Windows Installer 3.1 and hotfixes

[neptune3nl]

I'm having problems installing hotfixex.

Yesterday, I slipstreamed SP2 with nLite 1.0 beta 5.

I tried installing hotfixes with a custom svpack.inf as described in the manual but it didn't work. I still had to install the hotfixes manually after installing Windows Installer 3.1.

Then, I did another project: slipstreamed SP2 with nLite 1.0 beta 5 and in nLite I integrated the RVMUpdatePack1.2.2.Full (downloaded yesterday).

After installing this on a testpc, I had to install manually:

- Windows Installer 3.1 ( I thought this is already in RVMUpdatePack1.2.2.Full

- about 10 hotfixes

I would like to integrate Windows Installer 3.1 directly into the installation files so I don't have to download and reboot manually. This should give me the chance to install all the hotfixes needing Windows Installer 3.1 duringthe installation.

If this works, I would like to be able to manually adapt my project files to add new hotfixes when they come out. I keep my project files on a seperate disk.

Can anyone help me please? Am I doing something wrong?

By the way, the only things I control manually during the installation are:

- choosing a partition

- entering computer name

Edited July 25, 2005 by neptune3nl

[neptune3nl]

If integrating Windows Installer 3.1 doesn't work, I was thinking of installing it with the RunOnceEx.cmd method, rebooting and then do another RunOnceEx.cmd to install hotfixes but I am not sure if this would work and it would take too much time to create the files. I think it would also fail because there couldbe not enough time between installing the seperate hotfixes.

[neptune3nl]

I forgot to tell that in my first project, I added Windows Installer 3.1 following Shark007's guide!

[Incroyable HULK]

I would suggest you install from svcpack.inf:

[CatalogHeader]

[Version]
BuildNumber=2600
MinorVersion=1
MajorVersion=5
Signature="$WINDOWS NT$"

[SetupData]
CatalogSubDir="\I386\svcpack"

[SetupHotfixesToRun]
KB893803v2.exe /q /n /z

[ProductCatalogsToInstall]
KB893803v2_wxp.cat

[neptune3nl]

Here is my svcpack.inf:

[Version]

Signature="$Windows NT$"

MajorVersion=5

MinorVersion=1

BuildNumber=2600

[setupData]

CatalogSubDir="\i386\svcpack"

[ProductCatalogsToInstall]

[setupHotfixesToRun]

q873333.exe /Q /N /Z /O

q873339.exe /Q /N /Z /O

q883939.exe /Q /N /Z /O

q885250.exe /Q /N /Z /O

qchain.exe

Compared to the one from Incroyable Hulk, I miss out:

[ProductCatalogsToInstall]

KB893803v2_wxp.cat

I saw this is in the Windows Intaller 3.1 package after I uncompressed it. Where do I put this file?

Secondly...

Do I have to put this KB890803.EXE at the top of the list with the other hotfixes or does if haveto be the ONLY file?

[Incroyable HULK]

In my svcpack.inf, it is located in the middle of 20 other hotfixes... so I guess it can be in any order...

EDIT: you didn't use the /integrate: switch ?

Edited July 25, 2005 by Incroyable HULK

[neptune3nl]

I far as I understand, I have 2 options to install WI 3.1:

1) using svcpack.inf and install it like any other hotfix or

2) using the integrate method.

Both are independ from each other and work in a different way, right?

I didn't use the /integrate method though. If I would choose to do that, how would it be?

To be honest, I would prefer to integrate WI 3.1 in stead of doing it via the svcpack.inf as it will save time installing hotfixes.

[neptune3nl]

Note about svcpack.inf

I read the hotfixes have to be in numerical order..