticle=49 there is also a link there for unattended xp build. Please if a win98se utility exsists let me know Cheers

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http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showforum=91 98se unofficial service pack 2.0 beta

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Twdun, http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showforum=91 only presents another forum with no specific reference to Slipstreaming. Could you point us to the particular post that provides the info related to this thread similar to this http://computing.net/windows95/wwwboard/forum/163252.html that points to this one? Thanks, Bryan

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