TEST -Update 7 installation media

[SIW2]

Update 7 installation media - DIY SP2

Anyone who wants to give this a try:

1. Put your win7 dvd in the drive, rt click it and select COPY. Then rt click your partition (e.g. C ) and PASTE.
It will take a few mins and you should have afolder on c containing the installation files, like this:



2. Install WUD - tiny program:

View attachment WUD250B1002Setup.exe

[ Windows Updates Downloader (WUD) Program Files ]

Get the relevant update list update-list-gdr-pour-windows-7-sp1-x86x64-fr-en-de-es-it

Unzip the update list you downloaded and click the ulz file.Then the list will show up when you run WUD.exe


Run WUD

Select a folder to download them to ( e.g. c:\updates ). Recommended tick boxes as below - ( ie11 optional ). Then click Download button




3. Extract this onto C. UPDATE7v5.zip

View attachment UPDATE7v5.zip

NEW VERSION View attachment UPDATE7v7.zip



Then RUN AS ADMIN on the .cmd



And off it goes





It will take a while to integrate the updates - probably half an hour or so. Then it will offer to make a bootable installation iso.

NOTE: This assumes you start with the 7 iso that already has SP1 integrated.

Microsoft Windows and Office ISO Download Tool

NOTE: When you boot your updated iso, all editions will be available - however, only the edition you updated will include the updates, of course.

 

[Golden]

Thanks SIW. Im planning a clean install, so will test this over the weekend.

Question : can I use an ISO instead of DVD in step 1?

 

[xxxdannyxxx]

Im having an issue at point 3. If I extract the zip direct to C: I get the following with only the bin file created


And if I extract to another drive ie desktop D: Im a file missing according to your screenshot. The dotnet one


Danny

 

[Kari]

Thanks SIW. Im planning a clean install, so will test this over the weekend.

Question : can I use an ISO instead of DVD in step 1?

Golden, mount the ISO as a virtual CD/DVD and copy that, or extract it to a folder using for instance 7-Zip.

 

[Golden]

Thanks Kari - what software do you recommend to mount the ISO?

 

[Kari]

My choice for virtual CD/DVD is (and has been as long as the program has existed) Gizmo. Tested many, never found easier, more versatile and reliable virtual CD/DVD program.

Gizmo Central -- Download

 

[Golden]

Thanks Kari - downloading

 

[Kari]

Gizmo is really good. All controls can be found by clicking the notification area icon.

 

[jimbo45]

Thanks SIW. Im planning a clean install, so will test this over the weekend.

Question : can I use an ISO instead of DVD in step 1?

Golden, mount the ISO as a virtual CD/DVD and copy that, or extract it to a folder using for instance 7-Zip.

Hi there
@Kari -- I think this works fine as well --also for most version of Windows. Seems to be Virus free
To use the Microsoft WSUS service you need Windows server which most people don't have but this little program generates the updates just fine.

Of course the ideal; tool would be to slipstream all the updates into an install dvd / usb

This downloads the WINDOWS updates.

Portable Update: Update Windows in an isolated environment. The first. The best.

This saves also re-downloading if you need to update several computers too.



Your suggestion of GIZMO is also OK but I'm just offering another choice. _ Windows 8 has it's own .ISO mounting system built in but for W7 this is fine.

Cheers
jimbo

 

[gregrocker]

Si, I am getting this error after choosing Ultimate, both with and without the ei.cfg file deleted beforehand:

 

[SIW2]

@Greg,

Thank you . I have fixed it - new version (also on first post ).

On Skydrive UPDATE-v2.7z

https://skydrive.live.com/#cid=B0A22789320E3247&id=B0A22789320E3247!216

I will upload it here when the manage attachments works.

It sits on waiting for sevenforums forever.

You would be better moving the updates folder directly onto your drive. e.g. C:\windows updates downloader

I would put update 7 folder on C as well. e.g. C\:update-7

You need to have the BIN folder in there as well as the .cmd file - or it won't be found.



@Danny,

Sorry , net frame 4.5 was not included.

 

[theog]

Hi si
You may like check the order that updates are installed, as there is a problem with .NET 4.

Hi Noel
Done a clean reinstall.
1) Installed Windows 7 x32 Pro
2) Installed SP1.
3) Installed All updates, but not IE 10 & KB982670 .NET 4 Client Profile installer.
4) Installed .NET 4 Client Profile , Lost updates (error code 8024402C), Uninstall . NET 4.
5) Manually Installed .NET 4 Client Profile, Lost updates.(error code 8024402C)
6) Manually Installed .NET 4.5, updates back, installed updates.
7) Installed IE 10. All OK.
Ray.

More info in
http://www.sevenforums.com/windows-...0022-8024402c-windows-check-update-error.html

 

[SIW2]

Thanks.

It works fine.

Best thing is to skip nf4 completely. after installing your updated media, run the nf4.5 slim installer. Works great.

 

[gregrocker]

OK here is what I get when I run v.2.7z as Admin:



I Took Ownership of the ISO files and the downloaded Updates.

Note that when I returned ei.cfg file to the extracted ISO files it insists on naming itself ei.cfg.bak no matter if I change it. Does it need to be there?

Will try extracting ISO again and leave it intact.

Re-extracted everything again and still get the same errors. A preceding error is not able to be snipped which says the image is already mounted.

 

[SIW2]

That is the problem then.

Unmount the image - may have been there a while.

DISM /UNMOUNT-WIM /MOUNTDIR:c:\mount /DISCARD

Might add in a check for that to the cmd file at some stage.

Note that when I returned ei.cfg file to the extracted ISO files it insists on naming itself ei.cfg.bak no matter if I change it. Does it need to be there?

No, it doesn't need to be there - if it is there, it is renamed so it does nothing.

 

[SIW2]

New version on it's way in a few mins.

Thanks, Greg.

 

[SIW2]

Ok, I put in to check for mounted images. Also new updated NF4.5 - Rick just did it.

UPDATE7v3.zip

https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=B0A22789320E3247&id=B0A22789320E3247!216

 

[gregrocker]

I got it to start mounting the image and says the operation was successful but then produces an error about NF3.5 and starts over mounting the image again but this time with 10 more Updates. Is this to be expected?

 

[SIW2]

It is trying to install .msu or cabs from a list of folders.

One of those folders is the "%upsdir%\.NET Framework 3.5.1 Updates".

(%upsdir% is the folder of updates you browsed to earlier )

If the folder isn't there - or doesn't contain any msu or cabs - then you will get that message.

It will just carry on to the next step.

Not clear to me why you didn't download the NF updates with WUD?

It only mounts the image once.

When you see dism start again - it is beggining to integrate updates from the next folder. It isn't mounting again.


It is quite simple , this is what it is doing:

1. It mounts the image you selected:

dism.exe /Mount-Wim /wimfile:"%wimpath%" /index:%wimindex% /MountDir:"mount"

2. It integrates any msu or cab files from the following folders one after the other:

Dism /IMAGE:"mount" /ADD-PACKAGE /PACKAGEPATH:"%upsdir%\Security Updates"
Dism /IMAGE:"mount" /ADD-PACKAGE /PACKAGEPATH:"%upsdir%\.NET Framework 3.5.1 Updates"
Dism /IMAGE:"mount" /ADD-PACKAGE /PACKAGEPATH:"%upsdir%\Non-Security Updates"
Dism /IMAGE:"mount" /ADD-PACKAGE /PACKAGEPATH:"%upsdir%\Optional Updates"

There is a bit of fiddling about finding paths, checking things and popping in a few reg entries. but the above is pretty much what it does.

 

[gregrocker]

I selected everything you suggested in the Downloader choices. Should I download them over again in case NF 3.5 didn't download successfully?

Can you tell what the problem is with integrating it from the DISM log, or does the error generated already tell you NF 3.5 is not going to integrate?