Mike -
the final sentence in your original post reads....
"The benefits on a clean install are
significant for XP as the dll cache is several hundred MB smaller than
when installing XP then SP1 then SP2."

The implication is (at least to me) that it is necessary to install SP1
prior to installing SP2.


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"Mike M" wrote in message
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PS, BTW I'm not referring here to the SP uninstall folder(s) but rather
the total size of the various dll caches. Those created when installing
using slipstream media are far smaller than when installing from RTM and
then SP1 and then SP2 (as will have happened for anyone running XP prior
to August 2004) or if a new user were to install XP RTM today followed by
SP2.
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Mike M wrote:

I'm sorry but I don't have a clue what you are referring to here Noel.

Between 2002 and 2004 XP SP2 was not available only SP1 hence I and
countless others slipstreamed SP1 into RTM. Doing this results in a
much smaller installed file base if then used to install XP rather
than installing SP1 over RTM, just as SP2 when slipstreamed into RTM
makes for a smaller installation than RTM plus SP1 (which is what
many users will have prior to August 2004), and then SP2.

That's not installing SP2, Mike - especially on a clean install!

SP2 will install directly onto an RTM Windows with no problems