hmm. Been weird day.
Somehow as I was trying to find a 64 bit autopatcher update as I get ready to reformat to 64 bit xp Pro I found some interseting links about using some cool little app by the same people to make mass patch install disk and quite possibly patched windows install disks.
Which leads me to my next interesting though, would this solve the dilmena of all those new tablet users and as well as brand spankin' new laptop users who's manufacters (which will remain nameless) a way to get a clean install(image or install) disk for their specificed windows system.
So then I began the google search as I read on tabletpcbuzz that their is apparently a gray line way to extract the needed files from a xp sp2 cd to make a tablet install cd since the only way to get an install cd currently now is to pay the $999 and become an msdn developer for a year. Blah like I can afford to buy shoes let alone a Windows OS CD for $1,000!!
anyway here are the links
xp pro 64 bit
http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/1/7/817afea0-5a51-4fa9-a973-0975f7fb7daf/WS03SP1_RTM_1830_PX6_EN.iso
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/
http://www.toms.net/rb/
http://www.7-zip.org/
(cool free uncomresspess just about everything)
http://www.izarc.org/index.html
(autopatcher)
http://forum.dvbpool.de/viewtopic.php?p=68
all about how to make network disks
http://www.nu2.nu/bootdisk/network/index.php?p=1
better make that www.nu.net ...best resource I have seen yet.
www.autopatcher.com
(audiostreamer)
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=223562
and all thanks to
http://downloads.littlbuger.info <-- this guys webstie