For those who deploy Windows XP from CD you know what a pain it is to have to apply all the updates to a fresh install. Back a few years ago I used a technique called slipstreaming where you could create a WinXP install CD that had these updates already included. It was a bit of a pain to create these CD’s through a manual process. Mike over at MikeTechShow.com posted a link recently to an application called RVM Integrator. It is basically a GUI front end to help create these time saving CD’s. In addition to the latest service pack and hotfixes you can install other applications like Adobe Acrobat, Firefox, Quicktime, etc.
I have not tried it yet but it looks to be a real time saver for those who don’t use VMWare.
–Chris
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