Service pack installation

Just found this nice tip from a friend of mine on installing service packs in VMWare images. When installing for example service pack 2 in a Windows XP image you can use the “/n” parameter to avoid saving backup files which might not be worth the diskspace in an image. Also using “/u” will make the installation program simply install the service pack and reboot the machine and not prompt you for approval.

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