Mike M wrote:

OK, 2002 Edition would mean that you have XP with SP1 slipstreamed into
it. SP2 was released in August 2004 and probably not available as
slipstream media until October or maybe even November. That your media
already includes SP1 does not, of course, mean that you cannot now build
in to it SP2.

I've now had the opportunity to run
XPSP2.exe /integrate:drive/path
on a system running Win Me and you are right to be concerned as the
command fails. Running XPSP2.exe (or WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe)
fails when run on Win Me due to it requiring a different version of
ntdll.dll than that included with Win Me.

Do you perhaps have access to a friend's or even work PC running wither
W2K or XP that you could use to create the slipstreamed file set?

Best of luck with whichever route you choose to follow.

Mike:

Thanks for doing the research, I was considering trying the ME route
just to learn a bit more. You saved me the trouble. As for work (a
common four letter word :-) ) I retired well back in the last century.
But, I do have family using XP and perhaps they will let me borrow their
system just long enough to make the slipstream. Can't hurt to ask. Your
expertise has been a great help.

sced13ri (Now I am showing my age. Like an old saying "the hurrier I go,
the behinder I get".