Update packs and IE7

[Speeddymon]

I finally got around to testing integrating RVM's update pack over an older version of that AND IE7.

The results were a lot better than I expected, but NOT pretty by any means..

To test this here is what I did.

Took a clean SP1 OEM 'hologram' source and copied it to my HDD.

Slipstreamed SP2 manually.

Used nlite to integrate RVM Update Pack 2.1.4 by itself.

Reopened nlite and used it to integrate IE7 by itself.

Make an ISO and loaded it up into a Virtual Machine to ensure it worked.

Went back to the same source that had 2.1.4 and IE7 and used nlite again to integrate 2.1.5 (without removing 2.1.4 or IE7 from that source). I got a lot of prompts to keep newer files, which I said yes to.

I then made another ISO which I loaded into a Virtual Machine.

Installed no problems, booted no problems, loaded GUI no problems. Opened IE, minor problem.

The problem is that you lose all ability to use tabs in IE7. I can't see the tab bar, but Tabbed Browsing is enabled in the Internet Options. I can open the file menu and see the option to open a new tab, but it is greyed out. There may be other problems that I havent encountered yet, but I don't care to take the time to find out what they are. Deleted that ISO and am rebuilding with a clean source.

EDIT: Figured it out. After you do all of the integrating above, reopen nlite and RE-integrate IE7, and when it prompts you to keep newer files, tell it NO. Then make your CD and you are good to go.

Obviously the best way to get IE7 is on a clean source, but if you have a lot of addons like me, and dont want to have to redo them all, then this is the next best thing.

Edited December 19, 2006 by Speeddymon

[nuhi]

As soon as I see so much exhibition with restarting the process I go defensive.

So basically since I know for a fact that integrating rvm pack and ie7 in one process will work just fine lets just skip why it failed in that try. Also be sure to keep IE7 compatibility at all times.

[Speeddymon]

As soon as I see so much exhibition with restarting the process I go defensive.

So basically since I know for a fact that integrating rvm pack and ie7 in one process will work just fine lets just skip why it failed in that try. Also be sure to keep IE7 compatibility at all times.

I wasnt saying it was anything to do with integrating IE7..

I always keep IE in my sources though.

Here is what I was saying: I already had 2.1.4 and IE7 integrated.. I went and put 2.1.5 on top of that (overwriting some of IE7's files). I am surprised that when I installed it, it worked at all, but it did, and the only thing I lost was tabbed browsing. So I remade the CD a different way.

Try #2: Integrated 2.1.4 and IE7. Integrated 2.1.5 on top of that, keeping newer files. RE-integrated IE7 on top of THAT, this time overwriting newer files. Created ISO, and loaded up in MS VirtPC.

It worked just as if I had taken 2.1.5 on clean source and IE7 over it.

[nuhi]

Ok, I get it now.

Yeah it probably overwrote some IE7 entries with updated IE6.