TEST -Update 7 installation media

lehnerus2000 · 24 Mar 2013

gregrocker said:

Just reinstalled. 3 updates plus another 2 drivers under Optional. Bliss.

Si, why do I have to enable Hibernate which I have not before on this test machine? Taking away such a modern feature by default is a definite minus.

Thanks for all of the effort you've put into this SIW2. :)

Some people would say, "Why do I always have to disable Hibernate?"

I never use it on my desktop PC, so I disable it, otherwise it's just wasting 8GB of HDD space.
If someone has a small SSD that is a lot of space (all of my installed programs use < 8GB).

I assume the various option/setting choices are because SIW2 built the program to suit the way he builds his machines. :)

That is the standard dilemma when something (like Windows) has lots of option/settings.
Personally I hate the default Windows setting, "Hide extensions for known file types"

Something like this tool would be great for XP, since it is going to lose support soon.

SIW2 · 25 Mar 2013

@ Greg,

You can adjust the reg files in the bin folder

look in bin\sys.reg Comment out with ;

or make changes as you wish. Like below

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\WIM_System\ControlSet001\Control\CrashControl]
"AutoReboot"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\WIM_System\ControlSet001\Control\Power]
"HiberFileSizePerfect"=dword:00000000
"HibernateEnabled"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\WIM_System\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\MSIServer]
@="Service"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\WIM_System\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Network\MSIServer]
@="Service"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\WIM_System\ControlSet002\Control\CrashControl]
"AutoReboot"=dword:00000000

; [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\WIM_System\ControlSet002\Control\Power]
; "HiberFileSizePerfect"=dword:00000000
; "HibernateEnabled"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\WIM_System\ControlSet002\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\MSIServer]
@="Service"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\WIM_System\ControlSet002\Control\SafeBoot\Network\MSIServer]
@="Service"

gregrocker said:

Just reinstalled. 3 updates plus another 2 drivers under Optional. Bliss.

Si, why do I have to enable Hibernate which I have not before on this test machine? Taking away by default such a modern feature which is perfected in Win7 and offers great convenience for the consumer is a definite minus.

Do you know the kb number for those 3 updates?

SIW2 · 25 Mar 2013

Thanks Lehnerus - hope it is useful to you.

I don't know anything about XP - so I can't be much help there. Sorry.

lehnerus2000 · 25 Mar 2013

SIW2 said:

Thanks Lehnerus - hope it is useful to you.

I don't know anything about XP - so I can't be much help there. Sorry.

I won't be able to use it, unless I download an install disc with SP1 included.

I haven't been able to create a working W7 SP1 install iso using RT Se7en Lite.
I might play around with it (if I get time) and see if I can work out what went wrong.

How many updates will W7 have by 2020?

SIW2 · 25 Mar 2013

It is very easy to d/l an sp1 iso. No point in mucking about with rt7lite.

The current update situation is not bad. Abot 330mb for x64 and 200mb ish for 32 bit.

That is a lot less than w8 has already.

lehnerus2000 · 26 Mar 2013

SIW2 said:

It is very easy to d/l an sp1 iso. No point in mucking about with rt7lite.

If I could get RT Se7en Lite to work, I could set up the defaults the way I like:

Turn off that stupid "Hide extensions for known file types"
Set my Windows Explorer templates
etc.

SIW2 said:

The current update situation is not bad. Abot 330mb for x64 and 200mb ish for 32 bit.

That is a lot less than w8 has already.

You have to laugh.

SIW2 · 26 Mar 2013

You can do that with my updater.

It already includes those settings in the .reg files which are added during updates.

Have a look in the BIN folder. There are 4 reg files.

You can put your favourite entries in there.

Some of them are already in , for example:

In ADM.REG ( also in DEF.REG, those are the user hive entries ) already contain :

Code:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\WIM_Admin\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]

"AlwaysShowMenus"=dword:00000001
"Hidden"=dword:00000001
"HideFileExt"=dword:00000000
"ShowSuperHidden"=dword:00000001
"SuperHidden"=dword:00000001

;start menu HIDE=0 SHOW AS LINK=1 SHOW AS MENU=2 , SOME EXAMPLES

"Start_ShowControlPanel"=dword:00000001
"Start_ShowHelp"=dword:00000000
"Start_ShowMyComputer"=dword:00000002

SYS.REG contains for example :

Code:

; no autoreboot on bsod

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\WIM_System\ControlSet001\Control\CrashControl]
"AutoReboot"=dword:00000000

;no hiberfile

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\WIM_System\ControlSet001\Control\Power]
"HiberFileSizePerfect"=dword:00000000
"HibernateEnabled"=dword:00000000

 ; same entries for controlset002

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\WIM_System\ControlSet002\Control\CrashControl]
"AutoReboot"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\WIM_System\ControlSet002\Control\Power]
"HiberFileSizePerfect"=dword:00000000
"HibernateEnabled"=dword:00000000

gregrocker · 26 Mar 2013

So to re-enable Hibernate as default I only need to change these 3 values to 1? How do I mount the image to do this?

;no hiberfile

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\WIM_System\ControlSet001\Control\Power] "HiberFileSizePerfect"=dword:00000000 "HibernateEnabled"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\WIM_System\ControlSet002\Control\CrashControl] "AutoReboot"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\WIM_System\ControlSet002\Control\Power] "HiberFileSizePerfect"=dword:00000000 "HibernateEnabled"=dword:00000000

SIW2 · 26 Mar 2013

If you want to change the settings for next time, just Change SYS.REG it is in the BIN folder.

You can comment out the entries by putting a semi colon in front, like this. That is all, nothing else needed

;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\WIM_System\ControlSet001\Control\Power]

;"HiberFileSizePerfect"=dword:00000000
; "HibernateEnabled"=dword:00000000

;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\WIM_System\ControlSet002\Control\Power]
; "HiberFileSizePerfect"=dword:00000000
; "HibernateEnabled"=dword:00000000

SIW2 · 26 Mar 2013

If you want to change an install.wim you have already updated, it is easy.

Make a mount folder e.g. c:\MOUNT

Mount the install.wim ( Gimagex is easy to use -select the image number you want change before mounting ).

gimagex.zip

Open regedit, clikc FILE>LOAD HIVE, browse to MOUNT\Windows\System32\Config\SYSTEM, give it a name ( I call it WIM_System ), then make any changes, unmount the hive.

When you have done that, tick the "Commit Changes" box and unmount the wim image.

TEST -Update 7 installation media

Thanks SIW2