GUIDE: Download Everything Microsoft (MSDBuild v5.5)

[Teh_Tech]

I am really sorry to be a pain in the backside, but after reading this guide, I have really gotten into it, and have prepaired everything! (thank you so much DarkShadows for taking the time to make this first class tutorial, it must have taken you absolutely ages to make it, I know it took me ages to read and get my head around it all!)

The only question I want to know is; having used nLite to slipstream & configure a high majority of the XPCD, can I still use the SVCPACK.INF method to install this package, or is there anyother way using other methods to get it to extract, install & register before Windows loads please?

Edited September 11, 2008 by Teh_Tech

[DarkShadows]

MSDownloads.exe should be installed from svcpack.inf or from cmdlines.txt.

I have never used nLite, so I do not know anything about how it adds things to the XPCD source. I'm not sure if nLite uses direct slipstreaming (which this guide does not use), or integration (which this guide does use). The svcpack.inf method is an integration method and part of the Windows setup process provided by Microsoft. I believe most direct slipstreaming tools still end up adding some files to the XPCD\I386\SVCPACK folder and corresponding entries to svcpack.inf file anyway (usually .cat files for slipstreamed windows updates). I know for certain that you can install some things by direct slipstreaming and others by integration. I actually use WMP 11 Slipstreamer on my XPCD source. But it is usually best to do all of your slipstreaming first, then add your SVCPACK items afterward. Just make sure that you do not Slipstream and Integrate the same item--If you have already slipstreamed an item, there should be no need to Integrate it. I would guess (but I do not know) that nLite can handle most of the prerequisite items covered in this guide, since most support the /INTEGRATE switch. My guess would be that you would only need to add MSDownloads.exe (and perhaps Windows Update Agent) to SVCPack.

Can someone else who uses my guide an nLite chime in here with confirmation?

[X-FoRcE]

KB905474 1.8.0031.9 is out

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;displaylang=en

http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/a...-Standalone.exe

[DarkShadows]

I have updated the Guide and downloads to v4.1. Read the Version History section in the first post and the related sections for details! B)

Edited September 26, 2008 by DarkShadows

[yeled1976]

Hi

i have been spending about 4 hours looking for the msdbuild.exe download.

where can i download it from?

anywhere i look i get brought to this page and there is no download link

thanks

[atomicmaniac]

Hi

Ok, I have followed the Automated process to the letter. But I still get asked to install Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications KB905474 when I check for updates.

I have unpacked the MSDownload.exe manually and checked the version of the LegitCheckControl.dll file and found it to be 1.7.69.2 and not 1.8.31.9.

I retried the downloading via Windows Update Downloader, and using the latest MSDownloads.ulz file, and it definately downloads version 1.8.31.9, but when you run the automated process it still only includes 1.7.69.2 in MSDownload.exe.

Am I missing something or is this a glitch?

[kgee]

Same problem than atomicmaniac here, but i have a workaround.

LCC_FIX.CMD must be in same folder than MSDBuild.exe, along with other files downloaded by Windows Update Downloader.

@TITLE LCC_FIX.CMD - Helper Script for DarkShadows' Great Script
@ECHO OFF
@SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS DISABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION

CLS
ECHO.
ECHO LCC_FIX.CMD - Helper Script for DarkShadows's Great Script
ECHO.
ECHO The Mess :
ECHO   LegitCheckControl.dll in the LegitCheckControl.cab archive
ECHO   is an outdated version : 1.7.69.2
ECHO   The one inside the KB905474 exe package is 1.8.31.9
ECHO   [ at the time of writing : 2008/Nov/10 ]
ECHO.
ECHO The Problem :
ECHO   MSDBuild.cmd is using the outdated one inside the .cab.
ECHO.
ECHO The Result :
ECHO   You get a nag popup during setup which defeats the whole thing.
ECHO   [ unless you install the KB905474 exe **AFTER** MSDownloads.exe ]
ECHO.
ECHO The Rock-Stupid Workaround implemented here :
ECHO   Use the new DLL from the EXE package to recreate a .cab
ECHO   archive [digital signature of the .cab is lost].
ECHO   Then, launch MSDBuild.exe as you are used to.
ECHO.
PAUSE

CD /D "%~dp0"
SET KB905474=
FOR %%g IN (*905474*.exe) DO SET KB905474=%%~nxg
IF NOT DEFINED KB905474 (
  ECHO You need the KB905474 exe package.
  GOTO:EOF
)

REM one and only one backup of LCC.cab
IF EXIST LegitCheckControl.cab IF NOT EXIST old_LegitCheckControl.cab REN LegitCheckControl.cab old_LegitCheckControl.cab
IF EXIST LegitCheckControl.cab DEL/F/A/Q LegitCheckControl.cab

SET LCC=LCC%RANDOM%
SET WGA=WGA%RANDOM%
MD %LCC% %WGA%

ECHO.
ECHO Extracting WGA 905474 package...
START "" /I /WAIT /LOW %KB905474% /Q /X:%WGA%

ECHO.
ECHO Moving DLL file around...
MOVE/Y %WGA%\legitcheckcontrol.dll %LCC%\LegitCheckControl.dll

ECHO.
ECHO Looking for file version...
SET VERSION=
FOR /F "tokens=2 delims== " %%v IN ('TYPE %WGA%\update\update.inf ^| FIND /I "PRODUCT_VERSION "') DO SET VERSION=%%~v
ECHO Version found in update.inf is %VERSION%.

ECHO.
ECHO Creating new INF file with version %VERSION:.=,%...
ECHO>%LCC%\LegitCheckControl.inf ;DestDir can be 10 for Windows directory, 11 for Windows\System(32) directory, or left blank for the Occache directory.
ECHO.>>%LCC%\LegitCheckControl.inf 
ECHO>>%LCC%\LegitCheckControl.inf [version]
ECHO>>%LCC%\LegitCheckControl.inf signature=$CHICAGO$
ECHO.>>%LCC%\LegitCheckControl.inf 
ECHO>>%LCC%\LegitCheckControl.inf [Add.Code]
ECHO>>%LCC%\LegitCheckControl.inf LegitCheckControl.DLL=LegitCheckControl.DLL
ECHO.>>%LCC%\LegitCheckControl.inf 
ECHO>>%LCC%\LegitCheckControl.inf [LegitCheckControl.DLL]
ECHO>>%LCC%\LegitCheckControl.inf file-win32-x86=thiscab
ECHO>>%LCC%\LegitCheckControl.inf RegisterServer=yes
ECHO>>%LCC%\LegitCheckControl.inf clsid={17492023-C23A-453E-A040-C7C580BBF700}
ECHO>>%LCC%\LegitCheckControl.inf DestDir=11
ECHO>>%LCC%\LegitCheckControl.inf FileVersion=%VERSION:.=,%

ECHO.
ECHO Creating DDF for MAKECAB...
PUSHD %LCC%
ECHO>LCC.DDF .Set Cabinet=on
ECHO>>LCC.DDF .Set Compress=on
ECHO>>LCC.DDF .Set CompressionType=LZX
ECHO>>LCC.DDF .Set CompressionMemory=21
ECHO>>LCC.DDF .Set FolderSizeThreshold=5000000
ECHO>>LCC.DDF .Set MaxDiskSize=CDROM
ECHO>>LCC.DDF .Set DiskDirectory1=.
ECHO>>LCC.DDF .Set CabinetNameTemplate=LegitCheckControl.cab
ECHO>>LCC.DDF %CD%\LegitCheckControl.dll
ECHO>>LCC.DDF %CD%\LegitCheckControl.inf

ECHO.
ECHO Creating CAB archive...
DIANTZ/F LCC.DDF || ECHO DIANTZ Failed: "%CD%\LCC.DDF"
MOVE/Y .\LegitCheckControl.cab ..\LegitCheckControl.cab
POPD

ECHO.
ECHO Removing temp files...
RD/S/Q %LCC%
RD/S/Q %WGA%

ECHO.
ECHO All done. Have a nice day.
ECHO.
ECHO Press any key to launch DarkShadows' MSDBuild.exe package...
PAUSE>NUL
IF EXIST MSDBuild.exe START /I .\MSDBuild.exe
EXIT/B0

Tested and working... but it covers only LegitCheckControl.dll.

Edited November 10, 2008 by kgee

[DarkShadows]

@Everyone

Sorry, I've been away awhile. It seems that Microsoft changed things again (what else is new?). They stopped updating

LegitCheckControl.cab

at its static download link, in favor of pushing out a new

KB905474 WGA Notifications

update periodically.

I'm currently developing a new version of MSDBuild.exe/MSDBuild.cmd that will extract LegitCheckControl.dll from both the

KB905474 WGA Notifications

download and the

LegitCheckControl.cab

download. The new script will always use the most recent version in MSDownloads.exe. This way, if Microsoft resumes updating LegitCheckControl.cab at its static download link in the future, we will still be covered.

@atomicmaniac & @kgee

I appreciate the issue reports. Please answer these questions, assuming that you only used my MSDBuild.exe/MSDBuild.cmd (i.e. without

kgee's

workaround):

Q1:

Did you integrate

KB905474 WGA Notifications

into your XPCD source ?

Q2:

If you

did

integrate

KB905474 WGA Notifications

into your XPCD source, was it the most recent version?

Remember to check

KB905474 WGA Notifications

in WUD to force it to redownload the most recent version of the update.

Q3:

If you

did

integrate the most recent version of

KB905474 WGA Notifications

into your XPCD source, did Microsoft/Windows Update still list

KB905474 WGA Notifications

as a required update?

Q4:

What edition and license type of Windows XP are you using?

@kgee

I'm doing it a little differently than your script is, but that's still that's a nice workaround you provided. Please answer these questions, regarding your workaround results:

Q1:

Did you integrate

KB905474 WGA Notifications

into your XPCD source?

Q2:

If you

did not

integrate

KB905474 WGA Notifications

into your XPCD source, did Microsoft/Windows Update still list

KB905474 WGA Notifications

as a required update?

If this answer is "No", then we will still need to download

KB905474 WGA Notifications

, but we will not need to install it (which would be my preference). If this answer is "Yes", then integrating

KB905474 WGA Notifications

becomes a requirement.

[DarkShadows]

Hi

i have been spending about 4 hours looking for the msdbuild.exe download.

where can i download it from?

anywhere i look i get brought to this page and there is no download link

thanks

Follow the instructions, exactly as written, under the heading "Automate the Process"

[strel]

... My guess would be that you would only need to add MSDownloads.exe (and perhaps Windows Update Agent) to SVCPack.

Can someone else who uses my guide an nLite chime in here with confirmation?

Confirmed

[kgee]

@kgee

I'm doing it a little differently than your script is, but that's still that's a nice workaround you provided. Please answer these questions, regarding your workaround results:

Q1:

Did you integrate

KB905474 WGA Notifications

into your XPCD source?

Q2:

If you

did not

integrate

KB905474 WGA Notifications

into your XPCD source, did Microsoft/Windows Update still list

KB905474 WGA Notifications

as a required update?

If this answer is "No", then we will still need to download

KB905474 WGA Notifications

, but we will not need to install it (which would be my preference). If this answer is "Yes", then integrating

KB905474 WGA Notifications

becomes a requirement.

Ans1: Well, I did not, then I did, then I did not... I think I will, since I downloaded it

Ans2: The answer is "Yes"... but everything works fine without installing it.

[strel]

... Tested and working... but it covers only LegitCheckControl.dll.

The extraction proccess is not working. I substitute this:

ECHO.
ECHO Extracting WGA 905474 package...
START "" /I /WAIT /LOW %KB905474% /Q /X:%WGA%

with this:

ECHO.
ECHO Extracting WGA 905474 package...
FOR /F %%I IN ('CD') DO START "" /I /WAIT /LOW %KB905474% /T:%%I\%WGA% /C
START "" /I /WAIT /LOW .\%WGA%\WgaNotifyPackageStandalone.exe /X:.\%WGA%% /Q

for your script to work.

[atolica]

@strel

What file did you modify? I can't find that line inside SFX-MSD.cmd and in MSDBuild.cmd.

[strel]

post #82

[atolica]

Hey guys

I made it work flawlessly for Windows XP SP3 and IE7. It seems that all it needs are a few file replacements and some registry settings, so it will take you to MU without any activex prompts.

This is what I did:

I used kgee's script to replace Legitcheckcontrol.dll

Then I checked all the *.cab files as I thought there might be other files not updated. I was right. I found wuweb.dll from the work folder not to be the last version. I checked system32 folder and voila. The last wuweb.dll version is 7.2.6001.788 (WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe comprises it) and not 7.2.6001.784, which is the file that is compressed inside wuweb_site.cab. I cabbed the wuweb.dll and modified wuweb.ini, changing the version number inside.

edit:

Plus, registry settings that I forgot about.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{6E32070A-766D-4EE6-879C-DC1FA91D2FC3}\iexplore]
"Flags"=dword:00000004

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Services]
"DefaultService"="7971f918-a847-4430-9279-4a52d1efe18d"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Services\7971f918-a847-4430-9279-4a52d1efe18d]
"AuthorizationCab"="authcab.cab"

That's it. Tested and working in vmware. Now all I have to do is to find a way to pack my own Datastore.edb and make it work after hiding all the unwanted updates in MSU. Any ideas?

Now it's for you script kids to put all these together. But until then I am uploading the modified wuweb_site.cab. I hope it'll come handy.

Regards,

Atolica

wuweb_site.cab

Edited November 15, 2008 by atolica