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Markus1234

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  1. I guess your way is better, my last wim didnt worked/aborted install in end process (without any unattented). Still im disappointed by the huge size of the image ... its actually way smaller if i integrate all updates and service packs to the DVD, not to the install. My windows dir was about 12gb at least, just by installing 4, 5 little apps, office was biggest. I wish there was a way to clean up all the install infos(and saved setup/backup files) without to destroy any way to uninstall them.
  2. Unbelievable, the SP1 backup files removal got me over 4GB on the drive, and about 1.5GB in the wim. Also ive removed the MSOCache from Office2010 (makes another 800mb). I know office may wont work as it should now - but im gonna try in a minute.
  3. Thanks .. im actually trying! Takes half a hour, so i will edit this post soon. Any other hints? Maybe files to delete? Im missing the XP time as you could just delete the HELP dir to save another 50MB.
  4. May i ask you what the size of the created wim in your video was? Since ive added all Updates and the SP1, also Office2010 my wim ends up in over 6gb (maximum compressed). If i slipstream the SP1 and add office by post install, both together just take about 1.5gb, the wim here ends up in a size of ~3.2GB (included all other updates). The point is, ive tried to integrate the sp1 into the wim by rt7lite and cmd line, for rt7lite i tried it 3 times - 2 times it failed. Manualy ive tried it 2 times, and it aborted with errors (maybe some necessary updates missing before? was clean RTM w7). Im kind of disappointed now ... I thought sysprep would work better over all, not to pump up the winsxs such as in regular usage after the system was prepared. The winsxs in the "clean" windows7 environment has over 10gb already, the "installer" dir. located in c:\windows got about 800mb. Is there a way to filter permanent installed updates in order to remove the setup files? I did the disk cleaning utility before i finished in audit mode, it just delete the recycle bin files ... (i even used ccleaner and disabled recovery options)
  5. I had a little problem on my last try in vmware while being in audit mode. I rebooted manualy, that caused the system to close sysprep mode and start in user creation. But as i restart from applications and windows updates, it just starts up in audit mode and continues the work - how come? For sure ive restarted by start menu, not by the system preperation tool.
  6. Ive just tried to uninstall VMWare Tools while being in VMWare - also works - so this is fine now. Actually im seaching for ways to shrink the wim some more .. i guess ill get into that packages stuff some more as you explained in your vid.
  7. So to save time i can: 1.) Install W7 on VmWare 2.) Boot into SysPrep 3.) Configure and install everything 4.) Shut it down 5.) Convert my VMWare to VHD 6.) Load the VHD on my running host system 7.) Capture a WIM by the new Partition of the loaded VHD (8*) Delete VMWare Tools Stuff through dism * Is there also a way to export and edit the reg hive of the new captured WIM - or should i do this before capturing? * Or you think VmWare Tools are listened in packages while i use install_wim_tweak (shown in your vids)?
  8. Thats how ive done it the first time. My thoughts go onto mount a finished Windows vhd as D:\ on the actuall running host system - and capture a wim with the host WAIK. For sure after it was generalized! So i thought about if the drive letter (temporary D: or so) matters while capture the wim, and if it affects future installation of it. My point is that i just got 2 big HDDs, my system one is almost full and the second one ive encoded with truecrypt on windows (cant access on boot/no bootable media on). So i cant save my wim onto another hdd, thats why i want to capture the generalized, prepared, converted vhd on my host system. I guess i can remove the vmware files over dism later.
  9. Another question: Is it possible to convert the vm to vhd,run it on active windows and catch a wim then? Drive letter wouldnt be C:, but is it important? Guess it just needs the files - and they shouldnt be locked. That would save me tons of time in future customizing.
  10. Thanks mate, but how can i unmount over dism? Thers no entry in help. @MagicAndre1981 Wouldnt any ownership affect the image after unmounting for later usage? Im using Admin account only to work with WAIK. Edit: Also didnt worked with dism. Error while taking over rights .. Ill try it again later, meanwhile i need to test my wim.
  11. Quick question, ive mounted my install.wim with imagex such as imagex.exe /mountrw J:\win7dvd\sources\install.wim 1 J:\mount (ive just left ULTIMATE, so #1). But i cant modify any files in the mounted dir. Says need at least Trusted Installer rights. I dont want to gain them since it might gets supplied to the result ... Any hints? Using actually WAIK, Win7 Image without SP1.
  12. Im not about to build a new car, i want to decrease the weight of mine.
  13. Thats why i waited for more replies I will customize my image step by step. And after i may elucidate which steps i follow.
  14. There are some guides how to shrink windows 7 ... Manually, by vlite, by rt7lite and and and .... But as far i see i would need to use "ANY" known tools just not to forget anything. Also there are tons of files on the install DVD which can get removed, but which? And what about sepperated compression? I plan to remove any not needed drivers as well, since they get re-applied over windows-update anyway. My background is that i created my own WIM while using sysprep. Its kind of big, for sure. So i could even decrease the size of my host system to shrink the final WIM. But after all, there are just not enough complete guides that for ... Im sure others would be interested into it as well .. i already saw 480MB Windows7 images on the net with full media support and applications pre-installed
  15. The Videos of ricktendo64 are pretty self-explaining And also there are some Youtube videos about it, even on Technet theres a huge description. And im sure as you google sysprep wim creation in your language you would find specific tutorials.
  16. Thanks! I guess with comand line installation you dont need any files, just the WIM. But yeah, i cleaned the WIM itself, removed languages, windows features, update uninstall files and so on. Now i installed about 2.5gb of apps into it. By the way, does the windows feauture to compress files works within the WIM compression? And what about to compress DLLs, also automatically while creating the WIM? I could need some more space, but after all i installed most of my apps.
  17. Thank you so much ricktendo64, because of your video i finaly could create my own fully customized Windows7. This way it wouldnt be possible with silent installer packages and so on! And now guess what - i got another question. I read about that the created WIM could get installed directly into an empty partition. I read something about it, all i need is imagex, usually from winpe cd. "imagex /apply F:\Windows7Ultimate.wim 1 c:" Are there any basic approaches how to include imagex within the single created WIM on a dvd? After all i just face the problem about disk management. Yeah, i want to save some more space on a regular DVD So imagex + the WIM file on a dvd, need to make it bootable and automatically start into imagex. But best choice would be to create a 2-steps setup. Firstly to manage the disks (create/allocate/format/...) and secondly to call the WIM directly over imagex, to install it without any GUI (which is a waste of disk space to me). I hope you understand what i mean!
  18. Sure i watched it, im just kind of confused about to configure the guest system for booting on the host computer. I used vhds in order to sepperate some personal data on my windows hdd, never to run windows in it. Edit: Alright, im actually reading the link you provided in your video. I didnt read it before because i thought using vmware also works, but since you recommend to build the wim on an unrestricted system, i will do so! Thanks for the hint!
  19. I actually dont got any USB Flashes or additionally HDDs. Can i just extract the vmdk Data file from VMWare to access all the files?
  20. Guess you mean 8GiB. Another little question, can i create the wim on the new temporary system itself, or does it have to be on another hdd/drive? And do i need the whole waik or can i work just with the imagex runtimes?
  21. Didnt saw the forest because of the trees, sorry Will watch it now, even as i think i know all steps already - maybe i figure out something new. Thank you! Edit: Its very interesting! I guess i need to use a DL DVD then to bring in all my default applications. In other howto's i saw people using an user account. But before using sysprep they delete it Almost all installs are created for all users anyway i guess ... so no problem! Last thing is i hope that his image just became 6gb because he installed also big stuff such as WAIK and the full office, but ill figure that out by myself tomorrow! Thanks, thanks and thanks! I really really wonder why people still use autoit and stuff, the difference between a fully pre-installed dvd and a dynamic one with packages over (silent) install switches is almost zero. In case of change you need to burn it again anyway.
  22. Thanks for your replies! I didnt found any videos in his signature links, so i watched some on youtube (they are kind of rare about sysprep and w7). I also read technet stuff, it seems to pe pretty easy at all. Its EXACTLY what i searched! Thank you! This way i can do all changes, install every single application i want/need, add anything and even more - and what i get in the end is my complete system within the regular w7 installation. Another question, can i add unattended informations? First i tried to use RT7Lite, but after the first try it corrupted my unattended file. So my question: Is it a big deal to skip user creation and access only the already present administrator account - without any password? I guess thats the part which caused error messages on "preparation for first access" in the just installed system.
  23. Sorry, i have no idea about sysprep - and how to create a new dvd with all made changes. Can you specify it? That would be an awesome way, i dont get it why people waste their nerves on autoit and silent installation packages.
  24. Hi! Sorry, my english is pretty bad. Several times in the forums i read something about to mount the wim and install something into it. Does this mean to integrate an Installer, a cab for silent firstrun-app, or does it mean what i think about - to install an application into a not-yet installed windows? I tried alot of stuff, but i face many problems. I cant silently install my AV, i cant capture the system changes with WinInstall SE or even ThinApp, many of my personal changes depend on previous installed programs - and so on. Wouldnt the most simple solution be the best? As far i know windows7 can even handle deep system changes, such as changed CPU/MB (WindowsXP could do, but not at CPU changes). So im asking - is there a way to simply observe a brand-new System, to save all changes - to merge them into a new windows? Or also - is there any custom windows installer who creates a bootable DVD from an actually running system and all its installed apps/configuration? That would be a dream, somehow, but i believe such software does exist (at least for companies). By the way. Im very sure if i simply burn all C:\ files to a dvd and copy them all on an empty HDD in a completely different computer - it would start (w7 case).
  25. Why you dont install the 3 Updates silent before IE? They are kind of requiered for visual and core stuff.
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