jerryd Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 nLite Forum, I'm using nLite to do slipstreaming for the first time. I have a Windows XP SP3 cd and want to slipstream it and integrate all the updades from MS so I end up with an up-to-date bootable XP. I'm OK until I get to the "Task Selection" menu. I don't think I should select Service Pack since I already have SP3. But to get all the MS updates do I select "Hotfixes, Add-ons and Update Packs"? The updates(Hotfixes, Add-ons and Update Packs) can't be on my XP CD so I must have to download them from somewhere. Or does Nlite extract them from my HD? As you can see I'm very confused. Thanks for any reply,Jerryd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 You need to download all the updates to bring your CD up to date. Fortunately, I have made this very easy. Go to my site http://xdot.tk/updates.html, download the UDC-03.13.12.zip, extract it and double click the batch file. Then add them to the Hotfix, Add-ons and Update Packs section of nLite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerryd Posted March 16, 2012 Author Share Posted March 16, 2012 -X- Thanks for the reply. What a great program. I followed your directions and everything seems to have worked. After running the .bat file I ended up with many .exe and some .cab files in that folder. Do I have to enter the full path names to all these files into the "Hotfix, Add-ons and Update Packs" section of nLite or can I just enter the path to this folder?Jerryd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Path? There's no place to input a path. You just select them all and drag and drop them into the Hotfix, Add-ons and Update Packs section of nLite or click Insert and browse to the UDC folder and select them all.It should look like image #6 here: http://xdot.tk/nliteimages.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerryd Posted March 17, 2012 Author Share Posted March 17, 2012 -X-, Thanks, I was able to copy all the updates into the Hotfiles section. Just before nLite started "Compressing Cabinets" I go this error message: H-The process cannot access the file 'C:\winxp\i386\svcpack.inf' because it is being used by another process. There were no other processes running at the time. I clicked OK and nLite continued on and made an iso file. Because of the error message I wasn't sure if the .iso file was correct so I started the whole process over again and got the same error message at the same point. Is this a problem or can I ignore it?jerryd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Well there are some updates that won't directly integrate so they run from svcpack.inf. It sounds like a problem to me.Are you adding anything else besides what my UDC script downloads/makes to the hotfix section?Can you copy and paste the contents of svcpack.inf into to your next post along with attaching your last session.ini? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerryd Posted March 17, 2012 Author Share Posted March 17, 2012 -X- I restarted nLite and inserted all the update files. When I scanned down the list with nLite they all looked like Windows update files. I couldn't find a file named svcpack.inf, maybe it's hidden. I've attached my last session.ini. It's after 1 AM here so I'll be back tomorrow. Thanks,jerrydLAST SESSION.INI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 (edited) [Hotfixes]C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\UDC-03.13.12\UDC-03.13.12\WindowsXP-WindowsMedia-KB2378111-x86-ENU.exeC:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\UDC-03.13.12\UDC-03.13.12\Adobe.Flash.Player-v11.1.102.63.cabC:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\UDC-03.13.12\UDC-03.13.12\Copy of Adobe.Flash.Player-v11.1.102.63.cabDelete WindowsXP-WindowsMedia-KB2378111-x86-ENU.exe and Copy of Adobe.Flash.Player-v11.1.102.63.cab and start over with a fresh source.I'm curious how that 2378111 is still there when there are commands in the script to delete it once it's turned into an add-on.....echo.echo Cleanup...echo.rmdir /s /q SVCPACKdel wmp.dlldel entries_KB2378111.inidel WindowsXP-WindowsMedia-KB2378111-x86-ENU.exeCan you tell me anything you might have done to make that file be there when it shouldn't? Edited March 17, 2012 by -X- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 (edited) Just before nLite started "Compressing Cabinets" I go this error message: H-The process cannot access the file 'C:\winxp\i386\svcpack.inf' because it is being used by another process. [...] Is this a problem or can I ignore it?You should not ignore this error. The file SvcPack.inf is either missing or corrupted. The error often occurs when some antivirus products are configured to scan files "on access". The problem is that nLite accesses SvcPack.inf often in a very short time and creates a race condition. The file is locked when scanned, so it cannot be modified by nLite.Start with a fresh, unmodified source and try disabling your antivirus temporarily when using nLite to solve this problem. Edited March 17, 2012 by 5eraph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerryd Posted March 18, 2012 Author Share Posted March 18, 2012 -X- With those 2 files deleted there were no error messages. It spent about 30 minutes just Compressing Cabinets. Does that seem right? It reported that "the installation grew by 21.56MB" and then "Iso created successfully!". Thanks for the help,jerryd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 It all depends on your computers speed. 30 minutes is OK, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerryd Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 -X-, I was able to construct a bootable and installable USB flash drive for WIndows XP SP3 using nLite and WinSetupFromUSB. Here are the directions to do the entire thing. Steps: 1. Copy everything from the Windows CD to a file. 2. Integrate all MS updates into the I386 folder in that file. 3. Construct a bootable and installable USB flash drive containing an updated version of Windows.1. First copy all the files from the Windows CD to a file in your HD. I named it winxp. Remove the Windows CD, it's no longer needed. Note the size of the I386 folder in winxp for reference later.2. Next download and extract UDC-03.13.12.zip from http://xdot.tk/updates.html and double click on the batch file. This will download all the MS Hotfix, Add-ons and Update Packs to a folder called UDC-03.13.12. Note: The folder name will reflect the current date. Next download and installed nLite. When you run nLite it will first ask for the location of the Windows installation. In my case it's c:\winxp. Click next and nLite will display information about your windows installation CD. Click next and decide if you want to "import other or load previous settings". I skiped this step. Click next to get the "Task Selection" menu. Click on "Hot Fixes, Add-ons and Update Packs" and click next. At the Hotfix, Add-ons and Update Packs menu click on insert and then browse to and open the UDC-03.13.12(name will change depending on the date you downloaded). This folder should be full of windows update files. I found 2 files in this folder I had to delete: WindowsXP-WindowsMedia-KB2378111-x86-ENU.exe and Copy of Adobe.Flash.Player-v11.1.102.63.cab. Also delete the Obselete folder if it's present. Now click on the first file name and hold down the shift key, navigate to and click on last file name and let up on the shift key. This should highlight all the files in this folder. Click Open. All the file names should now be in the nLite window. Click next and answer yes to "Do you want to start the process". On my system this took a long, long time. When it's done note the size of the I386 folder in winxp. It should be many MB larger since all the updtates are now integrated into it.3. Now download and unzip WinSetupFromUSB 1.0 beta7. This is a .7Z file so you may need to download some decompression application. I used WinZip. Insert a flash drive that's at least a couple of GB. Mine was 4GB. Start WinSetupFormUSB and follow the directions here: http://myeeeguides.wordpress.com/2008/11/15/winsetupfromusb-install-windows-xp-from-usb-flash-drive/ Before clicking on the "GO" button I had to turn off my AV(avast) or I got an error message. There are probably other ways to do this but this worked for me. Thanks for the help.jerryd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricardrosen Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 (edited) You need to download all the updates to bring your CD up to date. Fortunately, I have made this very easy. Go to my site http://xdot.tk/updates.html, download the UDC-03.13.12.zip, extract it and double click the batch file. Then add them to the Hotfix, Add-ons and Update Packs section of nLite.One point, when installing XP using your update nlited to XP, is it normal for the cmd.exe window to flash up around 6-7 times very fast times during the install. It doesn't happen when installing XP SP3 using a clean disk. Edited April 2, 2012 by ricardrosen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelsenellenelvian Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 Yes thats normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerryd Posted April 4, 2012 Author Share Posted April 4, 2012 Thanks for the tip about the screen flashing. I'll look for it when I have to install from the flash drive.jerryd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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