I have recently had to re-install my XP OS and came across this site http://www.autopatcher.com/
It saves a lot of downloading time and offers a lot of extras if re-installing an XPSp2 verison of the OS.
They also do ones for Windows 2000, Windows 2003 Server and Vista.
Just though it may be of interest to any one whao needs to re-install. ;D :angel:
Forgot to add, it's free as well. :-[
Thanks for the post, Cav. This is something that Scan use to patch their machines before despatch, and I can testify to its efficiency.