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I honestly thought I used vlite to slipstream SP2 into Vista... It was ages ago I did it, but apparently it's possible to do it not using vlite: http://www.ryanvm.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7222 http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/230249-sliptream-vista-sp2.html Not sure why this thread has been moved to the vlite forum though, it's not all about vlite but how to integrate .net into Vista! I know what you mean about integrating patches that are released since the service pack, but if you try and do that in vlite, sometimes the patches fail to install. It was the same with nlite. Whenever I rebuild my XP disk, I do it from a clean source. That only takes around 20 mins or so to do though. Creating a new build in vlite takes much much longer, but, as I say, if you try and integrate a couple or so patches, vlite fails to install them. Still not sure how to integrate .net 4 into Vista having a further read around. I can't seem to find a way to download an msu or cab file. I am still looking. I'll report back if and when I get it sorted. Thanks again for your help. Oh, and great find with the "back and restore activation" app, that could be really handy when I am rebuilding stuff offline.

I used vlite (I think - it was a while ago). I haven't had any problems so far. The other day I rebuilt a laptop for a lady whose hdd had died. It just so happened that she had tried to re-install Vista herself and when she gave me the laptop to repair she had left her Vista DVD in the drive, so I thought I'd use that. What a mistake that was. Installed Vista. Downloaded updates. Rebooted. Downloaded more updates. Rebooted. Did this a few times. Downloaded and installed SP1. Rebooted. Downloaded and installed more updates and rebooted. Downloaded and installed SP2. Rebooted. Installed 151 updates since SP2 was released. Unbelievable. Because most of the machines are Vista I just had to do a new Vista disk with everything slipstreamed. Interesting point about .net 4 though, I thought that was separate to .net 3.5? I thought it was .net 1.1, .net 3.5 and then .net 4? Or is that wrong? Thanks for the links to the other sites, I'll give a couple of them a go.

What a nightmare I'm having with this! I'm a voluntary member of a charity where we rebuild and repair PC's and laptops for disabled people. Up until recently the machines we had in for repair or rebuilds were XP. I wipe them, stick in my XP CD with all the latest patches, activate online with the key on the PC or laptop and everything worked wonderfully. Now most of the machines we get in are Vista. Sometimes the updates take around 6 hours to download and install, so I thought I'd have a go at building a Vista DVD with all the service pack and patches integrated. All went well with SP1 and SP2, and another 151 patches since SP2. Now when I visit Windows Update it asks to install KB951847, which is where the fun starts. I've downloaded various versions, extracted them, not extracted them, all kinds of things and it still doesn't seem to be working. If I extract the full version of 951847 I get two msu files (I think). I thought I'd just use vlite to integrate them, but no. So my question is what am I doing wrong? Is there not a cab file or something for an AIO fully up to date .net pack for Vista x86? How can I get the updates for .net 3.5 slipstreamed into Vista? I've searched for ages around the internet and I'm just going round and around in circles. Help! Please!