Recompilation of Vista or 7 Disk

[I2aMpAnT]

Oh, it is there - I promise you - I had started working on making a slipstreamed install with Office and WinRAR and a few other little goodies - then ran into the brick wall of not being able to pre-define the location of my special folders - and gave up.

Wait what?
What special folders?

 

[johngalt]

Documents, Downloads, etc....

I manually move them to my second hard drive after every install of Vista (and now W7) - so when I need to do a new install, all my docs are on a physically separate HD and away I go - no complicated backup scheme.

My goal was to also figure out a way to have the Users tree there also - then all my *settings* and such would also get preserved - making life that much easier.

 

[I2aMpAnT]

Documents, Downloads, etc....

I manually move them to my second hard drive after every install of Vista (and now W7) - so when I need to do a new install, all my docs are on a physically separate HD and away I go - no complicated backup scheme.

My goal was to also figure out a way to have the Users tree there also - then all my *settings* and such would also get preserved - making life that much easier.

Ok can you just tell me this.

In vLite, how do I add an exe to be installed?

 

[johngalt]

See [Tutorial] Build Windows Vista SP1 x86 DVD using vLite - MSFN Forums for adding stuff as a slip stream (in this case SP1)...

Then you can look at MSFN Forums -> Windows Post-Install Wizard (WPI) or MSFN Forums -> Windows Post-Install Wizard (WPI)

 

[I2aMpAnT]

See [Tutorial] Build Windows Vista SP1 x86 DVD using vLite - MSFN Forums for adding stuff as a slip stream (in this case SP1)...

Then you can look at MSFN Forums -> Windows Post-Install Wizard (WPI) or MSFN Forums -> Windows Post-Install Wizard (WPI)

The first tut didn't help much...
Can I rename my exe's to MSU and add them as hotfixes?

 

[johngalt]

No - MSUs are spcailly built MSIs...

not all EXEs are MSI based....but those that are you can use unpacker to extract the MSI from....

 

[I2aMpAnT]

No - MSUs are spcailly built MSIs...

not all EXEs are MSI based....but those that are you can use unpacker to extract the MSI from....

I'm so lost...
I have WPI and vLite but don't know how to put programs on
For example, say I want my DVD to come preloaded with AIM and my settings, how do I do that?

 

[johngalt]

With W7 it ain't gonna be possible yet until the SDK is played with and folks figure out how to do it.

For Vista, it's there, just convoluted - and 5 minutes of scanning ain't gonna get you the answer. It is there, but you have to spend a lot of time reading.

each app is gonna be different hence the time spent reading part....

 

[z3r010]

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Maybe worth playing with ​

 

[I2aMpAnT]

Maybe worth playing with ​

I think I'd rather make a complete install and make an image

Too much work for my own custom auto-installation DVD

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

But why not just image your system once everything is loaded.

Hello I2aMpAnT.

Have a look at this, at the link below; it's free.

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Keep us informed!

Later Ted
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[SIW2]

HI,

Yup , I've used vLite quite a bit. Does the slipstreaming of service packs and drivers and hotfixes ( if you're lucky ). Also removes components, but haven't been able to get it to install apps., the WPI looked like too much work.

I do what John does - have folders on a separate partition , including one with app. setup files and install the apps. direct from there after reinstalling the o/s.

Vlite does work (largely ) with 7 even as is, so won't be long before Dino gets 7lite going.

I vlited 6801 - removed a lot without any probs. - components that were common To Vista come out fine. Didn't mess with the UAC settings as it's different in 7.

On Vista , I use this to control UAC - no problems for me using it at all . You might like to check it out

User Access Control - Vista User Account Control - UAC | Norton Labs

SIW2

 

[I2aMpAnT]

I do what John does - have folders on a separate partition , including one with app. setup files and install the apps. direct from there after reinstalling the o/s.

I've been doing that forever, I figured that everybody else did too

 

[johngalt]

Lol - y'all don't even want ot know how I do it....

 

[I2aMpAnT]

Lol - y'all don't even want ot know how I do it....

Go on...

 

[johngalt]

Since I have dual HDs, all my installs, drivers, and miscellaneous stuff resides on the other drive, hell, in W7 I even make new libraries for the most used folders (ISOs, Drivers, and Storage). One HD gets dedicated to nothing but OSs and one gets dedicated to storage.

On installs in the field, I keep my 4 GB UFD handy with main apps - antimalware, testing an benchmarking tools and of course, utilities like Magic JellyBean keyfinder. Makes life easier when I can reuse the same keys when blowing a clients machine away and starting from scratch....

 

[I2aMpAnT]

Since I have dual HDs, all my installs, drivers, and miscellaneous stuff resides on the other drive, hell, in W7 I even make new libraries for the most used folders (ISOs, Drivers, and Storage). One HD gets dedicated to nothing but OSs and one gets dedicated to storage.

On installs in the field, I keep my 4 GB UFD handy with main apps - antimalware, testing an benchmarking tools and of course, utilities like Magic JellyBean keyfinder. Makes life easier when I can reuse the same keys when blowing a clients machine away and starting from scratch....

pfft, that's nothing

Take a gander at my Drive Directories are on my 1TB Drive that I use for storate of my Media and other files

 

[johngalt]

I think you are laboring under a misconception - those are *not* by any means the only three folders I use....

It'd be too much for me to go into the entire tree, but here is the gist of it....

 

[I2aMpAnT]

I think you are laboring under a misconception - those are *not* by any means the only three folders I use....

It'd be too much for me to go into the entire tree, but here is the gist of it....

Wow, almost exactly the same but mine are like 100x more organized, LMAO.

 

[Mark]

Mine is good for my needs.