[muryot]

KNOCK! KNOCK!
WAKE UP!!!
GOT WORK TO DO!!!

[Kurt_Aust]

muryot, on Jun 13 2008, 01:17 PM, said:

KNOCK! KNOCK!
WAKE UP!!!
GOT WORK TO DO!!!

Oh come on, I've got the XP x64 one to do first (working on that currently).

[muryot]

[Kurt_Aust]

June updates

Deletions:
Hotfix\470-IE6.0sp1-KB948881-Windows2000-x86-ENU.exe
Hotfix\480-IE6.0sp1-KB947864-Windows2000-x86-ENU.exe
RunOnce\Windows2000-KB941568-DX9-x86-ENU.exe

Additions:
Hotfix\500-Windows2000-KB950760-x86-ENU.EXE [493,792]
Hotfix\510-IE6.0sp1-KB950759-Windows2000-x86-ENU.exe [4,207,688]
RunOnce\Windows2000-KB951698-v2-DX9-ENU.exe [1,008,704]
RunOnce\WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe [6,136,176]


There you are Muryot, go for it son

[muryot]

thanks. you're the man

[whistler114]

Superb guide Kurt! Everything is spot on. I just created a fully updated Win2k SP5 install CD and it works perfectly, 1 touch install

I am very grateful for you keeping this guide up to date with the latest patches.

[Kurt_Aust]

July updates

Deletion:
Hotfix\390-Windows2000-KB941644-x86-ENU.EXE

Addition:
Hotfix\520-Windows2000-KB951748-x86-ENU.EXE [836,320]

Modified:
Rewrote ChOwn*.bat files & created links for easier usage

[hawgorn]

What am I doing wrong? I am a newbie when it comes to nlite so it was predictable that I'd manage to f**k up with creating a workable installation media even with your excellent guide. After several iterations I got a working base installation media without any bells and whistles, but Hotfixes still give me a headache. Only a handful will install (see attachment). I manually checked that they were in right order after adding them to Nlite, but no go. I only get those to install, with or without using the right order. I'm using Virtual Machine 2004. I'd be very grateful for any advice, I don't think I've had this much headache since trying to optimize dos 6.22 memory usage way back when.

Attached File(s)

•  installation.GIF (25.34K)
  Number of downloads: 12

[Kurt_Aust]

hawgorn, on Jul 14 2008, 05:17 PM, said:

What am I doing wrong?

Other than using May's update list rather than the current July one, nothing actually.

hawgorn, on Jul 14 2008, 05:17 PM, said:

I am a newbie when it comes to nlite so it was predictable that I'd manage to f**k up with creating a workable installation media even with your excellent guide. After several iterations I got a working base installation media without any bells and whistles, but Hotfixes still give me a headache. Only a handful will install (see attachment). I manually checked that they were in right order after adding them to Nlite, but no go. I only get those to install, with or without using the right order. I'm using Virtual Machine 2004. I'd be very grateful for any advice, I don't think I've had this much headache since trying to optimize dos 6.22 memory usage way back when.

The reason that most of the hotfixes don't show up in [Add/Remove Programs] is that they are directly integrated into the install media (thereby saving space & time). Only those that aren't integrated will show, being those in the 2 batch files and those located at \I386\svcpack.

The hotfixes at \I386\svcpack are ones that nLite can't integrate, usually because they add new features to the OS, they are instead executed at T-13, the same time as most program AddOns.

[hawgorn]

Kurt_Aust, on Jul 14 2008, 10:50 AM, said:

The reason that most of the hotfixes don't show up in [Add/Remove Programs] is that they are directly integrated into the install media (thereby saving space & time). Only those that aren't integrated will show, being those in the 2 batch files and those located at \I386\svcpack.

The hotfixes at \I386\svcpack are ones that nLite can't integrate, usually because they add new features to the OS, they are instead executed at T-13, the same time as most program AddOns.

Thank you for a speedy reply. So I'm all set then. Thanks for your help, much apprecitiated.

[Kurt_Aust]

August updates

Deletions:
Hotfix\360-OE6.0sp1-KB941202-Windows2000-x86-ENU.exe
Hotfix\500-Windows2000-KB950760-x86-ENU.EXE
Hotfix\510-IE6.0sp1-KB950759-Windows2000-x86-ENU.exe

Additions:
Hotfix\530-OE6.0sp1-KB951066-Windows2000-x86-ENU.exe [2,426,944]
Hotfix\540-Windows2000-KB950974-x86-ENU.EXE [578,272]
Hotfix\550-Windows2000-KB953839-x86-ENU.EXE [496,352]
Hotfix\560-Windows2000-KB952954-x86-ENU.EXE [524,000]
Hotfix\570-IE6.0sp1-KB953838-Windows2000-x86-ENU.exe [4,208,712]

Also there are new versions of:
RunOnce\WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe [7,048,216] updated 7 Aug 08

EXTRACT the latest (Aug 08) DirectX redistributable to \DirectX_9c (you can get back 33MB by deleting the x64.cab files).
MD5: 3FA04CDE0808ED0AB035AB56735FA86B
SHA1: 44B175AD7E2A2614AA91BFB816EAB0279BCAC61E

This post has been edited by Kurt_Aust: 17 August 2008 - 01:20 AM

[Kurt_Aust]

Added support for automated install of Virtual Machine drivers and details on multi-CD installs. Changes to main post below:

[Run2_W2Ksp5.bat]

rem startup delay to allow disk thrashing to subside before proceeding
ping -n 121 127.0.0.1>nul

rem remove second pass from scheduled tasks
SchTasks /delete /tn Run2 /f

rem support Bashrat the Sneaky's Driver Packs
%SystemDrive%\DPsFnshr.exe

Set DocuSett=%SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings

rem install & configure Open Office, requires 7-Zip for configuration options
"%ProgramFiles%\7-Zip\7z" X AddOns\OOo_2.4.1_Win32Intel_install_en-US.exe -O%Temp%\OpenOffice
If exist %Temp%\OpenOffice\openofficeorg24.msi msiexec /I %Temp%\OpenOffice\openofficeorg24.msi ALLUSERS=1 SELECT_WORD=1 SELECT_EXCEL=1 SELECT_POWERPOINT=1 ADDLOCAL=ALL /Qr
RmDir /S /Q %Temp%\OpenOffice
If Not exist "%ProgramFiles%\7-Zip\7z.exe" AddOns\OOo_2.4.1_Win32Intel_install_en-US.exe /S

rem silent installers go here

rem extract virtual machine drivers
"%ProgramFiles%\7-Zip\7z" X AddOns\Windows.iso -O%Temp%\VMware
"%ProgramFiles%\7-Zip\7z" X AddOns\VMAdditions.iso -O%Temp%\VirtualPC
"%ProgramFiles%\7-Zip\7z" X AddOns\VBoxGuestAdditions.iso -O%Temp%\VirtualBox

rem second pass of updates
RunOnce\Windows2000-KB951698-v2-DX9-ENU.exe /Passive /NoRestart
RunOnce\WMP09-Setup-98Me2000.exe /Q
RunOnce\WindowsMedia9-KB936782-x86-ENU.exe /Passive /NoRestart
RunOnce\WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe /Q /WUforce
If exist "%Temp%\VMware\VMware Tools.msi" RunOnce\Windows2000-KB941569-x86-ENU.EXE /Passive /NoRestart
If exist "%Temp%\VirtualPC\Windows\VirtualMachineAdditions.msi" RunOnce\Windows2000-KB941569-x86-ENU.EXE /Passive /NoRestart

rem install virtual machine drivers
"%Temp%\VirtualBox\VBoxGuestAdditions.exe" /S
msiexec /I "%Temp%\VMware\VMware Tools.msi" ADDLOCAL=ALL /Passive /ForceRestart
msiexec /I "%Temp%\VirtualPC\Windows\VirtualMachineAdditions.msi" ADDLOCAL=ALL /Passive /ForceRestart

RunOnce\Windows2000-KB941569-x86-ENU.EXE /Passive /ForceRestart

Part 5: Multi-media installations
Sometimes you won't be able to fit everything you want onto one CD and a DVD can't be used. In that case skip step 7 and instead burn the files & folders you would have copied to another CD. You will also have to do one of the following:
A ) If you have multiple CD drives just put one CD in each, too easy.
B ) Set a system boot password in BIOS and then change CDs on the second reboot.
C ) Insert a Pause command as the first line of the RunOnce file (step 5), change CDs on the pause.
If you find that you've added too many AddOns and your image is over CD size, you can just delete the appropriate executables from \I386\svcpack and recreate the image. Most of the executables will be switchless installers so you could instead add them to Run2_W2Ksp5.bat (open the original .cab file and read the Entries*.ini file to be sure). For instance you could do a base W2K CD with all the DriverPacks (except Graphics A) and another CD with 560MB of application installs (113MB already reserved).

Part 7: Testing
There are 3 free Virtualization programs that you can use to test your creation, VMware Server, Sun VirtualBox and Microsoft VirtualPC 2007.
Automatic installation of Virtual Machine drivers is supported, just place the appropriate .iso file at \AddOns (you MUST use a 7-Zip AddOn for this to work, from either Rado354 or JohnDoe74).

VMware Server
Pros: Can virtualize just about anything, including x64 guest OS's (x64 guest requires recent CPU)
Cons: 5 times the size of the others, registration required
ISO: %ProgramFiles%\VMware\VMware Server\Windows.iso

Sun VirtualBox (last version to run on a Win2000 host here)
Pros: Nice seemless mode, also good for virtualizing Linux
Cons: Will not virtualize Win9x properly, do NOT install Comodo Firewall on the guest
ISO: %ProgramFiles%\Sun xVM VirtualBox\VBoxGuestAdditions.iso

Microsoft VirtualPc 2007 (Host OS XP or later)
Pros: Good for virtualizing Win9x, guest usuable even without VM drivers
Cons: Will not virtualize non Microsoft Os's properly
ISO: %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Virtual PC\Virtual Machine Additions\VMAdditions.iso

[Kurt_Aust]

September updates

Deletions:
Hotfix\300-IE6.0sp1-KB938127-Windows2000-x86-ENU.exe
RunOnce\dotNET11sp1a.exe

Additions:
Hotfix\580-IE6.0sp1-KB938464-Windows2000-x86-ENU.exe [1,530,952]
RunOnce\NDP20SP1-KB947748-x86.exe [1,295,384]
RunOnce\dotNET11sp1b.exe [12,424,654]

[Kurt_Aust]

October updates

Deletions(from \Hotfix):
100-Windows2000-KB923414-x86-ENU.EXE
370-Windows2000-KB937894-x86-ENU.EXE
430-Windows2000-KB941693-x86-ENU.EXE
550-Windows2000-KB953839-x86-ENU.EXE
570-IE6.0sp1-KB953838-Windows2000-x86-ENU.exe


Additions (to \Hotfix):
590-Windows2000-KB954211-x86-ENU.EXE [1,315,040]
600-Windows2000-KB951071-x86-ENU.EXE [1,382,624]
610-Windows2000-KB953155-x86-ENU.EXE [563,936]
620-Windows2000-KB956391-x86-ENU.EXE [493,608]
630-Windows2000-KB957095-x86-ENU.EXE [620,256]
640-IE6.0sp1-KB956390-Windows2000-x86-ENU.exe [4,210,760]

[Kurt_Aust]

November updates

Deletions(from \Hotfix):
310-Windows2000-KB936021-x86-ENU.EXE
315-msxml4-KB936181-enu.exe
320-msxml6-KB933579-enu-x86.exe


Additions (to \Hotfix):
650-Windows2000-KB958644-x86-ENU.EXE [618,024]
660-Windows2000-KB955069-x86-ENU.EXE [926,944]
670-msxml4-KB954430-enu.exe [5,687,304] Optional, Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 Service Pack 2
680-msxml6-KB954459-enu-x86.exe [952,840] Optional, Microsoft XML Core Services 6.0 Service Pack 1
690-Windows2000-KB957097-x86-ENU.EXE [1,453,792]


Also a new version of the Windows update agent was released:
RunOnce\WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe [6,216,032] updated 31 Oct 08

[Kurt_Aust]

Added support for automatic installation of Comodo Firewall:

I recommend using Comodo Firewall (older 2.4.18.184 version), small, top-rated and free, unfortunately their installer doesn't allow for an unattended installation. However I've written an AutoIt script (my 1st) that will silently install it, available at my eSnips page, rename it to "Comodo2.exe" and place it at \AddOns along with the actual firewall installer.

[Kurt_Aust]

December updates

Deletions:
Hotfix\460-Windows2000-KB948590-x86-ENU.EXE
Hotfix\640-IE6.0sp1-KB956390-Windows2000-x86-ENU.exe


Additions:
Hotfix\
700-WindowsMedia64-KB954600-x86-ENU.exe [1,373,584]
710-Windows2000-KB956802-x86-ENU.EXE [618,024]
720-IE6.0sp1-KB958215-Windows2000-x86-ENU.exe [4,207,504]

RunOnce\
Windows2000-WindowsMedia-KB952069-x86-ENU.exe [3,564,944]

[Kurt_Aust]

January updates

Deletions:
Hotfix\024-Windows2000-KB914389-x86-ENU.EXE (only for users of old version of USP5)
Hotfix\630-Windows2000-KB957095-x86-ENU.EXE
RunOnce\dotNET11sp1b.exe

Additions:
Hotfix\740-Windows2000-KB958687-x86-ENU.EXE [617,512]
Download from eSnips the 990-dotNET11sp1b.7z file save it to \Hotfix (see notes part 4 for other options).
MD5: F02CBBB4F6B72257B0A7B456F5502193
SHA-1: AE2FEA8ADA2544362070C4D2B7BA80E27EE82DD0


Changed .Net11sp1 from a silent installer to an AddOn created using Tomcat76/Strel's script. The old silent installer is still supported.

Also added support for last version of QuickTime Alternative Lite (with directshow filters) to Run2_W2Ksp5.bat.

This post has been edited by Kurt_Aust: 20 January 2009 - 03:11 AM

[Targaff]

Many thanks as always!

[Kurt_Aust]

.Net 2.0 SP2 standalone installer has been released, so you can now install .Net 2.0 SP2 rather than .Net 2.0 SP1.

From Microsoft you want (▼ is a direct link to the executable):
▼ .Net framework 2.0 service pack 2, save it to \RunOnce.
MD5: C64FD1F972822ED84378C7058FEA0744
SHA-1: 22D776D4D204863105A5DB99E8B8888BE23C61A7
▼ NDP20SP2-KB958481-x86.exe (.Net 2.0 SP2 compatibility update) save it to \RunOnce
MD5: CCD59228523CC8720452625FE04EE14A
SHA-1: 04FCDE4B28DD4F6DB7548831D35D1C6BF38E1335


You will no longer need:
RunOnce\NetFx20SP1_x86.exe
RunOnce\NDP20SP1-KB947748-x86.exe

Hopefully by patch Tuesday, Strel will have updated the "Build your own .Net" script and I'll be able to offer a .Net 2.0 SP2 AddOn that should save about 8MB on your install media.

Lastly, a housekeeping note, I'm on vacation from 24 Jan to 2 Feb, so the tracker will be down.