Microsoft KB Archive/271791

= HOW TO: Integrate a Service Pack into a Windows 2000 Installation =

PSS ID Number: 271791

Article Last Modified on 3/10/2004

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional

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This article was previously published under Q271791





IN THIS TASK

 * SUMMARY
 * ** Integrating a Windows 2000 Service Pack
 * REFERENCES



SUMMARY
Microsoft Windows 2000 has the ability to integrate a Service Pack into the initial installation of the operating system. You can use this method to replace the original Windows 2000 source files with the updated Service Pack files before Windows 2000 is installed. Then, when Windows 2000 is installed, the Service Pack is installed automatically.

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Integrating a Windows 2000 Service Pack
 Create a distribution folder on the computer on which the initial installation folder will be stored. Give the new folder any name (for example, C:\W2kinstall). Copy the contents of the I386 folder from the original Windows 2000 CD-ROM into the new folder. Make sure to copy all the subfolders in the I386 folder. In the Service Pack folder, locate Update.exe, and then run the following command

update.exe -s:c:\ 

where  is the folder to which you copied the I386 folder. Windows 2000 must be running on the computer in order to run the Update program. You can install Windows 2000 with the Service Pack integrated from this folder however, unlike other Service Pack upgrades, you cannot uninstall a Service Pack installed in this manner.

NOTE: If you intend to burn a CD of the integrated SP directory structure, you must burn it by attaching to the network share (W2kinstall) so that the i386 and associated files and directories are burned to the root of the CD-ROM.

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