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Unattended Install in Windows XP

contributed by mikejc on August 24, 2004 under Windows installation

Create a bootable CD-ROM that will install Windows XP unattended. Setup Manager on the Windows XP CD will be used to create an answer file

When installing multiple PCs it is easier to set up an unattended installation and burn a bootable CD. Then to answer each prompt during a manual installation.

Install Recovery Console from the Windows XP CD

contributed by mikejc on under Windows installation

Using the Recovery Console requires the Windows XP CD. After installation the Recovery Console runs from a local drive and the CD is not needed.

Considerations for Multibooting with Windows 2000 and Windows XP

contributed by mikejc on under Windows installation

4.0 in order to support an older application. With multibooting, you can choose which operating system to run or specify a default OS if no selection is made during the restart process.

Windows XP and SP2: Slipstreaming SP2 into your Windows XP Setup Files

contributed by Jimmy Selix on under Windows installation

Another handy recipe for those XP install geeks. This recipe explains how to ’slipstream’ Service Pack 2 into your Windows XP Installation and then create a bootable Windows XP w/SP2 install cd. This is nice since the slipstreaming will update your XP installation files to have SP2 applied before you install! No more downloading or updating to SP2 on new installs.

Windows XP: Installing from Harddrive

contributed by Jimmy Selix on August 19, 2004 under Windows installation

This is another install recipe for Windows XP. Requirements: Windows 98SE Boot Diskette w/smartdrv.exe, Windows XP saved to harddrive (have a seperate FAT32 partition where XP install files are saved).

Setting up a PC with Multiple Operating Systems

contributed by Jimmy Selix on August 6, 2004 under Windows installation

This recipe is a quick howto on installing more than one operating system on a pc (ie dual booting, triple booting). This recipe requires these skills: basic operating system installation, booting with a boot disk, very basic dos commands (they are explained in recipe), and the setup CDs for the operating systems you want to install.

Creating your own Bootable Windows XP CD-ROM and installing XP from boot disk

contributed by Jimmy Selix on August 1, 2004 under Windows installation

This recipe requires the following ingredients:
Windows XP Professional Setup disc,
Neroburn 5 or 6,
Windows 98 Bootdisk, smartdrv.exe,
FAT32 Parition to install XP on (REQUIRED, NTFS is not detected in DOS w/o appropriate software)

Install a DNS Server on a Windows 2003 Server

contributed by Lilliabeth on July 17, 2004 under Windows installation

Windows comes with a DNS server, but it isn’t installed by default. Here’s how to install a DNS server on a Windows 2003 server.

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