[Help for integrate multiples drivers to a Windows 7 source]

You can also mount the install.wim image, then copy a folder -e.g. SPDrivers - which contains all the drivers you want to add to let's say \Windows\inf folder.

Then edit HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DevicePath registry key offline and add the paths of the %systemroot%\inf\SPDrivers subfolders - only those which contain driver inf files - to the key's list.

You can delete this folder and revert HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DevicePath to its default value %systemroot%\inf after Windows setup completes - in setupcomplete.cmd file.

This method will ensure that redundant driver files are deleted after installation completes.

[i need to delete permanently .....from WIM image]

hi

i have Windows 7 SP1 Ultimate FR

and i need to delete permanently

01/all language (system locale) excepting "AR,EN" .

02/Windows DVD Maker

03/Windows Media Center

04/All Games

from WIM image

by using deployment and imaging tools

help me please

sorry for my language

You can use RT Seven Lite - it will automate the process. Just run it, select the install.wim to configure.

When it loads the install.wim Ultimate image, select Components from the tasks pane.

Click the Features removal button.

From the list on the left side, check the components you want to PERMANENTLY remove,

Click Apply button when done.

After that click the commit button.

[Slipstreaming updates in Boot.wim]

@harkaz,

So what all did you do, exactly, to get a fully up to date boot.wim for use with Win7 and 2008?

Cheers and Regards

Visit this link:

http://www.2shared.com/document/_68-DNZ2/GUIDE.html

It is a new PDF that contains instructions for slipstreaming post-sp1 updates to Windows 7 disk.

Read the part about winRE.wim and boot.wim slipstreaming

Cheers

harkaz

[Slipstreaming updates in Boot.wim]

The WinPE 3.1 is available as a download in the WAIK for Windows 7 SP1. Its really a waste for the most part. Is there a specific reason why you want the WinPE 3.1? I skipped it entirely and went from WinPE 3.0 directly to WinPE 4.0. Whatever new goodies were available in 3.1 didn't really effect anything I was doing, so I skipped it.

WinPE 4.0 can cause problems when integrating drivers for Windows 7 \Windows Server 2008 R2 (see this post: ).

I found out that dism fully installs the updates offline - only the applicable ones.

One can delete package uninstall files to minimize boot.wim size - something critical because boot.wim is loaded in RAM.

[Slipstreaming updates in Boot.wim]

What updates are you putting in the boot.wim? I've only installed a hotfix to a boot.wim ONCE.

Thanks for the answer. The truth is I don't want something specific to import I just checked windows pe 3.0 files version and as it is the SP1 original 6.1.7601.17514 but not the latest one (6.1.7601.17965) I wondered if there was a way to update Windows PE files to that version (I have already updated install.wim to 6.1.7601.17965 by including all post-sp1 updates).

Any help would be grealy appreciated.

harkaz

[Slipstreaming updates in Boot.wim]

I know that this is possible using Deployment Image Servicing and Management Tool (DISM). However, I have some questions about this:

Are the updates installed offline or applied when Windows PE starts?

Can I install updates for all the included in the boot.wim image system components?

Finally, is there a way to install these updates after applying boot.wim to hdd - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc722114(v=ws.10).aspx describes it - and then recapture boot.wim?

[Problem deploying Windows Server 2008 R2 with Windows PE 4.0]

2013-01-11 15:16:11, Warning [0x0602b1] IBS AddDriverPackageIntoDriverStore:Failed to add the driver package [X:\windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\oemsetup.inf_amd64_290ae086395dab44\oemsetup.inf] into driver store. Error code is [0x80070032]

2013-01-11 15:16:11, Error [0x0602a9] IBS CallBack_AddDriverPackageIntoDriverStore:Failed to install the driver package [X:\windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\oemsetup.inf_amd64_290ae086395dab44\oemsetup.inf]. Driver package is [Critical]. Error code is [0x32][gle=0x00000032]

2013-01-11 15:16:11, Error [0x0602ab] IBS CallBack_AddDriverPackageIntoDriverStore:An error occurred while installing the driver package [] offline GLE is [0x32][gle=0x00000032]

2013-01-11 15:16:11, Info [0x0640ae] IBSLIB PublishMessage: Publishing message [Windows installation cannot continue because a required driver could not be installed.]

The problem is unsuccesful installation of driver in the driverstore. Try forcing unsigned driver installation when deploying with dism. If this does not fix the problem, then it is deeper and probably related to Windows 8 kernel, as stated in a previous answer.

Hope this helps

[Service Pack 2 for W7?]

are you able to list all kb installed??

I have created "unofficial" 7 SP2 ISO with updates, .NET 4.5, USB 3.0 support, many drivers integrated and more. Is publishing it here acceptable?

Internet Explorer 9.0.12

KB2592687

KB971033

KB2479943

KB2484033

KB2488113

KB2491683

KB2505438

KB2506014

KB2506212

KB2506928

KB2509553

KB2511250

KB2511455

KB2515325

KB2522422

KB2529073

KB2532531

KB2533552

KB2536275

KB2536276

KB2541014

KB2544893

KB2545698

KB2547666

KB2552343

KB2560656

KB2563227

KB2564958

KB2570947

KB2574819

KB2579686

KB2584146

KB2585542

KB2603229

KB2604115

KB2618451

KB2619339

KB2620704

KB2620712

KB2621440

KB2631813

KB2640148

KB2644615

KB2645640

KB2647753

KB2653956

KB2654428

KB2655992

KB2656356

KB2656373

KB2656411

KB2658846

KB2659262

KB2660075

KB2660649

KB2661254

KB2667402

KB2676562

KB2685811

KB2685813

KB2685939

KB2686831

KB2688338

KB2690533

KB2691442

KB2698365

KB2699779

KB2705219

KB2709630

KB2709981

KB2712808

KB2718704

KB2719857

KB2719985

KB2724197

KB2727528

KB2729094

KB2729452

KB2732059

KB2732487

KB2732500

KB2735855

KB2736233

KB2739159

KB2741355

KB2743555

KB2749655

KB2750841

KB2753842

KB2758857

KB2761217

KB2762895

KB2763523

KB2770660

KB2779030

KB2779562

KB976002

KB982018

KB976902 (SP1)

.NET 4.5 updates:

KB2519265

KB2737083

KB2748645

KB2756203

KB2759112

KB2777291

KB2783808

Regards

harkaz

[New method to integrate updates]

Joscon is specifically speaking about Service Pack integration, which indeed must be done online and resealed (aka reverse integration). Given you can legally download a Windows 7 ISO with the latest Service Pack integrated, there's no viable reason I can think of to still be doing such a thing. After that, all other hotfixes should indeed be integrated offline using tools like MDT or SCCM (which is how Microsoft does it). Again, there are other tools, but those are the ones from Microsoft.

Thanks for the info. I will try using MDT as an integration program and will report if I met any problems.

[New method to integrate updates]

I read the PDF, and I don't see this as circumventing activation in a malicious way or with any malicious intent. While it's a bit of a gray area, I don't feel like this violates the rules (and if you did use it to do so, validation would fail within a window of time anyway if a lot of installations decided they all had the same activations, making those installations broken). For what it's worth, preferring online updates (which are larger, need to be staged, and take longer to install) would not necessarily the best, easiest, or even wisest way to do this, but yes, it should work. It would be wiser to use a tool designed to handle this (there are many, including official Microsoft tools and others such as ones that exist here), install the updates offline during the initial setup pass, and the resulting installation would have a smaller disk footprint and setup and capture faster, but this would work if you were in a real pinch.

Interesting comment. Of course offline integration of updates can be fully automated. But read please this Technet thread:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproinstall/thread/d9e3068a-73ed-4670-bc1e-02283cbd5f8f/

A Microsoft technician suggests that using sysprep and then capturing is the best method to integrate updates (in the specific thread the discussion is about SP1) and implies that it is very close to the method used internally at Microsoft.

So offline integration of updates is enough on a monthly basis, in order to keep up with the latest updates. But a true rollup of updates (a kind of service pack) should be created using sysprep method every 6 or 12 months because only such distributions can be fully customized (some users report that they cannot permanently remove several Windows components from distributions with MSU updates integrated offline). Given that Microsoft has no plans for further service packs, I believe this is the best strategy.

What is the best strategy to integrate updates? Please share your opinions.

Regards

harkaz

[New method to integrate updates]

From my quick read through of his method, I don't believe that he is breaking the forum rule.

What about ?

Discussion of circumventing WGA/activation/timebombs/license restrictions

I understand that bypassing Windows Licensing Limitations can be used to run Windows unlicensed. But I believe this case is slightly different. The guide shows how to remaster your (legally obtained and licensed) Windows installations without losing your license benefits. A forum administrator could enlighten us.

harkaz,

sorry , I don't want to be a nuisance , but could you possibly upload the actual .pdf to some hosting site?

For whatever reasons scribd is either slow or buggy (or both) for me, and I have not a facebook account nor I won't make an account on scribd.

jaclaz

No nuisance at all In fact I intended to update the scribd pdf with the reference to /verify and /check flags.

Download pdf here: http://www.2shared.com/document/gvORilGX/Windows_7_Update.html

Cheers and Regards

[Service Pack 2 for W7?]

not to mention that .net shouldn't even be in any SP

I thought that .net shouldn't even be.

Yes, last character in the above is a dot, or full stop or period.

jaclaz

I couldn't agree more. But unfortunately many programs require it.

[New method to integrate updates]

Follow this link:

http://www.2shared.com/document/_68-DNZ2/GUIDE.html

UPDATED LINK: Contains step-by-step instructions

[New method to integrate updates]

Discovered a not-so-popular method to slipstream updates in Windows 7 installation disks.

This method uses syspreping a virtual machine + resetting WPA original settings.

I have preped a 6-page tutorial. If anybody is interested in this, I can post it here.

[Service Pack 2 for W7?]

I have created "unofficial" 7 SP2 ISO with updates, .NET 4.5, USB 3.0 support, many drivers integrated and more. Is publishing it here acceptable?