.cat files contain information/hashes/signatures for the files that the update updates. The reason you add the .cat files to [ProductCatalogsToInstall] is so that the .cat files are registered and so Windows doesn't complain about files being modified/hacked.

and this needs to be done with every single hotfix?

This list is GREAT!

Thanks man!

Hardle use the Unattended Forum.

I have CAT files for all the hotfixes that the integrated switch worked for, but for the non hotfixes and ones that integrate does not work, where do you get the CAT file? For instance the CAT files for these (KB885835 and KB885250)

Dennis

Beg ryan.

If you can't /integrate a hotfix, there's really no point in adding its CAT file to svcpack.inf. Just run the exe from svcpack.inf and let it sort out the WFP stuff.

Maybe should post a link on front page to:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/828930

Btw it was just updated again a few days ago if u missed it.

My current svcpack.inf

[ProductCatalogsToInstall]

[SetupHotfixesToRun]
KB867282.exe /q /o /n /z
KB873333.exe /q /o /n /z
KB884020.exe /q /o /n /z
KB885835.exe /q /o /n /z
KB886185.exe /q /o /n /z
KB887797.exe /q /o /n /z
KB888113.exe /q /o /n /z
KB891781.exe /q /o /n /z
qchain.exe

Do I also have to put all those hotfixes beneath "[ProductCatalogsToInstall]" like this?

[ProductCatalogsToInstall]
KB867282.cat
KB873333.cat
KB884020.cat
KB885835.cat
KB886185.cat
KB887797.cat
KB888113.cat
KB891781.cat

[SetupHotfixesToRun]
KB867282.exe /q /o /n /z
KB873333.exe /q /o /n /z
KB884020.exe /q /o /n /z
KB885835.exe /q /o /n /z
KB886185.exe /q /o /n /z
KB887797.exe /q /o /n /z
KB888113.exe /q /o /n /z
KB891781.exe /q /o /n /z
qchain.exe

Only if you used /integrate for them.

Well, since I only have "/q /o /n /z" behind the filenames I guess that isn't necessary

I just nLite integrated the whole list, and for some reason KB885835 didn't take. everything else works fine.

Just a little word to tell that I've been integrating all the hotfixes from the beginning (14 updates) in a fresh XP SP2 i386 distribution folder and then I added the removal tool + the GDI detection tool manually to my svcpack.inf and I saved about 10Mo in comparison of only adding the newer hotfixes...

There was a TempCatalogSomething in the svcpack folder which is no longer needed...

One new hotfix for WinXP-SP2:

- KB886716-v2

What about KB885222, http://www.msfn.org/comments.php?shownews=12468 ??

( http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...&DisplayLang=en )

It exists since December 2004 !!

Theses are non-critical updates and they are already listed at the end of the list for Windows XP SP2 on the first page...

Can you put up one for MCE 2005? It's xp sp2 but with about 4 more hotfixes, so maybew just list the 4 hotfixeS?