It's Windows XP, the Remix

I'd rather not subject myself to conveniently slipstreamed spyware that is sure to make it into one or more of these "remixed" versions.

Just get yourself a copy of the corporate ISO and you don't have to worry about the authentication garbage (plus you get a nice, virgin install that you can tinker with on your own time).

#1, Slipstreamed XPs are made to be more convenient. They do not contain spyware. In fact the effort gone into these packages are amazing seeing as these people do it as a hobby of sorts.

"Just get yourself a copy of the corporate ISO and you don't have to worry about the authentication garbage"

Thats not true, corporate copies are subject to authentication just like the retail copies.

To number 3, Corporate versions of WinXP do not suffer the "Authentication" upon install, requiring a crack. You still need a serial key however, but they are readily attainable and you can use the same one over and over. You are right about the authentication on Windows Update though, however, you can turn off WGA (Windows Genuine Advantage) by simply opening IE6, go to the tools menu, go to addons, and disable Windows Genuine advantage. Enjoy Windows Update.

#2

I understand the underlying purpose of slipstreaming: my comment was _supposed_ to be somewhat amusing, but alas it apparently wasn't.

Beyond that, I would be wary of any sort of patches windows that are available from any source other than microsoft. If the slipstreamed "remix" copies are engineered by someone else to be more "convenient", then those people could easily "convenience" themselves by adding a keylogger or some other malware to your "remixed" copy of windows.

#3

It has been my experience thus far that corporate editions of windows completely and totally bypass all authentication on windows update. Unless they (a) haven't implemented it fully yet or (b) did a crappy job of implementing it, every time windowsupdate tries to authenticate a corporate copy that I've seen, it thinks for a minute and passes the user right through.


Lata,
teve

To all...

With a Corporate copy, you do need a license key. However, the WGA isn't an issue because the copy is legitimate. It may not be legitimately your's, but it is legit.

It works! Using my mini-XP I was able to get females to do whatever I ask.

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XP Scene Edition is the best.