How to streamline Vista Service Pack 1 into Vista DVD ?

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wolf2009

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as the title says . , i have a vista ultimate dvd , i would like to install that with service pack 1 , but want to add service pack 1 to that dvd . there was a guide somewhere , but i cant find it .
 
I know there is a guide in Maximum PC for this month. I think you use NLite.
 
vlite for vista, although when I tried I got errors, but didn't really care enough to work on it any more than that.
 
I've read of one way that requires installing Vista clean on a blank partition. Then install SP1, run sysprep and reimag the install using imagex with certain switches.

EDIT: found it. It's called reverse integration.
http://www.windowsvistaplace.com/vista-sp1-integration-guide/windows-vista

Long story short, if you want to integrate Vista SP1 into a Vista RTM DVD, the only option for the moment is to reverse integrate it:

1. Install Vista RTM to a secondary partition (not the main boot partition). The primary reason for this is one doesn’t want all the boot associated files of that computer related to BCD and boot.ini being part of the final image.

2. Once in the Out of Box Experience (OOBE) after setup, type Ctrl-Shift-F3 to enter Audit mode. In case you’re wondering what/where OOBE is, it is the part after setup where the user is setting up his/her username, password etc.

3. The system will then reboot into Audit mode and a Sysprep window will pop up. Do not close the Sysprep window.

4. Run the Vista SP1 installer and let it do its thing.

5. After the SP1 setup is complete, you’ll find yourself back at the main Vista desktop with the Sysprep window open and SP1 will be installed and ready to go. From the Sysprep selection window, select OOBE, Generalize, and to Shut Down the system.

6. Boot the system into a WinPE disk or another OS install (ie. XP), do NOT boot back into Vista, and run the following imagex command (imagex can be found in WAIK):
imagex /compress maximum /flags “Business” /capture d: c:\install.wim “Windows Vista Business”

where d: is the drive Vista is installed on and c:\install.wim is the location to store the new install.wim. Replace “Business” with whatever edition of Vista you are installing and replace the drive letters with your own.

7. Once the image has been built, replace the old install.wim in the Vista RTM ISO in \Sources\ with the newly created install.wim using a registered version of UltraISO (Version 8.0 or higher). Save the ISO and you’re done.
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Note: These instructions will build only a single version of Vista (home, ultimate,, etc) To build a "universal" disc, you have to follow steps for each edition you want to include changing the edition name and adding /append in step 6.
 
You can slipstream using vlite. It worked fine for me. In fact, i'm on the Vista Home Premium SP1 that I slipstreamed right now and it works fine, so far.
 
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