Windows XP Service Pack 1 - Unauthorized: All parameters of the installation file

The installation of Windows XP Service Pack 1 actually only consists of a double-click and permanent confirmation by clicking Next. Anyone who continues to hold this opinion is definitely wrong, because the SP1 offers 10 secret parameters with which you can influence the setup in your favor. In our forum, NADJI has ventured into all the command extensions and posted them clearly:

The easiest way to start the update with transferred parameters is the dialog via "Start", "Run..."

Transferring the installation options can basically be done in two different ways. Either place the required parameter after a space followed by a slash or choose the combination space followed by the minus sign.

Example: In this case, the executable file is located directly on C:\

C:\xpsp1_en_x86.exe /Parameter

or

C:\xpsp1_en_x86.exe -Parameters

Here are the parameters that can be set for the installation.

-u : Performs an installation in unattended mode

-f : Forces other programs to close on shutdown

-n : Select the option "No file backup for uninstalling the service pack files"

-o : Overwrites existing OEM files during installation without prompting

-z : The system does not reboot after installing the service pack

-q : Runs the installation in background mode (there is no screen output)

-l : Lists the hotfixes present in the system before the service pack was installed

-x : Decompresses the service pack files into a directory of your choice

-x: Path specification : Passes the path of the directory into which the service pack files are to be decompressed

-s: Path specification : Integrates the service pack files into a directory of your choice via Slipstream (option to create a Windows XP CD with integrated service pack)

During installation, bear in mind what effects the transferred parameters may have. It should also be noted that installation parameters cannot prevent the service pack update from being canceled by the operating system.

NOTE FOR NEW PUBLICATION: This article was produced by Sandro Villinger and comes from the Windows Tweaks archive, which has been built up since the late 1990s.