Slipstream Windows 7 SP1 into a Installation DVD or ISO File

Hi, Just burned a slipstream sp1 dvd, no other integrated updates, (great instructions, thanks). Tried to perform a repair install, chose the upgrade option and after the compatibility search received the same message as before - cannot perform the upgrade as the current version of windows is newer than the one I am trying to install.
Have I missed something?
Thanks, Mick

Oops. Ok. Thanks. At least I can do a fresh install.

Befor I do a clean install, which I want to avoid if poss, could I uninstall SP1 and the use the slipstream dvd to do a repair? If so, would it install SP1 at the same time? Need to try a repair as having problems installing new software, not all, eg flash payer - run the setup exe and the file is moved to a temp folder, nothing else happens and setup exe shows as a process in task manager. Also happens with corel paintshop pro. Some other apps, when opened, no window shows on desktop though icon shows on task bar. Tried what I know and decided a repair install was worth a try.

Hello Brink,

Wow, with this tool, you've made it almost painless to create a very custom Win 7 install ISO with SP1 and all updates. After doing some research, and if I understand it correctly, it's painfully clear that is almost impossible to do a Windows Repair install anymore without resorting to either a full reinstall or get a slipstreamed version on your system and repair intall from there.

Assuming I haven't just overlooked it here, I have a couple questions about this process that I'm not clear on.

Scenario:
I've taken a base Win 7 install iso, then created a slipstreamed iso which includes SP1 and many updates. When I install this in Virtual Box, it installs perfectly. But I find I missed a few updates so WU asks me to install these. Fine so far. Question: What is the correct process to create a new iso that includes these missed updates and possibly future updates? I tried starting with the iso I created but I can't seem to get the new updates to be incorporated.

I'm wondering because if I want to create a newer iso as time goes by, do I need to keep all the update files that I downloaded. That's a bit of disk space to hold on to, almost 20 GBytes at the moment.

Questions:
I don't really see this answered. It's stated that you can't do an repair update from the slipstreamed Win7 w/SP1. Is it known why that's the case? Assuming that I created an iso that had exactly all the latest updates and matched what's installed on my system at the moment, it seems that the version should be the same. Why does Windows reject that as a valid repair update candidate?

When you have many updates, does the order you specify them matter? If so, how would we know the proper order? Some of the missed updates are much older. (I apparently didn't go back to a far enough date in my selection process.)

Something maybe helpful:
As I was trying to figure out how to get 100+ updates I found that if I go to the Windows Update Catalog, I could search and filter and, assuming I selected all the ones I needed, download them all in one swoop. Saved a bunch of time!! You can find it by searching on Windows Update Catalog. Maybe it's been mentioned before, but didn't see it in this thread.

Brink said:

Hello Doc Brown, and welcome to Seven Forums.

Answers inline. :)

DoctorBrown said:

Scenario:
I've taken a base Win 7 install iso, then created a slipstreamed iso which includes SP1 and many updates. When I install this in Virtual Box, it installs perfectly. But I find I missed a few updates so WU asks me to install these. Fine so far. Question: What is the correct process to create a new iso that includes these missed updates and possibly future updates? I tried starting with the iso I created but I can't seem to get the new updates to be incorporated.

You should normall be able to add new updates by using steps 5, 7, 12, 12G, and 15 when doing the tutorial. What is it doing or telling you when you try to add updates?

I discovered that I was forgetting to 'Apply' the Updates added to the Integration process. When I did it, the 'Commit' Button was available. Since the updates I missed were some of the oldest ones, it appears that they undid later updates. The iso I built from only needed 8 updates, but when I tried to just include those 8, the new install required 45. Back to square one. But at least I have all the files (I hope). I'm sure glad I have Virtual Box to test this on.

When you have many updates, does the order you specify them matter? If so, how would we know the proper order? Some of the missed updates are much older. (I apparently didn't go back to a far enough date in my selection process.)

For the best results, they should be included in the same order that they would have been installed in Windows Updates. You would just go by the "Date Installed" and the order listed in View update history and in Installed Updates.

So to make that happen I should put them in the Integration list in the desired order? Do you know any way to sort them? I'll look into extracting the info from my existing system and using that. When I use the Multiple option, does it add them in the order it encounters the files? The mass download I did created a separate folder for each KB article, I think. But not 100%. I'm thinking of renaming the folders to make the sort in order.

Gotta be an easier way to get these in the correct order.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Yes this was helpful. Thanks for all the info.
John