Someone reviewed v on Jul 5, 2022

Pros: 555

Cons: 555

Bottom Line: 555

orginamel reviewed v2.2.5 on Apr 16, 2019

Pros: nice

Cons:

Bottom Line: I use nLite to slipstream Windows XP Home and Pro disks to service pack 2, and make them unattended.

topspeed reviewed v2.2.5 on Mar 30, 2010

Well as SP3 is already available so I rate it 4 otherwise I can rate it 5. I would appreciate if they release a timezone updates which is missing with Windows XP SP3.

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DudeBoyz reviewed v2.2.5 on Jan 19, 2009

The Original version of this, which will slip-stream SP1 and/or SP2 in with your original Windows XP installation disk is outstanding.

I'm not sure of the exact benefits of the Post-SP2 update pack, so this one may be hard to recommend.

But if you slipstream SP2 into your config and then do Windows Update, you should be covered, I think.

rcglidden reviewed v2.2.3 on Sep 11, 2008

Excellent!!!!

I use nLite to slipstream Windows XP Home and Pro disks to service pack 2, and make them unattended.

Then I use RyanVM's Windows XP Post-SP2 Update Pack
to slipstream the nLited disks to just before SP-3.

Then use .NET-3.5 offline installer from Microsoft. (note that the installer includes .NET 2 and 3 and 3.5 with service packs and updates. A bug in Windows online updates wants to install an update for .NET 3 but fails because the above installer already includes it, so just ignore it.)

Now only 8 online updates left and no reboots!!

newyorksabre reviewed v2.2.2 on May 6, 2008

seier needs to check the facts, Microsoft sp3 is available through windows update.

Umapathy reviewed v2.2.2 on Apr 29, 2008

Well as SP3 is already available so I rate it 4 otherwise I can rate it 5. I would appreciate if they release a timezone updates which is missing with Windows XP SP3.

seier reviewed v2.2.2 on Apr 28, 2008

Hi Gang,

I haven't Ryan's update package out yet, but I just want to point out that SP3 is coming out tomorrow. Apparently it won't initially be on windows update, but as an individual download:
http://www.microsoft.com...5110&displaylang=en

Cheers,
Christian Blackburn

christoofar reviewed v2.2.1 on Mar 3, 2008

good to have a newly updated Update Pack from Ryan.
Even better will be the post SP3 pack from him!

Artem S. Tashkinov reviewed v2.2.1 on Mar 3, 2008

It's the best for busy system administrators and for those who wants to avoid downloading more than 100MB of updates and messing you whole /WINDOWS directory.

I give it strong 5!

(As a side note I'd like to say that I will skip this update and wait till XP SP3 is out - it's really close).

jsrinivasu reviewed v2.1.11 Pre-Release on Jul 20, 2007

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Joffi reviewed v2.1.10 on May 14, 2007

@ Use all three; see below.

This pack used as the author packaged it for is to make your custom install CD/DVD up-to-date at the time is burned. Using either Ryan's Integrator or nLite, you start with a security updated install. From there you can easily use Autopatcher to keep up to date.

This package is excellent and I give an A for effort and a 5 for hitting all targets.

slinkys_delsol reviewed v2.1.10 on May 14, 2007

I will give an "A" for effort, but NLite is much better combined with AutoPatcher.

You can have all the updates post SP2 from AutoPatcher (Not a select few) and then you can integrate them along with Drivers and many other aspects with NLite.

I have been able to remake the Windows XP CD for so many different Setups (IBM, HP, Customs).

Plus it can output it to a Standard ISO or write you a new CD / DVD.

It's so nice to do a Windows Setup and NOT have to look for any drivers and have minimal patches.

tolaat01 reviewed v2.1.9 on Apr 13, 2007

very good update pack.
i didnt use the integrator - i used nlite and it worked .
i also used addones like peerguardian ,kerio firewall ,SpywareBlaster ,direct x 9.0c windows media player 11.
worked like a charm.

Banquo reviewed v2.1.8 on Mar 29, 2007

I used this and the official integrator with an original Windows XP install CD. Slipstreamed SP2 and the update pack to create a new CD. On first boot errors were popping up all over, frame.dyn dll is missing, srclient.dll is missing, IE and OE Express are both hosed, etc. I tried it on a different PC with the same result, had to throw out the CD. Went back to using a vanilla XP CD with SP2 slipstreamed.

BAD.

horsecharles reviewed v2.1.8 on Mar 22, 2007

Wunderbar, and really looking forward for eventual Vista version!!!

Znoo reviewed v2.1.8 on Mar 21, 2007

Last week i helped som family reinstlling their PC. It was no fun at all! I had to start out on a old WinXP CD (no SP). It took hours... ¤#!¤"!%#¤.

Yesterday my own PC was reinstalled. My WinXP CD was updated with RyanVM's update pack. Wow! What a time saver. Highly recommended.

ryanvm reviewed v2.1.8 on Mar 21, 2007

gauchedude - Feel free to correspond with me...

duntuk reviewed v2.1.7 on Feb 17, 2007

this thing is a super time saver when combined with nlite...

and in response to gauchedude:
if anything is changing system policy, it's one of the MS critical hotfixes...

gauchedude reviewed v2.1.7 on Feb 17, 2007

I cannot recommend this. Please consult with the writer before using. It alters the windows system policies. I removed what it added. I have not corresponded with the writer. The writer failed to say what his software performs. To me this is sad behavior on the part of the writer. Be warned or correspond with the writer first. Besides if it as altered my windows in some other manner -- I have not found it yet.

Vimes reviewed v2.1.7 on Feb 17, 2007

Excellent release. Integrates well using nLite.

thezelda reviewed v2.1.7 on Feb 16, 2007

This software makes MSFT look like crap. What a great idea, and this is wonderfully executed. I thank the people who make this package whole heartedly, awesome job. Shame on you MSFT, shame on YOU.

MSFT should release service packs at least every year, and NT 4.0 should get service pack 7, Windows 2000 should get SP5, Windows XP should have SP3 already, and Windows 2003 should have SP2 already.

I strongly believe if you dont service pack software you should lose the copyright/intellectual property rights and be legally reverse engineered. I think, for example, NT 4.0 is now public domain because MSFT abandoned it. We need to fight back to this lack of support and responsibility for software!

Banquo reviewed v2.1.7 on Feb 16, 2007

These packs are indispensable for keeping an up to date install CD, especially since Microsoft seems to be unwilling to release service packs anymore.

christoofar reviewed v2.1.6 on Jan 17, 2007

To the reviewer below

You gave it a 3, and you haven't even TRIED IT? sheesh!

THE best way to integrate the latest post SP2 XP updates when compiling an Nlite install CD. Big thanks to Ryan for his continuing work

servimo reviewed v2.1.6 on Jan 17, 2007

I give a three because I don't tried it.
Want to ask if Brazilian Portuguese is supported?

Ok Four is Ok?
So what if my Windows is Portuguese (Brazil)? Could not apply the patches? Yes I go to the site and found my answer.

polysius reviewed v2.1.5a on Jan 8, 2007

Excellent update pack, makes the task of reinstalling Windows many times faster.

This pack is minimalistic so there is absolutely no bloat to be found here. The updates are usually a few days after Patch Tuesday and it has been very reliable and 'on-time'.

Have been using this for months in a row without any problems whatsoever - no incompatibility issues, update packs that didn't work, etc.

Full marks.

benyahuda reviewed v2.1.5a on Dec 27, 2006

I like what RyanVM has here. It works just fine and while I do use AutoPatcher too, this is just better as the updates are integrated into the installation CD.

anomoly, I run XP 64 and the integrator won't run on my machine for some reason so I use nlite to do the job. nlite is quite user friendly and even though you see cautions on some of the RyanVM pages my personal experience has been literally 100% success.

After my install CD is made (which is a relatively painless and short process), my new installations (which are built my way and usually 250MB or more smaller than the original XP CD), always install in less than 15 minutes.

Everything is already at GO. ALL updates are already installed and even some drivers, UXTHEME is patched and TCIP is hacked, services are turned on or off and the display modes are already set. I'm done, 15 minutes or less and not one extra restart.

This is a beautiful thing indeed.

periklo reviewed v2.1.5a on Dec 18, 2006

Works.

anomoly reviewed v2.1.4 on Nov 21, 2006

so aside from the "What's Included", "Other", & addon links this is better?. I'd say this is better for being more organized although Autopatcher makes for simplicity & this is anything but

[deXter] reviewed v2.1.4 on Nov 20, 2006

sweathog, it's very widely known that the AutoPatcher method of installing updates is inefficient and not recommend.

- AutoPatcher is probably the *WORST* method of installing updates. If you really want to do a post-setup updates, its better to manually install the updates you downloaded (for eg using Windows Updates Downloader and Windows Updates Installer). AutoPatcher XP bundles too much unnecessary junk.

- The RyanVM update pack contains only recommended updates, the rest of the tweaks and non-updates updates are included in various Addon packs. The main pack contains only the necessary updates.

- Running AutoPatcher post install is totally inefficent as it increases the overall setup time (from format to a fully capable system), and from a security point of view, it gives a window during which the PC is vulnerable.

- AutoPatcher is also extremly buggy, you never know when a problem or incompatibility is going to crop up. Personally I've seen too many systems getting screwed or becoming messy after they installed AutoPatcher. If you take a poll on website if anyones ever tried out autopatcher and faced problems or inconvienences or annoyances, you'll know the real truth. I'm speaking here from personal, real life experience.

- RyanVM Update Packs *are* the best method there is to install updates because a) You don't waste time in the unpacking, installation, compatibility checks, backup etc that goes on while installin individual updates. b) You get a fully updated setup where there's no window of vulnerability. c) Hassle free d) Fast integration time

- @urbanriot: That's not true. I've installed RvanVM based XP setups in over 50 computers with different hardware and software setups and I haven't come across a single issue till now. It's the best hassle free method of integrating updates.

FlipmodeBG reviewed v2.1.3 on Oct 16, 2006

that's so cool!

Bagobie reviewed v2.1.2 on Sep 19, 2006

You need to go to the actual site to download this (as of when I'm typing this). The link is "Forbidden"

shtraue reviewed v2.1.2 on Sep 19, 2006

Simply excellent!

sweathog reviewed v2.0.7a on Jul 2, 2006

Given the caveats pointed out by previous reviewers about potential conflicts, you're better off just slipstreaming SP2 into your Windows XP CD and running Autopatcher afterwards, so you can pick and choose which updates and tweaks YOU want to install. You really don't eat up much more clean install time using that approach. The best solition would be to have Autopatcher silently execute itself after an XP install with some script that selects the updates you want.

urbanriot reviewed v2.0.7a on Jun 30, 2006

It should be noted that this patch contains MANY patches that should only be installed if absolutely necessary. Installing many of the included hotfixes included in this pack will result in an unsupported environtment leading to many anomolies. Definitely not suggested in a production or corporate environment - I've experienced many problems in the past with Nlite + update packs.

iLLz reviewed v2.0.7a on Jun 30, 2006

This is awesome. You use this with their Integrator or with nLite and you have the most up to date, slipstreamed Windows Install! Now you don't have to download 4 years worth of updates form Microsoft Update. Plus if you use this with nLite, you can customize the install so you don't have to spend a few days resetting back up all those settings that you can't live without.

Keep it up.

aredo reviewed v2.0.7a on Jun 30, 2006

It should work for all major languages and not just English. It's just a matter of mantaining an updated index and links of all needed hotfixes in order to have the application download them directly skipping any MS WGA sued thing...