Windows XP Pro SP1 Won't Install - Yes It Can Workaround : )

Just posting this as a help for others...
I'm doing this to get Windows XP Professional onto a 2006 MacBookPro. I've already swapped in a 320GB hard-drive and partitioned it with BootCamp assistant. You need to be connected to power and have a USB keyboard handy. I used an aluminium mac keyboard with mighty-mouse attached directly to it.
So, following the Apple instructions to partition the hard-disk and install, everything went more or less okay. However once set-up and with XP running, the whole seamless process grinds to a halt because the SP1 version of XP can't 'see' the optical drive and other mac internals. To get around this you need to do a little bit more work but I can confirm I do now have XP working fine on my machine.
So here's how the workaround went for me:
1. Follow the apple Boot Camp Installation & Setup Guide instructions until you get to Step 3 on page 12. At this point you probably get stuck because Windows can't 'see' the DVD, it won't auto-run and you can't navigate to it in MyComputer.
2. Eject the XP disk, exit windows and re-start back in OSX. In Safari go to the MS Downloads Centre and download "Windows XP Service Pack 2 Network Installation Package for IT Professional & Developers" to your downloads folder.
3. Move the WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe file you get to MyDocuments in your Administrator area on the BootCamp partition.
4. Navigate to: www.windowsreference.com/general/error-there-is-not-enough-disk-space-when-inst alling-sp3/ and print off these instructions.
4. Restart in XP and follow the tweak detailed above. This will stop your installation failing due to a false out of space warning. (On the MBP I needed to connect the USB and keyboard-connected mouse in order to get it to detect a right-click).
5. Then run the .exe file transferred from Safari earlier. Everything should update to SP2 (not SP3 as the update file suggests).
6. Shutdown and restart again in Windows. When it restarts just let it do its thing and don't sign up to any security updates or join any networks or anything - you do all this later. (During my install the machine got hung-up whilst shutting down - I just forced power off by holding down the power button and it restarted fine).
7. Log on as administrator and insert the Leopard installation disk. Carry on from where you left off the BootCamp Installation instructions. Ignore the annoying pops and ding-dong noises and go make yourself a cup of tea until its finished.
8. When you come back there may be a couple of 'wizard' windows holding up the final bit. Click continue here and should all finish tidily. Restart when you're ready.
I'm not an IT guy so please don't ask me techie stuff. I just got lucky and got this working so am posting my experience. If it's helpful for you please just go do something nice for someone when you perhaps might not otherwise have done. I believe what goes around comes around. : )
S

Since your Powerbook connects flawlessly to the Airport Express, I too would assume you have a marginally defective wireless interface in your PC. See if you are allowed to buy a replacement wireless card, with the option to replace it if that fails to solve your problem.

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wmic product where name="Dell Digital Delivery" call uninstall /nointeractive
wmic product where name="Adobe Reader XI MUI" call uninstall /nointeractive
wmic product where name="Dell Protected Workspace" call uninstall /nointeractive
wmic product where name="DELL OSD" call uninstall /nointeractive
I also had some McAfee unrequested software the command line of which I intercepted through procexp
;remove McAfee SecurityCenter Manually - will integrate with more automated way
"C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\mcuihost.exe" /body:misp://MSCJsRes.dll::uninstall.html /id:uninstall
;mcafee shared c runtime
MsiExec.exe /x {EF79C448-6946-4D71-8134-03407888C054} /qn

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