Vista - Vista SP1 Slipstream Installation DVD

Pendragon,

I'm not certain on what to suggest. It just seems like WAIK is not being installed. You might also post this in the vLite forum to see what they may say.

I wish I knew more about the program to help better with it.

Shawn

Brink

After posting to the vLite forums I have found out that there is a small glitch in vLite 1.2.

It doesn't recognise WAIK if you are using Vista 32bit OS.

You must manually paste wimgapi.dll from WAIK to the root of vLite.

After doing that everything works fine.

I am stuck at part 12, my iso is bigger then 4GB so i followed to the part to make is smaller, but the file on my desktop stays at 3.7GB and does not shrink to 2.9GB.

Would i be able to shrink file, THEN use that smaller file to do the slipstreaming with SP1?

I am pretty new to doing this slipstreaming.

Great guide though!

Hello J1234, and welcome to Vista Forums.

There would be no need to shrink it. A 3.7GB file will be able to fit on a DVD.

Shawn

Thank you Pendragon for posting back your results. I have added this to the tutorial for it to help others with the same problem.

I'm happy to hear that everything works fine now.

Shawn

But even after doing the slipstreaming of SP1? (if you even have to)

After this step (except for the last 2 points) do i actually need vLite to burn the file to a DVD? Or can i use something like PowerISO to make it to an ISO and burn it to a DVD?

Sorry...im just a little lost with what is actually happening in each step and how it effects the file we have on the desktop.

Thanks for the welcome.

Once you have the ISO file created by vLite, you can use any ISO burner you like to burn it to a DVD if you wanted to. It's just that vLite just happens to have a ISO burner built into it that you could use.

Hi,

If your file size is 3.7gb before slipstreaming SP1, you may like to use the method outlined by kotuku to reduce it, before you slipstream.

You could use a 3rd party app. to pick up the files after you have slipstreamed and rebuilt them - and use it to create a bootable .iso.

However, it could be an extra complication as vLite will do this for you if tick the Bootable iso box .

When vLite does a rebuild, it alters the Vista files on your desktop.
You can right click on the Vista files and select properties to see how big it is after the first rebuild (as outlined by kotuku ) - you can check again after you have slipstreamed SP1.

Hope it helps

SIW2

Yes thank you. Ill give it another shot tomorrow when i have more time.

Just to update on my situation; i gave what SIW2 mentioned above a shot and it looks like it's going to work. This method is definitely a better idea. Saves you the hassle of having to mess around and potentially lose everything if you screw up.

Im currently slipstreaming SP1 and the cut down 2.9GB Vista Ultimate rebuild. Now i know this should fit on a DVD with SP1 slipstreamed?

Hi J1234,

That should fit on dvd fine - remember not to format your recordable dvd before burning the iso.

After you reinstall there will still be a lot of MS updates. Worth keeping hold of vLite as SP2 is only a few months away ( beta version will be released for testing very soon ).

Hope it helps

SIW2