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On 1/22/2010 3:11 PM, Keith VE7GDH wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:287D33290837490A91B0EC3DF0413289@d2" type="cite">Bob
W9RXR wrote...
<br>
<br>
<br>
My copies of PM 7 and PM will never "stop working"</blockquote>
<br>
Actually that's not entirely true. Precision Mapping depends on an
unlock/activation scheme that is keyed to individual machines and
versions of Windows. You have to present a "magic number" based on
your machine & OS to Undertow's website in order to receive an
unlock
code for the program. There have been numerous complaints and posts
on the UIview mailing lists about re-installs of Precision Mapping 6.0
because Undertow has shut down the activation server for earlier
versions, rendering PM6 uninstallable. Apparently a few individuals
have been able to convince
Undertow's tech support to generate unlock codes during phone
conversations. However, who knows if this can be counted on in the
future, or even if
the company will be around next year. <br>
<br>
<br>
<blockquote cite="mid:287D33290837490A91B0EC3DF0413289@d2" type="cite">
as will my copies
<br>
of Windows XP. I know that "Windows Update" for XP will only be
available
<br>
for a certain amount of time, so to have a reasonably secure operating
<br>
system, it would be worth my time learning how to "slipstream" all of
<br>
the updates onto a copy of Windows XP.<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
Actually, Microsoft, so far at least, has continued to make update
patches for old versions of Windows (95, 98 and 2000) available on
their servers -- they just don't issue any new ones. <br>
<br>
<br>
Actually there is a utility to make slipstreaming rather simple.
"nLite" from <br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.nliteos.com/"><http://www.nliteos.com/></a> <br>
<br>
will let you slipstream entire service packs, patches, updates and new
drivers into copies of Windows 2000, XP and Win2003 Server. It also
lets you customize hundreds of defaults and then create a new install
disk. You unpack the entire contents of an install CD into a directory
on your hard disk, run nLite, use a pick list to enter service packs
and KB-xxxxx patches to be merged. Youy can even add third-party setup
programs for utilities to be executed automatically on the first run
after install. Nlite then automatically makes an ISO image that can be
used to burn a new bootable install CD or DVD. <br>
<br>
I use it about once a month after patch Tuesday to makeup new WinXPSP3
and Win2K3 install disks. It saves hours and hours of time not having
to run endless Windows Update runs on every new system immediately
after initial setup. <br>
<br>
Further, it saves a ton of disk space. Every single Windows Update
download is cached on the system, after install, for possible
re-install just in case an emergency system recovery (or driver
install) requires reinstall from the source CD, thus reverting many
Windows system files to earlier versions. Over time, the mass of
cached service packs & patches becomes as large as the installed
Windows system itself. Most of these patches replace existing
versions of key Windows files by overwriting them over and over with
newer (supposedly improved) versions. However the intermediate
versions of these patches are not culled from the ever-inflating
archive - every version of the same file is retained. <br>
<br>
When these patches are slipstreamed into the install CD, the latest
version of each file becomes part of the original install. You don't
waste GB's of disk space caching patch archives. You can easily reduce
the installed footprint of a CURRENT XP setup 50% or more by
slipstreaming SP3, IE7 or IE8 and all subsequent patches and fixes into
the initial install. Not to mention that you then don't have to risk
exposing a less-than-maximally-hardened brand-new Windows setup to
the Internet for hours of Windows Update downloads.<br>
<br>
<br>
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--<br>
<br>
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