I'm reading topics for a few days now but I'm still confused about a lot of points in the process of making my own unattended XP.
I will try to resume what I understood, and will, if you allow me, ask a few questions about what I didn't...
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First things first, here is what I have and what I would like to achieve:
~ I'm starting from clean XP SP3 ENU CD's with valid keys.
~ I would like to create unattended XP SP3 CD's fully updated (with GDR hotfixes only, those that are available through Win. Update) and as small foot-print as possible.
The computers are quite old (for instance an old Amilo A 7620) and will be used by elderly people who just need to connect on internet (IE8), have an antivirus (MSE) and watch some movies (VLC).
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The step-by-step process is based on the one from nLite.
1°) Integrate SP (don't need to do, it's already SP3)
2°) Integrate hotfixes and update packs(where I'm stuck)
3°) Integrate drivers (will be done with driverpacks.net, no questions about that part)
4°) Remove components (waiting to have a updated XP SP3, but I'll basically remove everything I can)
... the next steps are not difficult, there is already a lot of reading about it.
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2°) Integrate hotfixes and update packs(where I'm stuck)
At the first thought, I was just going to tweak XP SP3 with nLite, remove everything not needed, then install it and run windows update.
Then, I read that it was more efficient and cleaner to replace directly the files before installation. I was going to use Windows Update Downloader and integrate updates with nLite but again I read that integrate an update pack was more efficient and cleaner.
So I looked for an update pack and found those two: onepiece and user_hidden (thanks to both of them for the hardwork done, it seems huge!)
The first thing confusing is "where do I start?"
Both pack use LDR/QFE updates and hotfixes, but I just need GDR updates. Is it a problem to use LDR updates?
Onepiece's pack is too big for my needs. Even if I use Winnt.sif to avoid installing all the extra components, I still cannot avoid WMP11 for instance.
On the other hand, user_hidden's pack is quite small, but for what I need, are those items useful ?
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Microsoft European Union Expansion Font Update 1.2
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Microsoft Windows Update Web Control 7.6.7600.257
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Microsoft Update Web Control 7.6.7600.257
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Microsoft Visual C Runtimes 1,7
MSXML 4.0 SP3 4.30.2114.0 Thanks a lot for your help,
LFDD
