[Question: 'dependencies' in 1.2 final changed. Why ?]

As I posted in this related link (whats causing the update loop):

http://www.msfn.org/board/whats-causing-th...713#entry799713

removing these two services may cause infinite reboots if the roll-back feature of the updates does not work.

I sure nuhi will tell us what's changed that now causes these services to be needed for proper windows update functioning. (Maybe MS changed something in the windows update engine??)

Take care,

Gary

[whats causing the update loop?]

If the infinite loop occurs after installing numerous windows updates, check to see if you removed the ipsec policy agent and windows remote mgt services.

I intentionally removed them as previously they were not needed with Vlite v.1.1.6 and did a virtual os install, updated the system with 25 windows updates and the infinite loop occurred.

Then I redid my Vista Ultimate iso adding back ipsec policy agent and windows remote management, reinstalled, did the 25 updates and no problems.

Interestingly I have the policy agent service disabled in the services configuration section as by default it is set to automatic. I left the windows remote management service left in the default manual setting as it never starts. I guess the operating system either needs the files associated with one or both of these services even if they never run.

I didn't go so far with the experiment to see if one of the services could be removed as Vlite v1.2 now says Windows Update needs both.

I hope this helps with your problem.

Gary

[KB955302can't be installed]

I was having the same problem with KB955302. It wouldn't install & sometimes put the computer in the infinite reboot loop.

Did a reinstall last night adding back in the wlan support and no more problems.

Hope this helps,

Gary

Last_Session.ini

[Windows Updates fail with Vlite]

Been using vlite for awhile to "chop" Vista down to size. Oscillated between x64 and x86 several times, but due to several compatability issues finally opted for the x86 version.

Have vlited Vista Ultimate SP1. Previously with Vista RTM I was able to successfully apply the monthly Windows Updates after the OS was vlited.

Now with an MSDN subsription version of Vista Ultimate SP1 that has components removed using VLite, all Windows Updates fail (except the mrt tool). Due to my expermentation with x64 I haven't had the OS on long enough to try Windows Updates since RTM, so backtracking to find out what missing component is causing the failure would be difficult. Manually downloading the failed .msu updates and installing failed as well.

Any assistance would be most appeciated, as I would hate to have to run the full version of Vista in order to be able to properly install monthly security updates.

Thanks,

Gary

Last_Session.ini

[Windows Experience Index not refreshing]

Nuhi,

Reinstalled Vista Ultimate a little while ago using Vlite 1.1 Final and no problem refreshing WEI.

Vlite wasn't the problem. I had deleted a *.prx file from \windows folder which caused the problem.

Thanks for a great product.

Gary

[Windows Experience Index not refreshing]

Been working with all the releases of vlite through 1.1RC. Have used it with Vista Ultimate. Only problem is WEI. It does the initial assessment fine and gives me a score, but if I try to refresh it, say, after a driver update, it gives an error and then the score turns from blue to gray and says "Windows Experience Index is unrated".

It won't update the \windows\performance\winsat\datastore\*.xml file. I've even tried to run WinSAT from a command prompt using the various documented switches with the same results.

I don't think I removed anything that WinSAT needs as it does one assessment fine. And I haven't used TweakVista as I've seen the posts concerning some registry values affecting WEI.

Here's my last session.ini file:

; vLite preset file

[information]

Version = 1.1 RC on 2.0.50727.1433 Microsoft Windows NT 6.0.6000.0

Target = Windows Vista ULTIMATE 32-bit - 6.0.6000.16386 - English (United States)

[Compatibility]

Aero Glass

Internet Explorer

[Components]

;# Accessories #

Accessibility

Mobility Center

Snipping Tool

Speech Support

System Information

Welcome Center

Windows Sidebar and Gadgets

;# Drivers #

Diva Server

Modems

Printers-Apollo

Printers-Brother

Printers-Canon

Printers-Citizen

Printers-Dell

Printers-Diconix

Printers-Epson

Printers-Fuji Xerox

Printers-Fujitsu

Printers-Generic printer

Printers-Gestetner

Printers-IBM

Printers-Infotec

Printers-Konica

Printers-Konica Minolta

Printers-Kyocera Mita

Printers-Lanier

Printers-Lexmark

Printers-Minolta

Printers-Minolta-QMS

Printers-NEC

Printers-NRG

Printers-Oce

Printers-Oki

Printers-Okidata

Printers-Olivetti

Printers-Panasonic

Printers-QMS

Printers-Ricoh

Printers-Samsung

Printers-Savin

Printers-Seikosha

Printers-Sharp

Printers-Sony

Printers-Star

Printers-Tally

Printers-Tektronix

Printers-Wipro ePeripherals

Printers-Xerox

QLogic Fibre Channel Adapter

Scanners

;# Games #

Game Explorer

Inbox Games

Premium Inbox Games

;# Hardware Support #

Dynamic Volume Manager

Fax Support

Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI)

Modem Support

Smartcards

Windows Image Acquisition

Windows Mobile Device Center

Windows Portable Devices

WLAN Support

;# Languages #

Japanese

Korean

Simplified Chinese

Table Driven Text Input Processor

Traditional Chinese

;# Multimedia #

Media Center

Movie and DVD Maker

Music and Video samples

Sample Pictures

Screensavers

Shell event sounds

SideShow

Sound Recorder

Windows Calendar

Windows Photo Gallery

;# Network #

Connect to a Network Projector

Internet Information Services (IIS)

MSN Installer

Network and Sharing Center

Windows Collaboration

Windows Mail

;# Services #

Computer Browser

Error Reporting

IPsec Policy Agent

Microsoft DFS Replication

Offline Files

Remote Registry

Secondary Logon

Universal Plug and Play (UPNP)

WebDAV (WebClient)

Windows Remote Management

Windows Search

Windows Time

;# System #

Beep

BitLocker Drive Encryption

Disk Quota

Help

IMAPIv2 Burning Support

Jet Database Engine

Malicious Software Removal Tool

Manual Install (Setup.exe)

MDAC

Microsoft Agent

Natural Language

Remote Differential Compression

Security Center

Sync Center

Tablet PC

Windows Backup

Windows Defender

Windows Easy Transfer

Windows Picture and Fax Viewer (Shimgvw)

[Options]

DEP (Data Execution Prevention) = Default

User Account Control (UAC) = Enabled

AntiSpyware Realtime Protection = Default

AutoPlay = Enabled

Paging Executive = Enabled

Power scheme = High performance

Hibernation = Off

Memory requirement = Default

Control Panel - Classic View = Enabled

Show hidden files and folders = Yes

Show protected operating system files = Yes

Show extensions for known file types = No

IE Phishing Filter = Disabled

IE Phishing Verification Ballon Tips = Disabled

[Protection]

[Drivers]

[unattended]

SpecRegional

AcceptEULA

SkipNewUser

SkipProductKey

SkipAutoActivation

NetworkLoc = 1

ProtectPC = 1

[Hotfixes]

D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\IE7-KB942615.msu

D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB925902.msu

D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB929399.msu

D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB929735.msu

D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB929777-v2.msu

D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB929916.msu

D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB930178.msu

D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB931213.msu

D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB931573.msu

D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB933729.msu

D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB933928.msu

D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB935509.msu

D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB935807-v2.msu

D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB936021.msu

D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB936357.msu

D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB936824.msu

D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB936825.msu

D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB938127.msu

D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB938194.msu

D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB938952.msu

D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB938979.msu

D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB939159.msu

D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB941568.msu

D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB941600-USBRollup.msu

D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB941644.msu

D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB941649-v2.msu

D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB942624.msu

D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB942763.msu

D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB943078.msu

D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB943302.msu

D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB943411.msu

D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB943899.msu

D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\WMP-KB941569.msu

D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\WMP-KB941651.msu

[LanguagePacks]

Could it be one of the services I removed? I paid extra attention to the last .iso I made and I leave the component dependency check turned on.

Any assistance would be most welcome.

Thanks,

Gary ;^)