OldGrantonian

I don't wan't to make an upgrade I want to do a "repair install". This is the process where you (normally) insert the original OS DVD while Vista is still running. You can keep your current settings and programs. (During the repair, messages refer to "upgrade". Don't ask my why ) A "repair install" is described here: http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/88236-re...ista.html?ltr=R My Vista has been upgraded to SP1. So I cannot do a repair install with the original DVD. I must first uninstall SP1. Then do the repair. Then re-install SP1. I'm not a techy. All this is explained here: http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/151606-v...lation-dvd.html Sorry if all that is confusing. It certainly confuses me So, that's why I want to slipstream SP1 into my Dell OEM DVD. I don't know how to do your "reverse integration" method. Could you please provide a link .

I have Vista Home Premium 32-bit, on Dell Inspiron 6400. I used vLite to slipstream my Dell OEM DVD with SP1. The process completed with no error messages. But when I used the DVD to try a repair install, I got the message: "Upgrade has been disabled. Upgrade to a more recent version than the one you are currently running." This implies that the SP1 on the DVD was not recognized. Any advice? .

That worked fine Thanks. BTW: I'm sure I've seen your name on a different forum recently .

I have Vista Home Premium 32-bit. I have installed vLite 1.2. I installed the following WAIK from the Microsoft site: 6001.18000.080118-1840-kb3aikl_en.iso I launch vLite. For "Wim Filter", the "Install" button is active. But if I click "Install", I get the message that I must install WAIK. Can I manually copy files from WAIK into the vLite folders? .

I have Vista Home Premium 32-bit on Dell Inspiron 6400. I'm a non-techy, single laptop, and probably the only person in the world who can't get vLite to work http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=133877 I want to slipstream SP1 into my Vista DVD so that I can do repair installs if needed. (Not needed yet ) Can I use Sysprep Creator to create a bootable DVD? .

I'm not a techy, but I'm willing to try Is this a good link for instructions: http://www.svrops.com/svrops/articles/sysprepvista.htm .

Did you ever succeed with this job? (I killed my process after 32 hours ) .

My CPU hovers around 50%. In the Processes tab, "Private" memory for PkgMgr is fixed at 900KB. In the Performance tab, physical memory is fixed absolutely flat at 707MB. (I have 2GB total.) I find it suspicious that memory usage should be fixed. I would expect some variation. I've made some "negative" progress I can integrate some hotfixes. But I still can't integrate SP1 I integrated the smallest hotfix (KB947821, 28KB). So that was the first time I saw the "Finished" message. This job took 2 minutes. However, only the "Finish" and "Exit" buttons were available. Does mean that I could not have burnt the ISO? I then integrated the largest hotfix (KB955020, 57,618KB). This job took 11 minutes. In this case, when the "Finished" message was displayed, only the "Exit" button was available. BTW1: I know that hotfixes without SP1 is probably no good to anyone, but I wanted to see what was possible and what was not possible. BTW2: I'm currently trying VLite 1.1.6. The following post by steven4554 suggested it might be less buggy: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=133061 .

I found the link to include hotfixes: http://www.vlite.net/help/hotfixes.html So, my next question is, where are the hotfixes stored in Windows Explorer? I've displayed hidden files, and done a search for CAB and MSU files. .

Thanks for all the comments so far Only SP1. Nothing else From google, I've seen posts on different forums where the progress bar hangs on 50-60%. My progress bar has never gone past 30%. Is that a clue? Here's what happens. After I press "Run" in the Access Contro, the progress bar moves from 0% to 30% in four equal steps. There is a gap of about 5-10 seconds between each step. So from 0% to 30% takes about 30 seconds. So crunchie's progress continues for one hour. But my progress stops after about 30 seconds. Is that a clue? Are you saying that I can do a DVD without SP1? If that's true, maybe I could experiment with only 2 or 3 hot fixes, and no SP? If yes, I would be grateful if someone could post a link showing me how to add only hot fixes See my earlier response to boooggy. I'm only trying SP1. But my plan was to do the SP1 first, then add hot fixes. .

I finally killed the process after 32 hours. The CPU was still showing 50% for PkgMgr. The 32 hours would have included two overnight sessions of about 8 hours each, for a total of 16 hours. During these 16 overnight hours, my laptop was disconnected from the internet, anti-virus "paused", and no other applications running. Screen saver is the standard Vista logo. .

I mistakenly added this post to the vLite tutorial. I apologize. I'm currently trying to slipstream Vista Home Premium 32-bit. It's taken 19 hours so far I can see from Task Manager that PkgMgr (Windows Package Manager) is using 50% of CPU, so something is happening. I have a Dell Inspiron 6400. Dual core. 1.83 GHz. 2GB RAM. 6 GB spare on C:. 10 GB spare on D: Can anyone tell me whether I should continue? Has anyone else taken as long as 19 hours? .

I posted here by accident. I apologize. Post moved to: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=133877