Wanted to get extended kernel on a new VM but stumbled upon the fact that update servers no longer work on Vista. Is there a workaround to this issue? I find no easy way to integrate these updates either. nuhi sent me a modified version of NTLite which didn't work and he didn't say anything after that. And DISM keeps giving me an error I can't solve.

 

If I could in all of actuality be able to binge integrate every single cab file I have downloaded from catalog, this wouldn't be such a big problem.

You can use the pre-EOL updates from the repository provided by @greenhillmaniac or from another zip file provided by Josh Davidson over at Youtube with a tutorial to install all the pre-EOL updates. This method works ONLY for an online Vista image. I don't know about update integration. 

Link to the video: https://youtu.be/zCxW4DXvK_s 

Hope this helps

Edited October 31, 20205 yr by TECHGEEK
clarifications

i used this method to make my own updated iso: https://www.techrepublic.com/blog/windows-and-office/use-reverse-integration-to-slipstream-windows-vista-sp1-and-sp2/

for "automatic" update installation i used dism++

this is mainly for service pack integration but works with any other update (and net framework/directx)

ps: before performing step 6 use dism++ to cleanup unnecessary files