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Operator Failure! I hate that. I was going directly to Run-->cmd and trying to use imagex from there. When I went to Start-->All Programs-->Windows AIK it offered me a command prompt option and then wrote the appropriate files. I've completed the image and now just have to figure out how to use it with vLite to give me the stripped version of Vista with SP2 that I wanted. Thanks. T

Hi. I'm trying to follow the first integration method (here1). I started the install to a fresh hard drive. I downloaded and installed WAIK on another Vista installation. (I wasn't asking for nor recommending downloading individual components of WAIK) but got stuck on: imagex /compress maximum /flags "HomePremium" /capture f: c:\install.wim "Windows Vista Home Premium" f: is the new drive with the install.wim I'm trying to copy. imagex is not recognizedd as an internal or external command. I have a Windows AIK folder but using search I can't find an imagex or ImageX or whatever. I went through explorer and attempted to find it that way but no luck. I've been googling but no one else seems to reference this problem. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Tom

Hi. I've read that thread. I'm trying to follow the first integration method. I started the install to a fresh hard drive. I downloaded and installed WAIK on another Vista installation. (I wasn't asking for nor recommending downloading individual components of WAIK) but got stuck on: imagex /compress maximum /flags "HomePremium" /capture f: c:\install.wim "Windows Vista Home Premium" f: is the new drive with the install.wim I'm trying to copy. imagex is not recognizedd as an internal or external command. I have a Windows AIK folder but using search I can't find an imagex or ImageX or whatever. I went through explorer and attempted to find it that way but no luck. I've been googling but noone else seems to reference this problem. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Tom

Greetings, I want a minimal install of Vista Home Premium 64 bit. My disk has SP1 and I've downloaded SP2. I understand slipstreaming is not supported. But when I tried to install SP2 it failed. I went to the site and it said you can't install on vLite as necessary components have been removed. I tried using Windows Update on this system and it downloaded 3 updates but went into an endless loop of trying to install them. Indeed, I want to remove Windows Live Messenger, Meeting space, Tablet PC, Win Media Player, modem support, Windows defender and many other things I don't need. But does this mean I can't load SP2? This is a gaming machine. I want to play games on it. I have linux for work. What is the best method to strip Vista down to the fastest kernel? Is any reduction via vLite dooming SP2 install to failure? How do I add SP2? Thanks, t