Windows XP Service Pack 2 Support Tools
Posted by Unknown on 23 August 2004 - 23:14 · 14 comments & 2604 views
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#1 Posted by Hurmoth on 23 Aug 2004 - 23:29
- Awesome! Thanks
Goodness, the news is flowing tonight like water!
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#2 Posted by tonyunreal on 24 Aug 2004 - 00:14
- There were already included in the slipstreamed CD.
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#3 Posted by Ficman on 24 Aug 2004 - 02:42
- Cool....
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#4 Posted by bush on 24 Aug 2004 - 07:18
- good. me happy.
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#5 Posted by fdlazarte on 24 Aug 2004 - 07:23
- sweet!
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#6 Posted by Samoa on 24 Aug 2004 - 10:43
- what good is this stuff anyway?
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#7 Posted by Raven on 24 Aug 2004 - 12:51
- It's one of those "if you don't know then you don't need them' kinda thing...
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#8 Posted by DJ Prem on 24 Aug 2004 - 13:58
- Are this not already in SP2?
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#9 Posted by Hawkeye on 24 Aug 2004 - 14:37
- Cool beans. I already updated my slipstreamed CD with the new deployment tools that were just released for SP2 and now I can add this to it as well.
In case anybody is wondering, this is how it's done:
-using WinZip or WinRAR, extract the contents of the WindowsXP-KB838079-SupportTools-ENU.exe file
-place the SUPPORT.CAB file that you just extracted into the /SUPPORT/TOOLS directory on your Windows XP CD, replacing the existing SUPPORT.CAB -
#9.1 Posted by tonyunreal on 25 Aug 2004 - 02:00
- The release notes for the slipstreamed CD says the support tools are already updated throughout the slipstreaming process. Maybe I'm wrong, so when you replacing the Support.Cab file in the cd, were they really different in size?
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#10 Posted by Gary_Player on 25 Aug 2004 - 02:02
- So what all can you do with these? I'd test them myself but I don't have an SP2 box avalable at the moment
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#11 Posted by Goudaman on 25 Aug 2004 - 04:12
- I downloaded these, basically all the ones that are useful to a programmer or power user (eg depends, procview) are also shipped with visual studio and the other others are either: really obscure and only needed by a hardcore sysadmin, or crappier versions of functionality in 3rd party programs, such as the disk sector editor. Basically from the look of the UIs and the functions of the programs these look like utilities that ms programmers threw together for themselves then later distributed. Overall i would say that although they could be useful, unless you know what they are already and have a specfic task in mind then they will just clutter your computer
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#12 Posted by Mister Lamar on 27 Aug 2004 - 00:19
- hummm let me see what this does
The Windows Support Tools for Windows XP can be installed only on a computer that is running the Windows XP operating system. The Windows Support Tools for Windows XP cannot be used to upgrade Microsoft Windows NT or Microsoft Windows 2000 Support Tools installed on Windows NT or Windows 2000. It is highly recommended that you remove all previous versions of Support Tools, including beta versions of the Windows Support Tools for Microsoft Windows XP, before you run the Support Tools installation program.
Important: These tools have not been localized; they are written and tested only in the English language. Using these tools with a different language version of Microsoft Windows XP may not work.
The following Support Tools have been updated in Service Pack 2:
bitsadmin.exe
extract.exe
httpcfg.exe
iadstools.dll
ipseccmd.exe
netdom.exe
replmon.exe