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Windows 10 has been out for a while now but it’s still nowhere near being the most used Windows operating system. That distinction falls to Windows 7 which was released back in 2009. For many Windows 7 users, there is simply because the operating system is stable and does everything they want. As the Windows 10 free upgrade offer ended in 2016, it’s probably the case that many current Windows 7 users will use it until support runs out in 2020 or they purchase a new computer.Despite its popularity, the last was released way back in 2011.

If you install Windows from one of those discs, there are dozens of patches and hotfixes found when you check for updates. Rather belatedly, Microsoft tried to reduce this problem by releasing the Convenience Rollup update in April 2016 which includes 123 patches.

But even that is not enough and it still leaves the system requiring well over fifty more patches to get fully up to date.Instead of getting everything through Windows update, a quicker way is such as a USB flash drive or hard drive. This is faster but still takes time.

A better option is to integrate all the updates into the Windows media so they are installed as part of the original operating system. To do this, Vista has its own version called which doesn’t work too well with Windows 7 Service Pack 1.Here we’ll show you how to integrate the Convenience Rollup Update and all the other required Windows 7 updates into a Windows 7 install disc.

That includes Internet Explorer 11 and newer.NET Framework versions. This means minimal updates are required from the start and Windows doesn’t become bloated with hundreds of separate updates before you even start to use it. The process is quite easy once you’ve gone through it once or twice. Downloading the Required Windows 7 UpdatesThe first thing you need is obviously a copy of all the Windows updates to integrate into the install media. For this purpose, we are using the Windows Updates Downloader (WUD) tool. Sadly the WUD Windows update lists have not been touched since 2015 and the project appears to be pretty much abandoned. However, with a custom third party update list it’s still one of the easiest programs to use for downloading updates and hotfixes from Microsoft.1.

(version 2.50) and install the program.2. Download the following update list to match your 32-bit or 64-bit Windows 7 install media. The below update lists have been created by Raymond.cc and include required patches and hotfixes from Microsoft to the stated date.(updated August 26th 2019)(updated August 26th 2019)Note that KB4493132 might be offered for download during an update check.

This is the Windows 7 end of support popup nag which is not required. Just ignore or hide the update.These lists do not contain all available Microsoft patches but those that will bring a standard system up to date in accordance with Windows Update. One exception is the definitions for Windows Defender which are updated daily. Double click the downloaded.ULZ file to import the list to the WUD program.Note: If you don’t get a popup saying the ULZ file has been imported, for some reason your system has not been correctly configured to recognize the.ULZ filetype.

The.ULZ is actually a renamed ZIP file containing a.UL file which is an XML file. To manually import the update list, extract the.ULZ file with and copy the.UL file to the following location:C:UsersusernameAppDataLocalSupremus CorporationWindows Updates DownloaderWhen WUD is run the list should now be present in the drop down.3. Open the WUD program, click Change to choose the download folder for the updates and make sure the Update List in the drop down is for Windows 7 SP1 x86 or x64. To get your Windows 7 up to date with patches and hotfixes download everything in all sections apart from Optional Software. Click Check all and uncheck Optional Updates if you don’t want anything from that section. The total download is around 1.6GB for 64-bit and 1GB for 32-bit.Optional Software contains the Malicious Software Removal Tool and the latest.NET Framework with hotfixes. Expand the section to check what you want.

They are not essential but fulfill the requirement inside Windows Update. Silverlight, Virtual PC and WMF 5.1 are entirely optional and will not be required by most people. Click Download when you’ve selected the required files.The list is split into a few categories so you can choose not to install patches containing telemetry or Remote Desktop etc. They can be manually hidden from inside Windows Update after checking for updates. If you want to install the 2016 Convenience Rollup update and just security patches, you can simply choose the required sections.Alternative Update Downloader: There is also another program that you can use for downloading updates called.

It is recommended by the author of the NTLite tool we are using below because of the lack of official updates for Windows Updates Downloader. Obviously, our newer update lists help to avoid that issue.Windows Hotfix Downloader is a nice tool that is kept updated but it downloads over six times the amount of updates you actually need.

This increases the download times and the time it takes to integrate the updates, most of which are not needed. If you use this program, a lot of detective work is required to find out which updates you need and which you don’t. Integrate The Updates Into The Windows 7 MediaNow you have the updates ready, they can be integrated into the media.

The developer of nLite and vLite has another tool called NTLite that does a similar thing but works on windows 7, 8.1 and 10. NTLite has a shareware version so not all options are available in the free version, but the needed integration functions can be used.1. First and foremost you need a Windows 7 Service Pack 1 DVD or ISO image to hand. If you don’t have one you can which can be burned to DVD or written to USB later.2. Copy the contents of the DVD to a folder on your hard drive. An ISO can be extracted with an or and then everything copied to a folder.3. And install it (a portable mode is available during install).

On the first launch select the free license and press OK4. In the NTLite window click the Add button and browse to the folder you extracted/copied in step 2, click Select Folder. Windows 7 will then show in the Source list.5.

Select the operating system in the list you want to integrate the updates into and press Load. The program will extract the Install.WIM to the NTLite Temp folder. The operating system will show as Loaded with a green icon and a number of options will be available down the left side of the window.

Click Updates in the Integrate section.6. Click the arrow below the Add button and choose Folders and subfolders found packages, then browse to the folder you saved the downloaded updates to earlier and click Select Folder. After a few seconds, the list will be populated with all the updates to integrate. If you also downloaded some optional software an “Unreadable or unsupported file” error will pop up, just ignore it.Alternatively, you can drag and drop individual folders onto the window or select them via the Add button. Don’t add the Optional software folder to avoid being shown the error.

No matter how you add the updates, NTLite is smart enough to reorganize everything into the correct order for integration.Note that if a couple of updates (KB3125574 and the current security rollup near the bottom) show in red, ignore it. This appears to be a small issue with NTLite as it asks for Service Pack 1 to be in the update list even though it’s already present on the install DVD (assuming you have an SP1 DVD/ISO).If you don’t want to install the optional software of the Malicious Software Removal Tool,.NET Framework and Virtual XP etc, you can now begin the task of starting the integration process. If you do want to add them, go to the section on page 2 about adding optional extras. Then return here and continue with step 7. You can also integrate the updates first and add the extras later.7.

Click the Apply button, check the Create ISO box and choose the save location and file name for the ISO image file. Press the green Process button and wait for the integration to finish.How long the whole thing takes depends a great deal on the speed of your system’s drives. A fast system with an SSD could finish in under an hour, a low spec desktop or laptop will take several hours longer.Tip: The whole integration process can be sped up massively by using an SSD or even if you have 16GB+ of memory. NTLite defaults to the Windows Temp folder to store its files which is usually on the C drive. If not already, it would be a good idea to go to File Settings and change the “Temporary directory” and especially the “Scratch directory” to a folder on an SSD or RAM disk. Put these folders on the fastest drive your system has with at least 10GB of free space.8. Once completed, you will have an ISO image which can then be, or loaded into virtual machine software such as for testing.With a check of Windows Update, you can see we only have a few updates left, Some of them can be removed by adding optional updates like.NET and the MSRT. That would leave us with only Windows Defender definitions.

Do be aware that you still might have hardware drivers and any other updates which are region or language specific to download, but the vast majority are now already installed.Read how to add the optional updates, how to update all Windows 7 editions in the image, hiding updates and fitting the media onto DVD on page 2. Can I merge your ULZ updates with my “factory image” files?My system crashed during “critical update” installation and is now “un-bootable”. I have tried restoring but that always fails. Via the “restore” process I tried to backup my data and that also failed.

Fortunately I have a recent backup from a ClickFree drive so I should be OK with data.My only option to get the system back at this point is a new OS installation.My HP came with MS office and a few other software pieces pre-installed. If I use the “factory image restore” I believe I get all the pre-installed software that came on the system (I’m running “restore factory image” right now to verify).It sure would be nice to be able to use your latest ULZ rather than MS 2016 update rollup which I’m sure is gonna have lots and lots of additional updates that need to be done.Is there a way to do that? Use your ULZ rather than the MS 2016 rollup? I created a Win7 Home Premium ISO including your ULZ MS 2016 rollup. Installed via USB boot, did a reformat of the primary partition via the Windows setup screen.Windows installed with no problem.

PC rebooted then I believe it said “completing updates” which took a bit of time. It rebooted again, asked for User name, language, etc. And also my Product Key which I provided. But now it has just been sitting on “finalizing settings” for over an hour. Have you heard of this problem before and is there a fix? I saw you just updated the lists. This machine has been a real pain.

Tried the factory restore and manual updates of a “short” list of critical and mandatory updates. Takes FOREVER. So this morning I tried my ISO file again with your previous list (June I think). Same one I tried before. Windows installs fine but machine still hangs on “finalizing settings”.

Been well over an hour now.One other problem I ran into. When doing the install from USB, the first time machine reboots, I have to remove the USB or it wants to start the Windows Install all over again. How do you set your Boot Order when testing? I’m starting with a previous installed Windows on the Primary partition, so I can’t have the hard drive before the USB in boot sequence or it just boots to existing install rather doing new one.Thanks for all your help. The last set of update lists was from January so the latest one is 7 months newer.;)Open up your ISO and look in Sources $OEM$ $$ Setup updates (if that path is available).

You will likely have a few updates in there. Get some ISO editing software and rename or delete those files (and anything else in there) as they will be the ones installing during the finalizing settings phase. Then try again.I don’t usually test with USB because Windows 7 has never been great when installing from USB, especially with USB3. Doesn’t your computer have a boot selection menu? Well I’m going backwardlol After throwing my arms up in frustration with the “factory reset” and the seemingly endless windows updates I decided to just make a new ISO file with your Aug.ULZ. Started fresh, did all the same things I did the last time (which successfully booted and installed from USB).

Reformatted and burned ISO to USB using Windows USB/DVD Download Tool. Used POST options to boot from USB rather than making USB 1st in bios boot order. System booted from USB and started new install. Got to 2nd step of “expanding files” and had fatal error, file missing or corrupt. I’m reformatting the USB stick now and will try writing the ISO file to it one more time and give that a try just in case something did get corrupted during the write.You say you don’t test with USB, so I guess you are installing from an SSD since the ISO won’t fit on a DVD???I have been hesitant to wipe this drive of all partitions since the only way I’ve gotten the system back online so far has been using the “factory reset” partition on the disk.Your method is really slick and I’m sure it’s the way to go once if I can only get it to work.

Yeah, I just resolved the DVD-DL issue. The laptop I’m working on has no indicators of what DVD drive it has. I finally downloaded a Nero program to find out it was indeed Dual Layer.But the main problem with your solution at this point is finding a vanilla ISO file. None of the links you provide have a file available for download anymore. MS is no good because the system they require a RETAIL product key and won’t accept an OEM product key. I searched high and low until I found a Win7 Ultimate file which I am just in the process of finishing the ISO burn after doing the updates. Guess we will soon see if this one works.If you have valid Win7 ISO source files and could make them available thru your tutuorial, that would make this process a whole lot easier.Hopefully, this latest Ultimate source file does the trick.

I’ll know soon, the ISO disc just finished burning:-). This was a HUGE step up in efficiency, THANK YOU!

It’s been a lot of fun so far rebuilding my PC’s with only what they need, I think my current storage utilization is about 25% of the nearly 64 GB they were with years of patching and use.Given “End of Support” for Microsoft is only a few months away, do you think you’ll have time to update the package lists again before Microsoft takes down their Windows 7 files? It would also be wonderful if you could recommend a list of the packages and services that really just provide Microsoft monitoring and reporting and do little or nothing for the individual user.

At End of Support, these are likely to add needless baggage, possibly even cause issues. It’s difficult to know how they will behave, individually or as a group, once all listeners and gatherers are shut down.Thank you again, really appreciate the work-D. I don’t understand, it sat there for over 30 minutes going through the list of updates saying “integrating” with a process bar on each one. I’ll have to check it again when I get home from work, since I did all this on my home machine which is world’s faster than this one at the office that I’m trying to wipe and reinstall. It may not be worth my time at this point to try to start over. I’ll probably just let the machine sit there and download updates the old fashioned way. Thanks anyway for all your help!

We are talking about a 64-bit ISO which starts at 3.1 GB so I’m not sure why you are bringing in 32-bit which is obviously 700 MB smaller as standard.Secondly, I have no way of knowing what customization someone has done to the image, if any, so can only go by the default sizes. Win 7 64-bit and all the integrated updates put the image size over 4GB.As the previous user said his integration added only 250MB to the overall size of a standard image and didn’t say he made any other modifications, I can only assume something has gone wrong with it. So I just tried this and had all the Win7 Pro updates downloaded, copied a Win7 DVD contents, got everything integrated and the ISO file created. Made a bootable USB drive from the ISO. Stuck the USB drive in the “patient” machine to be wiped and reloaded, and it appears to have installed nothing but Win7 SP1! There are no updates or KB’s installed at all! So now I still have to go through the arduous HOURS-long process of getting that machine updated!What did I do wrong?

Windows went through the setup procedures as usual, and then when rebooting I pulled the USB drive out so that it wouldn’t try to boot from USB again. Was that wrong? Did I need to leave the USB drive installed?And on top of that, when trying to load drivers I get “Procedure entry point AddDllDirectory could not be found” errors. Great guide.I did something simular in the past, but is was command line intensive,this is much better.Kaspersky was detecting Ntlite.exe as a trojan when you “load” the folder with windows 7 files.

Automatically deletetes the exe.strangely, when i scan the exe prior to running the program its not detected, nor is it detected on virus total site (2 think its suspicious).I believe its a false positive based on how it is behaving in the memory.still wish it wasnt the case, doesnt feel good building windows with something detected as a virus. Yes, it’s sad these days that a program which is legitimate gets flagged as malicious simply because it is doing something that could be, might be, or might have been classed as potentially malicious. Not it is doing something malicious, but it could be, so is classified as such.In my opinion, this is sloppy by the security software and creates unnecessary doubt and insecurity on the part of the user when there doesn’t have to be any.It’s a bit like everyone who owns a car being branded a criminal because they “could” commit a crime with it!!

Fantastic HowTo, just up to date as i searched for. Thank you:-)What about THE LANGUAGE of the update files? Doesn’t matter? As i can see in the updatelist, the language is set to ENU. Will a change to my language force the download of updates in my language? Will it work properly?Otherwise i may use an “updatepack” in my language instead, which is offered by an IT-website here (belonging to Microsoft).

It’s also dated January 2019. Unpacking their.exe Installation file, there’s around 1,5GB of updates, so 50% more than this. May i simply integrate ALL? Or will it integrate automatically just the “needed” ones? Do i have to put them in categorys, just as yours?Lil confused on how to get it right;-)Thnaks for any help. Excellent guide, thank you. However, the iso file comes now to over 4.8GB, making it too large for a regular DVD, and install.wim is 4.43GB (which is too much for FAT32).The solution is to split install.wim in two, and replace it with install.swm and install2.swm.

This can be done using imagex.exe, available from the Windows AIK:Steps:1. Download WAIK and mount/open the iso file.2. In Neutral.cab, you will find F1imagex, F2imagex and F3imagex. They are the x86, IA64 and x64 versions, respectively. Extract the appropriate one (most likely f3imagex) and rename it to imagex.exe.3. Use imagex to split install.wim into install.swm and install2.swm (with appropriate paths to files)imagex /split install.wim install.swm 3800(the number indicates the maximum size)4.

Replace sourcesinstall.wim with the swm files in the Win7 iso or the FAT32 partition.Notes:1. You can also use the Win10 version of Dism.exe (if available) to split the images:Dism /Split-Image /ImageFile:install.wim /SWMFile:install.swm /FileSize:38002. Apparently, when installing from DVD, you can just put install.swm in the sources folder and Windows Setup will ask you for install2.swm (which can be put on a second DVD). Have not tried this myself, though. MSRT downloads fine for me on both x86 and x64 versions, may have been a temporary glitch.A more obvious glitch with.NET, the URL has changed/been removed for some reason as other sites have the same URL we do.

Windows server 2012 r2 editions. I’ll update that ASAP.If you hover over the link in WUD it tells you what to do for WMF, extract the Zip and add the.msu to the optional software section AFTER.NET. To be honest, I might remove WMF from the list as it’s quite problematic.Windows Hotfix Downloader is good but its Windows 7 list for x64 is currently 552 updates.

Our update lists show you don’t need anywhere near that to get Windows up to date. So you either have to download and integrate 500+ updates (most of which aren’t required) or know exactly what you need and go through the whole WHD update list manually. Thanks for the reply. So I add the.MSU from the WMF.ZIP into the ‘Post-Setup’ section (after.NET) of NTLite instead of the ‘Updates’ section where all the rest of the.MSUs go? Also, what about the.PS1?

If you remove it you remove it, though.Thanks for clarifying some things. No matter what I do, I can’t seem to get WUD to DL MSRT, but by just clicking on the hyperlink I was able to find where to manually DL it directly from MS & can slipstream it successfully. One other question I have is why did you remove XP Mode?

I’d be fine with its omission if I could configure it for an unattended/silent installation via NTLite myself, but none of the command switches work on the.EXE for it. Hi, I created an AIO Windows 7 using the WinAIO Maker Professional.I started to work on 32 bit version. When I started to load for the 64 bit version, I got an error message. I just ignored it coz I think it is because I’m using 2 Versions x86 & x64. Now I have a question about boot.wim1.Microsoft Windows PE (x86) and boot.wim2.Microsoft Windows Setup (x86). Under “Image process queue Integrate – Updates”. There’s nothing for the 64 bit version, Why?

And should I select Those 2 to integrate updates? The (Wim.boot. PE x86 and the boot.wimsetup x86) or not?

A question – with your wonderful guide, I tackled NTLite and created an iso for a Windows 7 Pro 64-bit install. It worked like a charm, the iso sits there and looks fine so far, there is just one little problem:On the last task page in NTLIte, the “Optimize image file structure (Export WIM)” task still stands at 50% and the icon in front of it is still bue. Everything else is green, including “Create iso”. The status bar announces that the iso image is completed. Filesize of the iso is 4113.1 mb.The program has finished, nothing’s running anymore, as far as I can tell, NTLite thinks it’s done its job and the iso is good to go.Is it completed, ready to use, or is there something missing?

NTLite didn’t give an error or anything. As this is my first time using the program, I have no idea if I can ignore that 50% thing or not.Thanks a lot. Superbly helpful instructions, thank you!

I’ve just integrated the updates from your (32bit ULZ 5th Aug ’17) linked file above, into my NTLite “Win7 Ultimate SP1” Image, and it’s reported the following issues:“Package is not applicable to this image. KB2841134 Internet Explorer 11”.Also “Error 0x800706be ‘1726 The remote procedure call failed.’ KB4025341”Looking into the latter, 4025341, it’s at least partly associated with I.E 11, & I’ve already discovered that NTLite is smart enough to reject updates to things I haven’t included in the optional extras, so I understand why it’s failing on that one, but do you have any idea why it rejected the Internet Explorer 11 KB2841134 one?If I’m left with installing afterwards, do you know, is it better to uninstall the included older version first or not? – a battle between C drive file fragmentation vs leaving cluttery old files, I guess.This issue isn’t the end of the world, your work here solving 99% of my problems with the older OS update-soup that Microsoft have bestowed upon us again (XP taught them nothing?) is sooo verrry muuuch appreciated, thank you!!!:)p.s.

While I’m here, I notice your downloads list has.NET 4.62 instead of version 4.7, which was released way before you compiled your list, is there any reason for this? Windows has this problem where even though an update is included in one of the larger update packs like the convenience rollup, it still says the update is missing. Therefore, some updates are added again to satisfy Windows update. I will recheck the ISO and see if this is the case with your errors.When we started this updated list.NET 4.6 was the current version. I haven’t got around to updating it to 4.7.

You can just ignore 4.6.2 if you want and download the latest version for now. Then install when Windows has finished installing.NET is installed on its own after Windows anyway so it makes no difference. I think one should totally give up the windows updation idea after component removal(s) as more & more cumulative updates are waiting for you! Multisessions approach can make the iso problematic.

Still wanna go with components removal! Integrate all the updates, make installation, make all the system specific and leftover windows updates & finally, make a stable system and its image. Then experiment with components through ”Live Install ” feature of NTLite. Thanks & Regards. I downloaded the newest 64 bit Windows 7 Enterprise ISO, and extracted the contents to a folder on my C: drive. I followed your instructions, installed WUD, downloaded all the updates to a folder, and installed NTLite 1.3.1.5060 64 bit. When I ran NTLite and chose my directory it found the Enterprise OS, no problem.

BUT, when I attempt to load it, I get the following error:Aborted – Image mountC:Win7SP1ISOenwindows7enterprisex64dvdSourcesinstall.wim18 There are no more files.No clue what the problem or the solution to this issue is, appreciate any and all help you can offer. I have limited access at the moment, and if you could respond to my private email it would be helpful.Thanks. Adding updates during install is safe as long as you integrate the right updates in the right order. NTLite is good at handling update order. It’s quite easy for somebody with a little bit of experience, as the guide shows. It’s VERY useful as it doesn’t bloat your system with hundreds of separate updates and saves hours of installing.

If you only ever plan to use the disc once though, the saving hours of update installs is offset by the amount of time it takes to integrate the updates in the first place.2. I’ve never tried it personally, but NTLite should be just as good at adding drivers, as long as you have the right drivers. Sir, Thanks for the response but i already understood / agreed with the purpose! Sorry for confusing but actually i was asking all about the option that is presented by MicroSoft/OS in the middle of OS installation process i.e. “”help make the installation” i.e.

Leaving computer connected to internet through all the installation process (and PERHAPS helping it with Windows Updates!!?? ) i want to ask whether allowing that is safe/useful/easy? And that too when you use this type of integrated disc which also include post-setup components? Thanks & Regards. I see, sorry to have misunderstood you. I don’t recall where it says “help make the installation” during install, are you performing an upgrade or a clean install?Using a standard Windows 7 ISO/DVD to clean install Windows, it doesn’t connect to the internet until the install has virtually finished, so anything after that would just go through Windows Update. Going online and getting updates during an upgrade is again using Windows update anyway, so no real benefit.

Either way, it’s just using Windows update so offers no real advantage, integrate is still the cleanest way. @ RAY: Sir, thanks for the response, perhaps you are right, it has been quite a while since i made a clean install, again sorry to confuse, but i think i will be back here soon! I plan to go with integrated iso. Can you please answer whether going for windows updates after complete process and without any antivirus on the os is recommended/safe/useful?

Some recommend! What u say?@ others: 1. After some initial problems/ adjustments, it was successful to go with portable WUD as told here:2. If one doesn’t go for ”Optional Updates” folder & goes for IE 11, NTLite asks for KB2670838 as prerequisite for IE 11.3. Wanna add drivers with NTLite: win-raid.com/t750f25-Guide-Integration-of-drivers-into-a-Win-image.html,regards & thanks.

In your info on “Windows Hotfix Downloader” you indicate“Windows Hotfix Downloader is a nice tool that is kept updated but it downloads over six times the amount of updates you actually need. This increases the download times and the time it takes to integrate the updates, most of which are not needed. If you use this program, a lot of detective work is required to find out which updates you need and which you don’t.”Would you kindly explain further why we would not want all the updates available?Thank you.

Hello, I am curious if it is possible to get windows update, up to date and download all the current updates through windows update, Find the folder where they are stored, Remove the ones I don’t want and run it through NTLite to create a updated installif not could I download the latest convenience rollup update and dissect or unpack itselectively remove certain updates or patches and repack it or leave it unpacked and run it through NTLite.I have a basic understanding excuse my ignorance if my questions seem outlandish. I am using win7 Sp1 Thanks. “Even though you might have all the hotfixes, security patches and Internet Explorer 11 integrated, there are still other components offered by Windows Update such as.NET Framework 4.5 and the Malicious Software Removal Tool. As these are executable installers instead of Microsoft Update (MSU) files they can’t be integrated but are installed silently on first logon of the newly installed operating system.

Here’s how to add them.”Considering the above, it appears there is no mention of how IE11 is to be processed as that is also an exe not an msu. Same goes for the Windows Update Agent.Both of these are in Optional Updates.Do they need similar processing as is carried out for.NET Framework 4.5.2 Updates?

Your article was the first time I attempted slipstream updates into anything or make custom installs and I have since learned some really advanced forms of customization. I now have an updated copy of every OS on USB3 with native support for the most recent RAID, AHCI, USB3, and NVMe hardware that installs in as little as 4 minutes a computer. While this may not be that impressive of an achievement for some it’s allowed me to save hundreds of hours and allowed my tech department to reallocate our resources into other projects. Thank you for your articles! It all seems way to complicated for me. First off, what a Windows ISO is, and what’s it’s real purpose; is not clearly defined.

Next, it states “Copy the contents of the DVD to a folder on your hard drive, an ISO can be extracted with an archiver such as 7-Zip or mounted as a virtual drive and then everything copied to a folder.” Which folder. What 7-Zip, what mounting, what virtual drive and again, what folder???A simple step-by-step instruction without assuming everyone is a computer genius would have been preferred. If I have to look up a dozen things to use a program, then I just don’t bother with it. Instead of being time savers, usually, they are time wasters.If there is a better way of downloading an OS on you PC, why does Microsoft not offer it, use it, or even tell you about it? If you don’t understand what you’re reading, instead of blaming the author for writing a “complicated” article, you should just move along. No one is going to hold your hand and baby you through this process.

I understand that there are readers out there with different levels of experience, and that you may be a novice. I was once a novice, and that’s OK. But blaming the author instead of reading and learning isn’t going to get you anywhere.

It’s a different story if you attempted this process, ran into problems, and asked for help. Your reply was not only unhelpful, but more importantly it shows your ignorance and laziness. Please do not trash talk other people’s hard work if you simply do not understand it. I personally found this guide incredibly helpful and time saving.

Next time before posting useless comments, maybe you should think twice before publicly embarrassing yourself.Anyway, since you read this article, I’m guessing that you probably want to reinstall your OS, but judging from your lack of knowledge, you should probably avoid touching your computer and leave it to someone who is more experienced. I fee like I’m missing something here after Step 4:A) I opened the Windows 7 Ultimate x64.ISO image in 7Zip and extracted it all to a folder.B) I installed nLite v1.4.9.3 from their website then ran it, and clicked the “Next” button (only option other than to choose a language option), and was presented with a “Locating the Windows Installation” prompt,C) A path field and browse button provides a facility to select a directory for an existing install base.D) Navigating to the root of the folder where the extracted ISO files were deposited was not successful. Browsing further into “Sources” folder, where the “Boot.WIM” and “Install.WIM” files with the main content reside, or other folders (‘i386’, ) were also for naught.

NLite will not allow me to proceed – stating“Make sure the selected folder or drive contains the ‘i386’ or ‘AMD64’ directory ”Is this an atypical DVD image? It did come directly from Microsoft TechNet.Does step 4 assume that the WIM image itself would be mounted with Read/Write access first (which may require ImageX from the WAIK)?If anyone knows the correct workflow I’d appreciate the guidance. Many thanks to Raymond.CC for the help so far.-D. Worked brilliantly for me.Even without a SSD or RAM Drive for NTLite the whole process tool less time than a normal install followed by Windows Update. Added bonus; no need to cope with Windows Update Errors.Plus I now have install media that can be used on any machine.Next project is to integrate USB3 drivers to speed up the install process even more.I believe that NTLite will do that if it is paid for, but I suspect there will be a manual method that would work.Any suggestions would be appreciated. One thing I would like to add is to configure NTLite to set Windows Update to “Never Check” during this process. I’ve been doing this stuff for years, decades and noticed after packing all these updates, windows update will still take close to 1.5 hours to do the initial update check.

It has to crunch numbers checking KB signatures from the bottom up and there is no way to pre-cache this step. If you leave the windows update setting to default then it will try to do the initial check on first login as soon as you get your lan drivers/connection established.

Your machine will seem slow for a looooong time due to windows update running in the background.As of 4/10/16 a fresh updated image PXE deployed(WDS) on a Core 2 Duo with 4GB ram took about 2 hours for the initial check resulting in 76ish updates. Took another 2 hours to download and process. Those.NET patches are compiled on the fly so they take a long time. The only way around this is to take a test machine and do a fresh install. Put it into audit mode(Ctrl+Shift+F3).

Apply patches, updates, and base software. Sysprep, image, and pack it into an ISOHave fun everyone! Last couple of days I have been working on the same issue with Windows Update. Too many things I tried to recite them, but one thing did work, so maybe it’s what matters most.Downloaded Windows 10 ISO, burned the DVD and started the upgrade. Made sure to let it check for updates when it asked. When I did this, I also also started Windows Update from Control Panel and asked it to check for updates as well. Then I went to bed as it was about 1am already.Got up pretty early and came down to the computer.

Found the the install had reached it’s next screen, so it obviously found what it needed. Moved the window to the side and seen the Windows Update found 242 updates as well. Didn’t mention it, but this was a new install of my Windows 7 Ultimate, so these were the first set of updates.

I did the new install only because I was not able to get updates working in the old install.So now I have fully updated my new Windows 7 and will have a bunch of apps to install, but first I did a full backup of this current install. Now, if I can only get Windows Repair Disc to work Oh boy, it never ends. Hi,Great tutorial, just created a fully updated self installing AIO for win7, also made 8.1 which works well. I’ve been meaning to use this guide/tutorial for the migration from WinXp to Win7 I commented on elsewhere: I do have Win7 (original, pre-SP1) install disks, but thought it would be easier to install from a slipstreamed one — but now I ran into a “catch-22”: You said: “the good news is the same developer as vLite has created a new tool called NTLite that does similar but works on windows 7, Windows 8/8.1 and even Windows 10. First and foremost you need a Windows 7 Service Pack 1 DVD or ISO image to hand. Copy the contents of the DVD/ISO to a folder.

Download NTLite Free and install it. Launch it and click the Add button and browse to the folder from step 2”, but NTLite doesn’t run on WinXP! So, to get a slipstreamed & updated install disk for Win7, I need to already have Win7 installed?!? Nice article!If I may I have and use what I believe is a faster solution to setting up a new pc, updates, 3rd party apps and allIn a nutshell:1)Setup,update,install etc so the machine is as you want it.

Do not activate the OS2)Uninstall all entries under Device Manager’IDE ATA/ATPI Controllers’. Do not let it reboot if it asks to do so.3)StartRunsysprepEnter.4)Double click sysprep.exe5)Select ‘OOBE’ option,tick generalize, select Shutdown, click OK.6)Once shut down, clone this to another drive (I have multiple OS’s ready on 1 spare disk in a machine which acts as the ‘source disk’ or rather, ‘source partition’ when cloning.

I boot these every 2 weeks to update them, then run steps 2-5 again steps 2-5 can be made into a batch file).7)Boot off the ‘Destination’ drive, update Win / drivers and enjoy.8)Don’t forget to activate your Win & Office with legal keys you own.Once you have this under your belt, you can get a new PC ready far less time. Personally I have a new PC ready with client data,apps etc in 3-4hours MAX, so I can offer 24hour turn around on new systems. I forgot to mention that when I 1st setup the ‘master’ OS to clone, I use ninite.com’s facility. I also use this to update clients apps (the supported ones anyway) automatically, by scripting the file to run every 2 weeks.Wsus Offline might be of interest to some of you, used to use it a LOT and for 2years, before putting the above solution together for myself.BTW W10 has a local, cut down version of Windows Services Update Service. Run a W10 VM and of you need to update a clients W10, then the client PC will pull these from the VM.

IMHO this should have been introduced in Vista already. Hi, did it both ways with additional programs in post-setup, and the last time now without extra programs in post-setup, it’s been running since noon, i woke up at 4:30pm and it’s still running! At this rate I should have just installed Windows 7 Home premium like normal, and let it gather updates itself in 24 hours. Question; Why not just put the updates into the extracted ISO folder location: YOURFOLDERNAMEsources$OEM$$$SetupUpdates?Where the original updates are located during installation process, then just recompile the ISO again. After doing WUD, I just merged the updates for WIndows 7 into one folder, while putting the installer updates into another folder, adding those to post-setup.

For some reason though after merging updates (non-installers) and ones downloaded from your WUD List, it overwrote some that were downloaded from WUD. So apparently WUD and your list grab same named updates, just put into their respective folders? But this shouldn’t be taking 4 hours regardless.Been easier to just put updates on target computer, slap a batch file script to run into each folder, letting it install the updates via batch file. I’m ready to use NTLite but I’d like to dump a few of the Windows updates.

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I assume I can just delete them from the Windows Updates Downloader folder?One other point: When the updates are downloaded and installed in the normal way, ie, via Microsoft’s website, the process is done in a series of stages, as you’ll know. There’ll be say, 20 updates then it’ll reboot, then you go back for another 5, reboot and another 30 and so on until you finish.This all-in-one integrated method will install them all together, won’t it?

Does that work OK? I’ve had the impression when doing updates manually that it’s not until you load certain updates that you become ‘eligible’ or ‘qualified’ for the next batch. Great discussion and a good tool to do the integration (although, as you mentioned, it is pretty slow – but given that running windows update on a bare-install takes days (yes, days), a couple of hours is acceptable!)A note however: the Optional Updates.ulz file cannot be used with the current version of WUD (Ver. 2.5 Build 1002). It appears to me that they have encrypted the.ulz files from MS but yours is an xml file. Since the number of optional updates was small, I just force-downloaded them using your url references putting them in the subfolders identified by your categories.

I am new to this. I tried creating an integrated version of Windows 7 ultimate using the software and techniques outlined in this post for the fun of it. It all went well, and I burned the generated ISO into a DVD and with it installed Windows on a test PC. But afterwards when I searched for updates, it informed me that there were more than 50 updates that were not installed. I have two questions: The first one is, how can I be sure that all required updates are included in the slipstream?

My second question is, how can I create my own ULZ file to integrate all the missed updates? Creation of the installation went just fine, and the installation boots just fine.I am trying to use my customized Windows 7 installation (Dell OEM) on a Dell Optiplex 990, and the installation is on a WD My Passport Ultra 1TB drive that supports USB 3.0. The Optiplex does not have any USB 3.0 ports, so it’s plugged into a USB 2.0 port.Problem is when the Windows Installer gets to the part where you choose what disk to install onto, it says it is missing drivers and then it won’t install onto the 320 GB WD HDD in the Optiplex.I’ve tried plugging the USB drive into different ports; and I’ve tried using a 2.0 cable (which seems to make the USB disk non-bootable), and I’ve tried pointing the driver-browse-dialogue to an actual Installation DVD, but all to no avail.Is there a trick I am missing? I could always use a DVD, but I want to make my USB 3.0 Drive do the trick for me.

Thank you very much!One problem I encountered was with IE11. Windows Update Downloader automatically downloaded the.exe version of IE11 which NTlite did not integrate. The.cab files can be downloaded here and integrated:download.microsoft.com/download/8/F/8/8F889503-72DF-4CB0-A34F-82C56C53FF2F/Windows6.1-KB2841134-x64.cabdownload.microsoft.com/download/8/F/8/8F889503-72DF-4CB0-A34F-82C56C53FF2F/Windows6.1-KB2841134-x86.cabAfter I fixed that and manually downloaded all the newer update, I found the integrated installation ISO is 93MB too big for a standard DVD disc. Any suggestions on how to reduce the ISO’s size?

Interestingly, the integrated install.wim is 300MB larger than the sum of the original install.wim and all the updates. Thanks a lot for your guide!Could you be so pleased, and clear for me something?1) Where should be the “Extra” updates from step 4b stored? In the same folder as the regular updates or in another folder?2) During the integration process from step no.6, are these “Extras” integrated too?3) Are the “Extra’s” ordered automatically in proper way) or they are not?4) Or should I add them manually (as described in step 1+2+3 on your second guide page)??5) If so in which order? (you are describing only the order of Net framework, but no the others.)Thanks a lot!

Thanks for this article, I’m hoping it’s going to speed our workshop builds up a great deal.I have started the process of creating a multi-version, update integrated CD.When I integrate the first image, and then unload it and move on to the next – it only shows a handful of updates on the update integration tab.If I then browse to the update folder again (which is already listed!) then it shows the full list again. Then integrating all these 200+ updates again takes a long time.I have just one question – are the handful of updates mentioned above the only ones that are different between Windows 7 versions, and thus no need to reintegrate 200 + updates for 4 versions?Regards,Conrad. Hi, this tutorial has proved to be extremely useful to me, I have even updated my windows 7 install USB stick periodically to include the latest batch of updates. I was wondering if you knew, or could point me in the right direction to what windows 8.1 updates need to be downloaded to make an up to date 8.1 USB stick?

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I see quite a few packs, and wasn’t sure whether they all have to be added, or just certain ones if they replaced other packs and/or updates. Thank you so much for this invaluable tutorial. I tried unsuccessfully to download the ISO for my Windows 7 Home Premium.

I could not — I was told after 30 minutes on the phone with MS — because my retail disks were upgrade disks, not full retail disks.This leads me to my principal question: will anyone who upgrades to Windows 10 from Windows 7 be able to get an ISO of Windows 10??Without a Windows 10 disk, re-installation of 10 if needed will be a huge headache because you will have to first re- install Windows 7 and then upgrade it to Windows 10!!