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Solve : Need assistance creating Windows Vista Slipstream?

Answer» <html><body><p>Just recently I had some clients show up with Windows Vista computers and had to perform clean installations from Windows Vista SP0 to fully patched Vista SP2. This took quite a while to perform on these lower end laptops that had Celeron 540 single-core processors. I figured that if I could install clean with a slipstream that I could save a good amount of time on rebuilds of Vista.<br/><br/>I have used nLite before to make Windows XP slipstreams and nLite worked perfect for XP, however to create a Vista slip stream I was directed via google to vLite. I then installed vLite and it complained that I needed to install WAIK for drivers. I downloaded WAIK for Windows XP, Vista, Server 2003 and burned the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/iso-500969" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ISO">ISO</a> to a DVD. Then attempted to install the required driver that vLite requires, but this driver is nowhere to be found on this DVD, or it is hidden under an installer executable that doesnt stand out as being the driver that is needed.<br/><br/>I attempted to first do this through my Windows 7 system, but found out that this can not be <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/done-958312" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DONE">DONE</a>. I saw references to people using Windows XP SP2 with vLite and being able to create a Vista Slipstream, but there was no good step by step guide on how to make it work.<br/><br/>So I fired up my Windows XP Pro SP3 laptop which is a Pentium III 600Mhz with 512MB RAM, which <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/also-373387" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ALSO">ALSO</a> has a DVD/CD-RW drive to be able to burn a CD slipstream if it will fit on 700MB, or I could always move the ISO to a better computer with a DVD Burner to burn a DVD if slipstream is in excess of 700MB, and I installed vLite. I then attempted to install WAIK off of the DVD and I attempted installing features off of the DVD just to see if one of them had this driver bundled with them for creating the virtual environment that vLite needs to function. Even attempted to install the Windows Server 2003 utility to see if that was XP supported but not indicated in the GUI of the menu screen, but it stated that it was for Win server 2003 when I tried to execute it.<br/><br/>Looking deeper online I found many people then running into issues trying to get WAIK to work with vLite and I was hoping I'd find a link to this driver on one of the pages which would make vLite function under Windows XP on this old laptop so I could move forward into making the Vista slip stream for Vista 32 SP2 and Vista 64 SP2 since I have both Discs.<br/><br/>Has anyone here created a Vista Slipstream and if so, how did you make it, what was needed etc?<br/><br/>ThanksPerhaps the WAIK DLoad in <a href="https://www.techrepublic.com/blog/window-on-windows/use-reverse-integration-to-slipstream-windows-vista-sp1-and-sp2/1249"><strong>This Link...</strong></a> will produce better results...Thanks for the very helpful link Patio.... one thing that jumped out at me is this...<br/><br/> Quote</p><blockquote>MSDN and TechNet Plus members can download a pre-integrated ISO image of Windows Vista SP1 and SP2. Just download this file and burn your “slipstreamed” Vista SP2 install disk. </blockquote> <br/><br/>Unfortunately though both memberships are more expensive than I am willing to pay. As for it would take many installs before the return on <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/investment-25469" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about INVESTMENT">INVESTMENT</a> would pay off the membership just to get my hands on the pre-integrated ISOs.<br/><br/>Also this stood out as a surprise to me that I didnt see mentioned elsewhere...<br/><br/> Quote<blockquote>•3+ hours to integrate SP1 and SP2 into Windows Vista x86 and 4+ hours to integrate SP1 and SP2 into Windows Vista x64</blockquote> <br/>I was hoping I'd be able to make one of these in less than 1/2 the time stated. I guess for now I will finish up with their computers vs wasting time with a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/delivery-436896" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DELIVERY">DELIVERY</a> deadline to meet for clean installs. I already have the service packs downloaded and can install them quickly off of a DVD, but a slipstream/pre-integrated ISO would have been faster if fast to make up.  <br/><br/>Will dig into making this pre-integrated ISO of each when I have some spare time to tinker with this.<br/><br/>The biggest clarification though from TechRepublic is that its an involved process, takes a good amount of time to make each one, and I need to install Vista on the system with 2 partitions, 1 for the system to boot off of and the other to be used for the pre-integrated ISO creation!<br/><br/>Also I now know that the Pentium III 600Mhz Laptop with 512MB RAM will not work for making this, so I am going to have to use a different computer to build this from. I guess I will dig my project testing box, a Pentium E5400 out from under my desk where it has sat for 18 months and use this box with 2GB RAM and 160GB HDD to make these ISOs.  Vista System Requirements link <a href="https://support.microsoft.com/kb/919183">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/919183</a></body></html>


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