Hi I was wondering if anyone can tell me if I can make a custom CD on windows. I was able to get my XP CD and slipstream it with SP2 but would I be able to do this with some of my most common used program. I know you can get these CDs from manufatures that go with thire system, like if its a HP, they will have thire own cd with OS and all drivers and programs or if its a tosiba they will have thire own. So I would just like to know if there is a way I can do that with my XP cd SP2 and some of my program like MS office and photoshop ect ect. Can someone please get back to me it would be greatly appreciatede.

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U can inject drivers .... but can't say about softwares ... however I'll reply later about this ..

It can be done but it's complicated and is probably too big a job to discuss in detail in this forum. You would have to REALLY want to do it!

The process is basically to install everything manually and then take a hard disk image using software such as Norton Ghost. Then restore that image on another machine. If it works, use the Windows XP OEM Pre-Installation Kit to run a process on the second PC that removes all the machine identifiers, Windows activation, computer name, EULA acceptance, etc. Sorry, that process does have a name but I can't remember it. Then take another image. You can now restore that image to other PCs that have a reasonably similar hardware configuration. On the new PCs, you may need to install drivers for the hardware that is different. You would then end up with a PC that appears as a brand new manufacturer-supplied one would - you have to accept the EULA, set your regional settings, etc. Also ensure that whatever PC you restore the image to has ITS OWN valid licence for ALL of the software that you have 'slipstreamed' into the image.