eth3l Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 I installed Win 7 on a Dell Mini - successfully. I want to take out components that I wont use, like DVD Maker. I went to vLite, but it looks like its more trouble than its worth, with the WAIK, etc. any thoughts on a quick and easy install? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelsenellenelvian Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 Yeah leave it as is..vLite was not made for Windows7 and works "Mostly", hence testing is needed and you'll usually find that you removed something you need...vLite-ing Windows7 is NOT for the casual user. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bosonz0 Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 Hello aviv00 As you should know vLite has been designed for Windows Vista.Windows 7 as it is currently available is almost the same regarding the using of any software however some features may not always work.Therefore vLite could work with some troubleshooting You must keep in mind that the actual version of Windows 7 is distributed for beta testing and is not suitable for productive work Have fun with the 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eth3l Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Yeah leave it as is..vLite was not made for Windows7 and works "Mostly", hence testing is needed and you'll usually find that you removed something you need...vLite-ing Windows7 is NOT for the casual user.Thanks. Im not a casual user, Im a dork. But Im also old so my penchant for spending hours just to remove a core app has faded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XP_NO Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 I have made a vlited Windows 7 installation a few days ago, with the ini file from Kazuni as basesetting and some small things changed to make it fit my needs.After installation I found out that Windows update was not working anymore, although I had selected it to keep the files and be sure I would not remove things I would need for it. Missing part; Lanmanager.But, to be short; at the end I have decided to install the normal Windows 7 iso again and only disable services. On my harddisk the installation is larger then needed now, but the install is working fine and no error messages because of missing components.When Windows 7 is a fact and there is something like 7lite, I will defenately use it, but at the moment for the beta I will leave it as it is.So I agree with Kelsenellenelvian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aviv00 Posted January 18, 2009 Author Share Posted January 18, 2009 (edited) Hello aviv00 As you should know vLite has been designed for Windows Vista.Windows 7 as it is currently available is almost the same regarding the using of any software however some features may not always work.Therefore vLite could work with some troubleshooting You must keep in mind that the actual version of Windows 7 is distributed for beta testing and is not suitable for productive work Have fun with the 7 beginners users could use vlite to remove langs drivers and more without having any problemadvanced users could use dism to add packages / hotfix to windows 7 before using vliteand save more space and the system will be still stableand about beta thing windows 7 beta is not new os at all its windows 6.1 based on vista just more based on windows server 2008 kernel which mean its much stable lets say then vista beta as it waslots of review said their opinion on windows 7 there are not good reason not to install it Edited January 18, 2009 by aviv00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPalmz Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 I have made a vlited Windows 7 installation a few days ago, with the ini file from Kazuni as basesetting and some small things changed to make it fit my needs.After installation I found out that Windows update was not working anymore, although I had selected it to keep the files and be sure I would not remove things I would need for it. Missing part; Lanmanager.But, to be short; at the end I have decided to install the normal Windows 7 iso again and only disable services. On my harddisk the installation is larger then needed now, but the install is working fine and no error messages because of missing components.When Windows 7 is a fact and there is something like 7lite, I will defenately use it, but at the moment for the beta I will leave it as it is.So I agree with Kelsenellenelvian Used the same .ini. I have zero problems. Windows Update, for me, works like a charm whether automatic or manual. Only issue I faced was not being able to see my network drive in the map. But keeping lanmanager would fix that. Either way I can map the drive with it's firmware. Going to keep using this as long as I can. I'm still trying to figure out what I like more.. a heavily vLited Vista or a slightly vLited 7. Vista for productivity, 7 for the interface. Tough call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XP_NO Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Hi MPalmz,When it did not work so well I would probably do the same as you do.But to be honoust, I have installed Windows 7, switched off some services (see my topic in the Windows 7 forum) and after that and some small tweaking with register and other settings, I am very satisfied with my Windows 7 installation.Everything I need is working, everything I do not need is switched off and not visible for the outside world.Probably my small addings in vLite caused my problems, I know. And probably the ini file itself is working fine, although there were some things I had to enable again because of using office and mediaplayer.And as said; when Windows 7 is coming out and I will decide to buy it, then vLite will defenately be used to make a nice small installationdvd at that moment May be a little off topic, but where I was very happy with the small setup of nlite, I was very dissappointed about the huge install of vlite.vlite itself is larger, but installing waik.... 1.xxGb of waist which I am not using, but which I do need to use vlite.I really hope there will come a solution for that. It is very userunfriendly to let people download an iso, burn it, install it and then install vlite.And I do understand this has to do with copyright Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPalmz Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 (edited) Hi MPalmz,When it did not work so well I would probably do the same as you do.But to be honoust, I have installed Windows 7, switched off some services (see my topic in the Windows 7 forum) and after that and some small tweaking with register and other settings, I am very satisfied with my Windows 7 installation.Everything I need is working, everything I do not need is switched off and not visible for the outside world.Probably my small addings in vLite caused my problems, I know. And probably the ini file itself is working fine, although there were some things I had to enable again because of using office and mediaplayer.And as said; when Windows 7 is coming out and I will decide to buy it, then vLite will defenately be used to make a nice small installationdvd at that moment May be a little off topic, but where I was very happy with the small setup of nlite, I was very dissappointed about the huge install of vlite.vlite itself is larger, but installing waik.... 1.xxGb of waist which I am not using, but which I do need to use vlite.I really hope there will come a solution for that. It is very userunfriendly to let people download an iso, burn it, install it and then install vlite.And I do understand this has to do with copyright No worries. My run with Windows 7 is over. I've uninstalled it! It had nothing to do with errors or bugs, in fact I think vLite must have helped a little because my brother kept his installation untouched and his machine is a little buggy. But I've gone back to Vista simply because of compatibility. I need to start using my PC for some business affairs and I ran into a few compatibility problems with 7. I can't run the current stable version of Skype, for example. Once 7 is fully ready, like you I'm sure I'll buy it. I totally agree with you about nLite! My heavily vLited vista feels like an untouched XP, but it's running on much, much better hardware. I miss Windows XP, and with nLite it was an unstoppable arrangement. vLite isn't even close to what nLite was, but I believe that the good doc' Nuhi has done everything that could be done to help us amputate our Vista pains. The only thing that keeps me on Vista and vLite is the fact that I spent (wasted) $1xx on it! I better make use of it.Best of luck with 7 everyone! Edited January 20, 2009 by MPalmz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grope For Luna Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 but installing waik.... 1.xxGb of waist which I am not using, but which I do need to use vlite.You can delete the WinPE folder and get rid of 95% of the installed size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grope For Luna Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Has anyone used DISM to remove packages from an installed system (as opposed to a mounted WIM)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aviv00 Posted January 20, 2009 Author Share Posted January 20, 2009 Has anyone used DISM to remove packages from an installed system (as opposed to a mounted WIM)?ye its working i thinked that is not possible to remove it with 32bit os so i installed and remove the printer drivers and all work well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIODIGITZMAN Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Muiz explained me how to slip hotfixes and drivers etc.How to use Windows 7 DISM by MuizQ : What is DISM?A : Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM)Q : Why this guide?A : Cause there is NO information about this tool out yet.DISM is the replacement for the older deployment tools from Microsoft, like PKMGR and PEIMGWAIK doesnt support this yet, so when you want to use WAIK, use it from a Vista or XP, not from a Windows 7When you work from Windows 7, you dont need to install DISM, cause its already in it.You can basicly do anything to your image with DISM, even aplly unattended settings to it , so you can use it unattended without XML.How to get DISM?Mount your Windows 7 and go to the System32 folder of the ofline image, and copy the "DISM" folder and "DISM.exe" to your Vista System32 folder.Register the dll's inside(Some cant be registered)Dll's :CbsProvider.dllCompatProvider.dllDismCore.dllDismCorePS.dllDismProv.dllDmiProvider.dllIntlProvider.dllMsiProvider.dllSmiProvider.dllUnattendProvider.dllWimProvider.dllFor x64 users, you also have to grab the "SysWOW64" folder and the "DISM.exe" from there.What i did was also added "DISM.exe" to my WAIK folder to make it even more easy to use.Here is a small list with commands and a few examples, what you can do with dism.You can get the example of each command by putting "/?" without the quotes after the command.I did a few in this guide, but you can do this for each command.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------DISM.exe [dism_options] {WIM_command} [<WIM_arguments>] DISM.exe {/Image:<path_to_offline_image> | /Online} [dism_options] {servicing_command} [<servicing_arguments>] DESCRIPTION: DISM enumerates, installs, uninstalls, configures, and updates features and packages in Windows images. The commands that are available depend on the image being serviced and whether the image is offline or running. WIM COMMANDS: /Get-MountedWimInfo - Displays information about mounted WIM images. /Get-WimInfo - Displays information about images in a WIM file. /Commit-Wim - Saves changes to a mounted WIM image. /Unmount-Wim - Unmounts a mounted WIM image. /Mount-Wim - Mounts an image from a WIM file. /Remount-Wim - Recovers an orphaned WIM mount directory. /Cleanup-Wim - Deletes resources associated with mounted WIM images that are corrupt. Examples : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Mount-Wim /WimFile:<path_to_WIM_file> {/Index:<image_index> | /Name:<image_name >} /MountDir:<target_mount_directory> [/readonly] Mounts the WIM file to the specified directory so that it is available for servicing. /ReadOnly sets the mounted image with read-only permissions. Examples: DISM.exe /Mount-Wim /WimFile:C:\test\images\myimage.wim /index:1 /MountDir:C:\test\offline DISM.exe /Mount-Wim /WimFile:C:\test\images\myimage.wim /index:1 /MountDir:C:\test\offline /ReadOnly ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /ScratchDir:<path_to_directory> Specifies a temporary directory to be used for extracting files for servicing. The directory must exist. If not set, the temporary directory will be used. Example: DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /scratchdir:D:\Scratch ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMAGE SPECIFICATIONS: /Online - Targets the running operating system. /Image - Specifies the path to the root directory of an offline Windows image. DISM OPTIONS: /WinDir - Specifies the path to the Windows directory. /SysDriveDir - Specifies the path to the system-loader file named BootMgr. /LogPath - Specifies the logfile path. /LogLevel - Specifies the output level shown in the log (1-4). /NoRestart - Suppresses automatic reboots and reboot prompts. /Quiet - Suppresses all output except for error messages. /ScratchDir - Specifies the path to a scratch directory. For more information about these DISM options and their arguments, specify an option immediately before /?. Examples: DISM.exe /Mount-Wim /? DISM.exe /ScratchDir /? DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /? DISM.exe /Online /? WINDOWS EDITION SERVICING COMMANDS: /Set-ProductKey - Populates the product key into the offline image. /Get-CurrentEdition - Displays the editions of the specified image. /Get-StagedEditions - Displays a list of Windows editions that can be removed from the specified image. /Get-TargetEditions - Displays a list of Windows editions that an image can be upgraded to. /Remove-StagedEdition - Removes a staged edition from the image. /Set-Edition - Upgrades the Windows image to a higher edition. UNATTEND SERVICING COMMANDS: /Apply-Unattend - Applies an unattend file to an image. DRIVER SERVICING COMMANDS: /Remove-Driver - Removes driver packages from an offline image. /Add-Driver - Adds driver packages to an offline image. /Get-DriverInfo - Displays information about a specific driver in an offline image or a running operating system. /Get-Drivers - Displays information about all drivers in an offline image or a running operating system. INTERNATIONAL SERVICING COMMANDS: /Set-LayeredDriver - Sets keyboard layered driver. /Set-UILang - Sets the default system UI language that is used in the mounted offline image. /Set-UILangFallback - Sets the fallback default language for the system UI in the mounted offline image. /Set-UserLocale - Sets the user locale in the mounted offline image. /Set-SysLocale - Sets the language for non-Unicode programs (also called system locale) and font settings in the mounted offline image. /Set-InputLocale - Sets the input locales and keyboard layouts to use in the mounted offline image. /Set-TimeZone - Sets the default time zone in the mounted offline image. /Set-AllIntl - Sets all international settings in the mounted offline image. /Set-SKUIntlDefaults - Sets all international settings to the default values for the specified SKU language in the mounted offline image. /Gen-LangIni - Generates a new lang.ini file. /Set-SetupUILang - Defines the default language that will be used by setup. /Get-Intl - Displays information about the international settings and languages. APPLICATION SERVICING COMMANDS: /Check-AppPatch - Displays information if the MSP patches are applicable to the mounted image. /Get-AppPatchInfo - Displays information about installed MSP patches. /Get-AppPatches - Displays information about all applied MSP patches for all installed applications. /Get-AppInfo - Displays information about a specific installed MSI application. /Get-Apps - Displays information about all installed MSI applications. PACKAGE SERVICING COMMANDS: /Add-Package - Adds packages to the image. /Remove-Package - Removes packages from the image. /Enable-Feature - Enables a specific feature in the image. /Disable-Feature - Disables a specific feature in the image. /Get-Packages - Displays information about all packages in the image. /Get-PackageInfo - Displays information about a specific package. /Get-Features - Displays information about all features in a package. /Get-FeatureInfo - Displays information about a specific feature. For more information about these servicing commands and their arguments, specify a command immediately before /?. Examples: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /Apply-Unattend /? DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /Get-Features /? DISM.exe /Online /Get-Drivers /? /Apply-Unattend:<path_to_unattend.xml> Applies an unattend.xml file to an offline image or a running operating system. Examples: DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /Apply-Unattend:C:\unattend.xml DISM.exe /Online /Apply-Unattend:C:\unattend.xml\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Get-Features [/PackagePath:<path_to_package>] [/PackageName:<name_in_image>] Displays information about all features found in a specific package. If you do not specify a package name or path, all features in the image will be listed. /PackagePath can point to either a .cab file or a folder. Examples: DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /Get-Features DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /Get-Features /PackagePath:C:\packages\package.cab DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /Get-Features /PackageName:Microsoft.Windows.Calc.Demo~6595b6144ccf1df~x86~en~1.0.0.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Get-Drivers [/all] Displays information about drivers in an image. Only shows out-of-box drivers by default. Use /all switch to show all drivers in the image. Example: DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /Get-Drivers DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /Get-Drivers /all ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------This is the beginning of a bigger guide, but it will do for now.Author : MuizCredits : Muiz¿How Remove alls Versions from the Install.wim? only let UltimateThanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intelmaster Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Muiz explained me how to slip hotfixes and drivers etc.How to use Windows 7 DISM by MuizQ : What is DISM?A : Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM)Q : Why this guide?A : Cause there is NO information about this tool out yet.DISM is the replacement for the older deployment tools from Microsoft, like PKMGR and PEIMGWAIK doesnt support this yet, so when you want to use WAIK, use it from a Vista or XP, not from a Windows 7When you work from Windows 7, you dont need to install DISM, cause its already in it.You can basicly do anything to your image with DISM, even aplly unattended settings to it , so you can use it unattended without XML.How to get DISM?Mount your Windows 7 and go to the System32 folder of the ofline image, and copy the "DISM" folder and "DISM.exe" to your Vista System32 folder.Register the dll's inside(Some cant be registered)Dll's :CbsProvider.dllCompatProvider.dllDismCore.dllDismCorePS.dllDismProv.dllDmiProvider.dllIntlProvider.dllMsiProvider.dllSmiProvider.dllUnattendProvider.dllWimProvider.dllFor x64 users, you also have to grab the "SysWOW64" folder and the "DISM.exe" from there.What i did was also added "DISM.exe" to my WAIK folder to make it even more easy to use.Here is a small list with commands and a few examples, what you can do with dism.You can get the example of each command by putting "/?" without the quotes after the command.I did a few in this guide, but you can do this for each command.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------DISM.exe [dism_options] {WIM_command} [<WIM_arguments>] DISM.exe {/Image:<path_to_offline_image> | /Online} [dism_options] {servicing_command} [<servicing_arguments>] DESCRIPTION: DISM enumerates, installs, uninstalls, configures, and updates features and packages in Windows images. The commands that are available depend on the image being serviced and whether the image is offline or running. WIM COMMANDS: /Get-MountedWimInfo - Displays information about mounted WIM images. /Get-WimInfo - Displays information about images in a WIM file. /Commit-Wim - Saves changes to a mounted WIM image. /Unmount-Wim - Unmounts a mounted WIM image. /Mount-Wim - Mounts an image from a WIM file. /Remount-Wim - Recovers an orphaned WIM mount directory. /Cleanup-Wim - Deletes resources associated with mounted WIM images that are corrupt. Examples : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Mount-Wim /WimFile:<path_to_WIM_file> {/Index:<image_index> | /Name:<image_name >} /MountDir:<target_mount_directory> [/readonly] Mounts the WIM file to the specified directory so that it is available for servicing. /ReadOnly sets the mounted image with read-only permissions. Examples: DISM.exe /Mount-Wim /WimFile:C:\test\images\myimage.wim /index:1 /MountDir:C:\test\offline DISM.exe /Mount-Wim /WimFile:C:\test\images\myimage.wim /index:1 /MountDir:C:\test\offline /ReadOnly ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /ScratchDir:<path_to_directory> Specifies a temporary directory to be used for extracting files for servicing. The directory must exist. If not set, the temporary directory will be used. Example: DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /scratchdir:D:\Scratch ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMAGE SPECIFICATIONS: /Online - Targets the running operating system. /Image - Specifies the path to the root directory of an offline Windows image. DISM OPTIONS: /WinDir - Specifies the path to the Windows directory. /SysDriveDir - Specifies the path to the system-loader file named BootMgr. /LogPath - Specifies the logfile path. /LogLevel - Specifies the output level shown in the log (1-4). /NoRestart - Suppresses automatic reboots and reboot prompts. /Quiet - Suppresses all output except for error messages. /ScratchDir - Specifies the path to a scratch directory. For more information about these DISM options and their arguments, specify an option immediately before /?. Examples: DISM.exe /Mount-Wim /? DISM.exe /ScratchDir /? DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /? DISM.exe /Online /? WINDOWS EDITION SERVICING COMMANDS: /Set-ProductKey - Populates the product key into the offline image. /Get-CurrentEdition - Displays the editions of the specified image. /Get-StagedEditions - Displays a list of Windows editions that can be removed from the specified image. /Get-TargetEditions - Displays a list of Windows editions that an image can be upgraded to. /Remove-StagedEdition - Removes a staged edition from the image. /Set-Edition - Upgrades the Windows image to a higher edition. UNATTEND SERVICING COMMANDS: /Apply-Unattend - Applies an unattend file to an image. DRIVER SERVICING COMMANDS: /Remove-Driver - Removes driver packages from an offline image. /Add-Driver - Adds driver packages to an offline image. /Get-DriverInfo - Displays information about a specific driver in an offline image or a running operating system. /Get-Drivers - Displays information about all drivers in an offline image or a running operating system. INTERNATIONAL SERVICING COMMANDS: /Set-LayeredDriver - Sets keyboard layered driver. /Set-UILang - Sets the default system UI language that is used in the mounted offline image. /Set-UILangFallback - Sets the fallback default language for the system UI in the mounted offline image. /Set-UserLocale - Sets the user locale in the mounted offline image. /Set-SysLocale - Sets the language for non-Unicode programs (also called system locale) and font settings in the mounted offline image. /Set-InputLocale - Sets the input locales and keyboard layouts to use in the mounted offline image. /Set-TimeZone - Sets the default time zone in the mounted offline image. /Set-AllIntl - Sets all international settings in the mounted offline image. /Set-SKUIntlDefaults - Sets all international settings to the default values for the specified SKU language in the mounted offline image. /Gen-LangIni - Generates a new lang.ini file. /Set-SetupUILang - Defines the default language that will be used by setup. /Get-Intl - Displays information about the international settings and languages. APPLICATION SERVICING COMMANDS: /Check-AppPatch - Displays information if the MSP patches are applicable to the mounted image. /Get-AppPatchInfo - Displays information about installed MSP patches. /Get-AppPatches - Displays information about all applied MSP patches for all installed applications. /Get-AppInfo - Displays information about a specific installed MSI application. /Get-Apps - Displays information about all installed MSI applications. PACKAGE SERVICING COMMANDS: /Add-Package - Adds packages to the image. /Remove-Package - Removes packages from the image. /Enable-Feature - Enables a specific feature in the image. /Disable-Feature - Disables a specific feature in the image. /Get-Packages - Displays information about all packages in the image. /Get-PackageInfo - Displays information about a specific package. /Get-Features - Displays information about all features in a package. /Get-FeatureInfo - Displays information about a specific feature. For more information about these servicing commands and their arguments, specify a command immediately before /?. Examples: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /Apply-Unattend /? DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /Get-Features /? DISM.exe /Online /Get-Drivers /? /Apply-Unattend:<path_to_unattend.xml> Applies an unattend.xml file to an offline image or a running operating system. Examples: DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /Apply-Unattend:C:\unattend.xml DISM.exe /Online /Apply-Unattend:C:\unattend.xml\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Get-Features [/PackagePath:<path_to_package>] [/PackageName:<name_in_image>] Displays information about all features found in a specific package. If you do not specify a package name or path, all features in the image will be listed. /PackagePath can point to either a .cab file or a folder. Examples: DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /Get-Features DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /Get-Features /PackagePath:C:\packages\package.cab DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /Get-Features /PackageName:Microsoft.Windows.Calc.Demo~6595b6144ccf1df~x86~en~1.0.0.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Get-Drivers [/all] Displays information about drivers in an image. Only shows out-of-box drivers by default. Use /all switch to show all drivers in the image. Example: DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /Get-Drivers DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /Get-Drivers /all ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------This is the beginning of a bigger guide, but it will do for now.Author : MuizCredits : Muiz¿How Remove alls Versions from the Install.wim? only let UltimateThanks!Hello,open the ISO with PowerISo go to folder Sources and delete the ei.cfg.. Then save the new image... burn it and you can choose Home basic, Home Premium, Ultimate and Business.when you have a vlited Win7 and choose home premium at the begin of the installation there will be an error message that the product key is not for this version...after vlited Win7 go to Sources and delete the ei.cfg and then you can succesfully install Win7 in a Home premium Version but you can't use the beta keys from MSSry for my bad english Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollzinger Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 if u can enter sysprep, at beginning of oobe, then you should have no problem using windows updateto install all hotfixes, drivers, etc, depending on your need s . and then generalize, and capture.For example; I find it alot quicker when integrating vista sp2to 1st intsall vista sp1 on second partition. 2nd enter sysprep on oobe.3rd connect to internet. 4th install windows installer 4.5 5th run window update.(for vista i only install OS updates, but win 7, if possible you can also installyour drivers via windows update) 6th finally after all updates and reboots are complete i install SP2 RC1 or whatever. on reboot i run compcln.exe. and using sysprep, i generalize and shutdown. boot in my case xp, then i run 3rd party disk clean up and disk defragmenter, to removeinstall log files temp files etc etc.finally capture a nice sp2 v.113, v.286 yadda yadda. then use vlite to customite into a nice completeiso. works fine. and is faster than integrating using vlite.so if you can use sysprep and then capture with petool cmd prompt then that 's it. easy and quick.As far as windows 7 impression with me is that it looks like a vista platform with extras that possibleywill end up in vista sp3, unless microsoft is confident that they can sell windows 7 as an other than vista OS? I think they are just fishing for ideas and such until they have worked the kinks out and have a unique OS as removed from vista as possible. to call it "the new platform" In other words;windows 7 is to vista as windows milenium edition was to windows 98. I predict it will be released in 2010 as an upgrade DVD to Vista priced just right ! lmao. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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