Windows XS Service Pack 1 under Bootcamp?

[rightlyso]

I'll be retiring an old Dell laptop and upgrading to a Macbook.

There are a couple of Windows programs that I'll need to run under Windows XP.

My Dell came with Windows XP Service Pack 1 (rather than the newer SP2 or SP3).

Is there any way to install this version of Windows XP on the Mac?

[DeaconGraves]

Bootcamp needs at least SP2.

You will also likely have authorization problems anyway using a copy of Windows that has already been installed on your Dell.

[Eidorian]

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=407192

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=415765

I answered this in these two threads. There was a more recent one that I couldn't seem to find. By the way your Dell OEM copy of Windows is tied to your old Dell and you shouldn't be installing it on another computer.

[rightlyso]

If I understand you right, there are programs that will "combine" a Windows XP SP1 CD with an SP2 update (I actually have SP2 on a CD), into a single CD that Bootcamp will recognize as a Windows XP SP2 CD?

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=407192

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=415765

I answered this in these two threads. There was a more recent one that I couldn't seem to find. By the way your Dell OEM copy of Windows is tied to your old Dell and you shouldn't be installing it on another computer.

[Radio Monk33]

Yes, you can 'slipstream' a SP2 upgrade with a standard XP disc to get an XP SP2 disc. Google nlite.

[rightlyso]

How do I know nlite isn't doesn't have some kind of sneaky trojan horse that will enable someone to take over my machine whenever they felt like it?

Yes, you can 'slipstream' a SP2 upgrade with a standard XP disc to get an XP SP2 disc. Google nlite.

[Eidorian]

How do I know nlite isn't doesn't have some kind of sneaky trojan horse that will enable someone to take over my machine whenever they felt like it?Because it doesn't?