Will I be able to strip vista down after I have slipstreamed it? Or wont it work then? Else I will try to download some iso somewhere (Use my own cdkey ofc) and strip that one down, just hard to find a iso in the right language where my own cdkey works

First slipstream and then you can vlite your iso but never remove components with the slipstream process. you have to do it in 2 steps

Thanks man, this is a great tutorial, all I had to do was follow the exact steps and now I've got my own Vista with SP1.

for some strange reason, vLite will NOT install the WIM dll files. Although I put them in there, it is not working.

I put the x86 dll in the vlite\wimfltr\x86 folder and the 64bit dll in its \vLite\wimfltr\x64 folder

I ALSO put the 32bit dll into the vlite folder. Just nothing works. It keeps saying "Put the WIM filter installation files in the 'c:\program files\vlite\wimfltr\x86' then press OK"...the problem is, they are there and when I press OK, it just says the same thing. I get nowhere. What on earth is wrong?

Thanks in advance.

DLL version reports

6.0.6001.18000 (longhorn_rtm.080118-1840)

Actually fact is that wimfltr.sys has been removed from vLite.....so you have to manually install......

Download: WIMFlTR (Windows Imaging Files)
Right click on INF and click on Install ....the copy wimgapi.dll at the root of vLite installation folder.

Your Welcome.....glad to know, now you have your own Vista SP1
Happy Windows Computing !!!

One point of clarification...

My understanding is that SP1 installation is heavily dependent on all prior hotfixes having been installed. The instructions though don't mention the need to incorporate any hotfixes into the ISO (in fact they specifically state NOT to enable components, etc.). Do I understand correctly that with slipstreaming ONLY the initial Vista installation files and SP1 are needed and the hotfixes can be ignored? (In case it matters, I'm installing Vista Business.)

Thanks in advance to anyone who can provide a prompt reply.

One additional question... assuming that the answer to the above question is yes, then is it also correct to assume that once I have this slipstreamed SP1 version installed that Vista will recognize that the 50+ hotfixes are not needed, or might auto-update then still prompt me to install them?

Not sure I understand what you mean by "doing it in two steps". Please elaborate. Thanks.

No need to integrate pre-Vista SP1 updates, Service Pack is cumulative update and covers all last updates.
and Vista doesn't prompt to install pre-Vista SP1 update after installation.

It mean, First slipstream SP1 and finish the all process, then re-open Vista Installation source (Vista SP1 Slipstreamed) and customize your Vista.

my vista disc has english and russian 32 and 64 bit, how can i get out the russian and keep the english?

Hi guys,
I followed each step above but when iso got created it was exactly the same as the Vista SP0. Only dates certain folders changed but files inside folders were all the same as the Vista RTM. I wasted three dvds and about 7 hours of my time. I didn't get any errors either during the process. Has anyone use this successfully? Any help will be appreciated.

I really want to make this happen. so far it's been frustrating. the advice given has not lead to success. I've written a detailed step-by-step guide (btw I'm using an x64 platform but that should work the same, isn't it?). So I've got 2 questions:

1. Is my guide correct?
2. What should I do next to achieve success?

Thx.

My guide has been attached as a Word 97-2003 document, I hope that's the best way; I could paste it here if necessary...

PS I haven't tried using the WAIK as has been recommended elsewhere, since everybody suggests it is possible without.

Hiya all,

2 questions,

1 - I only want Vista Ultimate on my ISO, so as I have read, you just slipstream SP1 to it then click apply. After I have done this, can I then remove components, or can I remove them before I hit apply?

2 - After I did the slipstream, I went to the intergration>hotfixes section and this is all I get


now is it suppose to have to listings for SP1 and is there normally only 6 hotfixes listed?

CHeers

this is normal. Don't worry about this

Hi guys

I'm new to this forum but have been using nLite for sometimes.

Thanks for the work you've put developping both nLite and vLite.

I've few questions regarding vLite.
1- Could you confirm that the steps below are the right one to integrate SP1 to all the version of Vista in my DVD.
a- start vLite
b- point vLite to the folder containing Vista
c- select the Vista version to slipstream
d- point vLite towards the Service Pack 1 file
e- close vlite
f- repeat the above procedure for all the versions of Vista.

2- After adding SP1 to all the Vista(s), my iso is 3.2gb instead of 2.5gb
Is this size OK? or should it be bigger?

3- I want now to remove whatever I don't need but to all the Vista(s) (all version).
How do I proceed?
Are the below steps the correct ones to follow?
a- open vlite
b- point vLite to the folder containing Vista
c- select a Vista version
d- remove whatever I don't like
e- click 'apply' and select this version only
f- repeat the above step to all the versions

Thanks for your help.

I have install WAIK but vlite unable to detect its installation, how to fix it. I a on vista.

WAIK Driver

Download WAIK drivers and Right click on .INF file and choose Install

Hey all,
I'm having problems running Components and Tweaks on the pre-SP1'd Vista Ultimate x64 iso. (I am doing the "two step" thing referred to in previous posts.)
The iso installs fine by itself, but if I remove things in Components/Tweaks I get the following error at the start of the install process;


Then installation terminates and the pc restarts.
Only things related to languages I've removed are a number of foreign languages under Components\Languages. The regional information under Unattended is all set to English UK/US. The original DVD iso has hotfixes installed as far as early September, but no components/tweaks.

There seems to be a lack of consensus; some posts say tweaking is possible, others not.
Any help people can provide would be appreciated.

just want to know, is the vista (without SP1) serial still working after the slipstream? or isit like winxp?

Let me see if I understood this correctly (and I hope someone answers while I do this) ...

1. Start vLite.
2. Point to your existing DVD (if .iso mounted on virtual DVD-player or your DVD-ROM station)
3. Files will be copied to HDD to a place of your spesification (like F:\Vista for instance)
4. Go "NEXT"
5. Choose what version you would like to work on, and select ONLY to slipstream (not even bootable dvd if you want to do all?)
5. After slipstreaming .. Go back, select next version ... slipstream that, and so forth.
6. Finalize by hitting apply and even do "bootable iso"?

OR ... I'm I supose to create a new iso for every time? and maybe even apply?

I find it fascinating how a DVD of about 2.something GB gets to almost 5 ... just by adding SP1. XP never grew more than 30-40 MB for each SP, making it from about 380 to 600 from Gold til SP3.

Hi,

The tutorial is great but I still have a couple of questions ( unfortunately my original post got no reply ) so I ask that you excuse this as its a bit of a cross post.

I am very new to this having only ever slipstreamed XP by hand and do have a couple of questions intermixed with the description of my understanding of what vLite is doing below.

My understanding of whats happening with vLite is as follows.
vLite asks for the location of the original DVD disk for Vista and a working folder to put it in, which we provide, it then copies the files from the original DVD to the folder we specified,
when done it asks us to specify the location of the service pack after which it begins extracting the service pack over the files that copied from DVD. My DVD only has Ultimate x64 on it,
it states this on the top ( OEM System Builder Pack ). Thus I presume I'll only be rebuilding the one edition as I don't have any others.

The next step appears to be integration and here is where my understanding falls down .

Questions.
When I look at the list where KB's would be there are actually KB's listed but grayed out ( i know these can be un-grayed by ticking a box )
Are these KB's the ones that vLite has detected on my current install over and above the service pack? I.E the Vista Install I am running vLite from to create the image
OR KB's that absolutely everyone needs over and above service pack 1?
OR KB's that were included within SP1? (this doesn't make much sense but i suppose its possible)

If the KB's are the default ones that everyone should have and there are obviously many patches and hot-fixes since SP1 can I grab those somehow from my existing installed vista and put them into vLite?

If so how?

Sorry for so many questions but I like to understand fully what I am doing before I do it.... less messy that way.

Apologies also for cross-posting ( i know its meant to be bad but didn't know what else to do )

Hey,
I'm running Vista Ultimate SP1. I want to slipstream SP1, but I'm not seeing the option to do so in the Vlite. It just doesn't show the slipstream option?

EDIT: sorry I was trying to install the old version, 1.1

How to execute some command after vista installation on first boot? It was command in nLite for that, but I don't know how to make autoexecute some command after 1st boot in vLite?

nice tutorial thanks ,
but anyway to integrate service pack 2 into VISTA with SP1 DVD,this is a beta version ,help is appreciated,thanx.

I've " vista ultimate 64 bit". I installed Vlite version 1.2 but i don't have the button "slipstream". How could I do? Could somebody help me? Thanks a lot, Regards.

Perhaps you may know a solution or head me in the right direction; would you please check out my thread here:

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=126428

Thanks in advance for any and all help-am stumped

Hello everybody

i would like to have little infos to do the perfect copy of Vista Lite with SP1.

1 - i understand that is basical to do SLipstream of SP1 before doin any operation (add or remove) on the desired version of VIsta

2 - then when i have my version of Vista with its SP1 integrated is possible to add driver and remove some parts like languages , Speech , Tablet PC to reduce more iso amount??If yes , i must simply use the new Vista VLite versione and "re-arrange" it...isn't it??

Thanks a lot

Bye

Hi, just a quick question. How i can uninstall the Windows Imaging driver? I used the one neo provided in the rapidshare link.

I found the wimfltr.sys in the windows/system32/drivers folder, should i delete that and also the entry in autoruns?

I am asking just to be sure.

run vLite with -unwim

Hey, now i has look through the topic and trying out but only fail.

I'm trying to make it with all version in one dvd!

But there is so much question and stuff i don't understand.

Could someone plz make a guide, step by step and I mean step by step! All settings and stuff, because i dont understand this?!


I have trying this;

(The copy of my Vista dvd all versions is on my computer)

1. Open vLite - Selecting on the frontpage the dvd copy.

2. Selecting the tasks - I choose to tick Integration, Tweaks, Bootable Iso -> Enable before apply.

3. Enable Hotfix and Language.

4. Leave Tweaks as default.

5. Make ISO.

6. Restart vLite.

7. Same again just with another version until I'm finished with them all.

8. Apply (Save)
(Not Rebuild All or One)

Then it should work right?

Heya folks, I have done the slipstream of SP1 and tested it (working great! thanks!) I decided to go back and install every hotfix / extras I could get my hands on, as well as some drivers. The image ended up being 5.7gb but I have dual layer disks so that shouldnt be a problem right? It should still work just as well over the 4gb warning level burned to a DL disk?

Use UDF file system for DVD..it allows to burn DVD w/ more than 4 Gb file size.