Deploying Service Packs

The following sections provide instructions for installing service packs in Windows XP Professional. You can either update computers already running Windows XP Professional or install an integrated Windows XP Professional and the service pack together. This section describes using an update installation to update computers that are already running Windows XP Professional. The section "Slipstreaming Service Packs," later in this chapter describes the second option.

During the update installation, the service pack is installed on a computer that is already running Windows XP Professional. When you run the Update.exe program or deploy the Update.msi Windows Installer database, it installs the updated system files and makes ...

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