Hotfixes

[biontpsyco]

POST-SP2 Hotfix Switch

SVCPACK.INF

Which method do you prefer and why?

(optional) If you go for nLite please add what you would go for if nLite didnt exist. Since im just curious about manual ways.

[NaDer_GenKO]

I prefer nLite

Because it's give you more options, save your time, do the job very well and it's very easy

[Kelsenellenelvian]

RyanVM's pack all the way (SP3 right now though)

Its soo much cleaner and neater.

[Arie]

I prefer neither. I would simply go for integrating the hotfixes. As for tools such as nLite, they take too much of my control over my project away in my humble opinion, hence I prefer to use HFSLIP, my own scripts and packages.

[Neo - Matrix]

RyanVM's pack all the way (SP3 right now though)

Its soo much cleaner and neater.

Yeah that´s it. So bad there is no RyanVM in Portuguese, and it´s not easy to do my own.

So, i stick with HFSLIP. It works very fine here.

[Martin H]

I integrate Xable's light post-SP2 update pack into my Windows source with nLite.

Personally, then i don't care about the optional or unofficial updates and just want's the high-priority updates installed as also is recommended by Microsoft themselves here in this Windows Update FAQ :

Q. Do I need to install optional updates?

A. No. Optional updates address minor issues or add non-critical functionality to your computer. It is more important to install high-priority updates so that your computer gets the latest critical and security-related software.

For people that also want's the optional and unofficial updates + other extra's additionally, then RyanVM's post-SP2 update pack is a very good choise (i have linked to his latest beta pack announcement, which is up-to-date)

Edit: Sorry, i have just reread the post, and now see that the OP is after a manual solution, so in that case, then IMHO there is only one way to best do this, and that's to use WUD to download the post-SP2 updates and then to use svcpack.inf to get them installed at T-13 during Windows setup.

Edited January 24, 2008 by Martin H