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some data for mara- on my latest failed build. -marsha

That is very strange. I just done slipstream using your source and new cabs were created. But, you said that when you installed that Office, Microsoft Update required all post SP3 updates, but not SP3, which means that cabs were updated. You can also verify, if you open for example Word, and the select Help -> About. Cheers No, the cabs were not updated. There is no SP3 showing in the "about" after the install. I agree it's strange that MS Update just gave me the post-sp3 updates as necessary. Maybe because of the xml and setup and other files that were updated. I happy to do some step-by-step test if it will help you. You need to tell me exactly what you want. You have the exact same source I do, though. -marsha

well the 84 cab files in the destination folder (and the iso) are bit-for-bit) the same and have the dame modification date (8/15/2008 when I made the source folder from CD) so, that certainly leads me to believe they aren't updated. Can I provide you some additional information? -marsha

Hello mara- Unfortunately, I'm back. I just downloaded the latest fixes from MS, and version 1.7.2 of the slipstreamer. It doesn't work for me. I've attached the log file. Everything looks just fine there to me, but the final folder (and iso) doesn't have new cab files, rather the old ones. The result of that is the iso does an install of office just fine - then MS Update tells me I need all the hotfixes since SP3. My suspicion is that you are creating the new cab's and then not copying them from temp back to the destination folder. But you know more about this than I do. What else can I provide you to help troubleshoot this problem. You should still have the S&T source. Thanks -marsha log.zip

Are the security updates KB950241 for Word and KB943985 v2 for Excel no longer needed? Thanks

Sorry to ask something that is probably obvious, but mu nLited version of XP Pro has lost the Standby and Hibernate options. I'm sure it's something I removed, but I don't know what. Any pointers to where I can find out? -marsha Enough searching led me to the answer - nothing to do with anything I removed. It appears that Standby and some other power options are disabled until I install video drivers - weird, but true.

mara- My apologies - the log I uploaded was wrong because I terminated the program when I saw the "slipstream failed" message. This has the log attached I meant to send you. To be clear, no the program has never crashed on me, just that one hang. My source is really pristine - it's the original MS CD. You may recall from earlier posts about 1.6.2 that I always got a "incorrect key" message when I had copied the CD to a folder on disk, and I went to using the CD directly. BTW, if it's not an administrator install, why bother with the requirement for a key to be entered at all - it will be asked for upon install, I presume. I certainly appreciate your efforts. I'm happy to try a test version to help the cause. -marsha log.txt

Hi mara- 1.7b2 still doesn't seem to work at all for me. After my hang (see #5 above), I erased all files, reinstalled, and started over. This time no hang and it looked like a good start. The service pack slipstreamed just fine, the first hotfix did also, then the rest of the hotfixes failed. I repeated this three times, changing the order of the hotfixes with no joy - first on is ok, all the rest fail. I'll attach a log file, if that helps. As an aside, I don't think the chained install is working either. I can browse and select a file, but clicking on the ADD button has no effect. Hoping for some advice or resolution soon. Thanks. -marsha log.txt

mara- I certainly applaude what you are trying to do. Since this version will give me more what I need, I'm giving it a try. This is what you suggested in the 1.6.2 thread. I did read the Help and realize it can be slow, but so far, it's more than slow. It's using all of one core on an 8600 CPU and is now 7 hours into doing the Creating file list necessary... Either it's too slow to be useful for real work, or there is a bug that has it hung up and nothing is being reported. Either way, I don't really know what to do that's helpful to you or me in this situation. Advise? -marsha

Hello, I have a question that's important to me and my users. A direct install from the MS CD of Office 2003 creates the MSOCache file for future fixes and updates. There seems to be no MSOCache created after I use this slipstreamer. How come, and could it become an option? Thanks -marsha

I understand, and I'm very thankful for you efforts (on everything, including a very useful tool). My paths for the inputs are shown clearly in my first post (about 3 previous to this.) My output path was supposed to be G:\OfficeCD I hope this is helpful. I'm happy to try (test) any new version at your request. Marsha

Hello Mara, Thanks for the prompt reply. I've done some more tests, and my situation is mysterious, beyond me. To your points: 1. The key was both copied and manually entered on multiple tries. No joy! 2. I tried 5-6 times. Nothing changed (I did all this before posting.) 3. Setup.ini wasn't altered. The folder Office 2003 was simply created by doing a copy/paste of the contents of my original MS CD. The displayed version is correct. Now to what I've found mysterious and to make it work. Simply use the CD as the source, not the copy to my folder on the hard drive. I have no idea what's different (a compare of the two says no difference) but I am able to use your slipstreamer just fine if I use the CD, not a folder with the CD contents. Why I say it's mysterious, is I do the folder bit all the time with slipstreams to make updates of Win XP with no problems. Maybe the copy of Office 2003 requires something more than just a copy of the contents? Thanks for the help. -Marsha

Hello, I'm new to this great tool and can't get it to work. I'm just trying to make a new CD of Office 2003 S&T edition with SP3 slipstreamed. I'm using version 1.6.2 and copied the contents of my CD to a file and downloaded Office2003SP3-KB923618 I get an error almost immediately in the log that indicates a bad product key - and I've checked it repeatedly (it's also installed on another computer) The log is: 2008-07-19 20:59:50 : Logging started. 2008-07-19 20:59:50 : - 2008-07-19 21:00:13 : Setup File Description: Microsoft Setup Bootstrapper 2008-07-19 21:00:13 : Location of Setup file: G:\Office2003\SETUP.EXE 2008-07-19 21:00:13 : Product: Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003 v11.0.5614.0 2008-07-19 21:00:13 : Edition type: Retail/OEM 2008-07-19 21:00:13 : Language: English - United States 2008-07-19 21:00:13 : MSI Files: OWC10.MSI|OWC11.MSI|STD11N.MSI 2008-07-19 21:00:13 : Installation type: Standard 2008-07-19 21:01:58 : Location of service pack: G:\Office Updates\Office2003SP3-KB923618-FullFile-ENU.exe 2008-07-19 21:01:58 : Selected Pack: Office 2003 Service Pack 3 (SP3) 2008-07-19 21:02:01 : Retail/OEM edition detected. Performing necessary steps to enable administrative installation creation... 2008-07-19 21:02:01 : Enabling administrative installation... 2008-07-19 21:02:04 : Finished. Administrative installation is enabled. 2008-07-19 21:02:04 : Creating Administrative install. 2008-07-19 21:02:06 : Error with creating admin install: Probably valid product key is not entered. 2008-07-19 21:02:06 : Directory size:0 2008-07-19 21:02:06 : Creation of administrative installation failed. Can someone give me some guidance, please. Marsha

Thank you for taking the time to reply. Yes, it is clear you don't understand what I'm trying to do and why, but that's ok. I have done the very simple solutions for years - yes I have various versions of Ghost, and my current favorite is Windows Image from TeraByte Unlimited - a very good program for imaging. Image backups just don't do what I want when I'd rather perform a new install of XP with all the proper drivers/hotfixes/etc. yet leave my current suite of installed applications intact. Hence the reason to have them in different partitions, but the registry entries get in the way of that working, of course. I was hoping someone had figured out a way to separate the install of XP from the install of Applications, with some appropriate register backup/reinstall methods. Possibly not

Hi Folks, I want to start creating our XP installs with separate partitions for Windows (c:) and Program Files (d:). I know how to do this, but it doesn't really accomplish what I want. I would like to be able to restore at any time the XP install with a new one without affecting my installed programs. Of course this doesn't work since there are many registry entries, dll's, etc. that reside in the Windows folder. Anyway got a good idea, pointer or description how I can set things up to be able to do complete new installs of XP without having to reinstall dozens of applications afterwards. Or some alternative that accomplishes something similar? Thanks for your help. My searches haven't given me much help. -marsha

Edit: No need to reply - a further search tought me how to decompress/compress a CAB file. Thanks anyway. I'm sorry, I wasn't very clear. I have already done the install on 2 machines, and just want to follow the directions to put this into system32 and system32/dllcache. To do that, I need it uncompressed (following jdoe directions) and I don't know how to do that. Thanks m

Well, I guess this is a stupid question, but here goes. I downloaded the jdoe hacked sfc_os.dl_ file. it is about 50kb. I guess I need to expand it someway to get the .dll file. How do I do that? Thanks m

Thank you for the kind response. I agree, the hurdles seem large.

I'm sure I'm commenting on a touchy topic, but as one pretty new here, I thought I'd make the thought in writing. First, the work and quality of the BTS Driver Packs is outstanding, and for some of us dealing with a small number of systems, these are a great help and a wonderful resource. BTS diserves honors (and wealth) for such a superb effort. For similar reasons, the evolution of the nLite integration software allowing me to do complete setups prior to burning an install CD is great. I've carefully followed the instructions from BTS and successfully integrated the Driver Packs as a (nearly) final step in the nLite process, so eveything works fine for me. My comment here, though, is that the integration process could be far simpler and less error prone (for me at least) if BTS and the nLite developer (nuhi, I think) would work together a bit to make driver integration as simple as the RyanVM hotfix integration seems to be. Not knowing the technical difficulties and/or personalities involved, I'm sure I'm out of bounds with this, but I sure think it would be an improvement. Thanks for reading my thoughts. -m

Hello, I hope this is the proper information and place for my first post in these forums. I just did an install (CD created using nlite with XPSP2, RyanVM's patches, and BTS Driver packs. Everything went just fine and works fine. However a folder was placed in C:/ called Intel->Extreme Graphics->CUI->Resource->igfxres.dll. It is in use since I can't delete it. I suspect it should have landed somewhere else. Thanks. -m