NotMyBest2Day
01-08-07, 09:56 PM
Since the guide about slipstreaming service packs into CDs, I began thinking there had to be a way to do that for the hotfixes as well.
After doing some research, I came up with the following results:
Need to find all the updates you need, and there are two ways to do this. Either do a fresh installation and go to Windows Update and find out what all KB numbers you need, or go look in C:\WINNT (2000) or C:\Windows (XP) and at the top of the list (if you can see hidden folders), there's a bunch of directories that start with a dollar sign ($) and they have the KB numbers in the names of the folders. Write down the entire list and then head on over to the Windows Download (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/Browse.aspx?displaylang=en&categoryid=7) site and search for each KB number, and download each of the packs.
Once you have done this, it is very similar to the slipstream guide for service packs, minus the extraction and running the 'update' program. All of the updates will need to be downloaded into the same directory, where ever that is.
After that, there is a nifty little DOS batch file I found on www.msfn.org:TITLE Windows XP SP2 Slipstreamer brought to you by www.MSFN.org
CLS
@echo off
ECHO.
ECHO Slipstreaming Windows XP SP2 Updates
ECHO Please wait...
FOR %%f IN (*.exe) DO "%%f" /Integrate:C:\XPCD
ECHO.
ECHO Slipstreaming Completed!
ECHO.
pause
EXITThis file needs to be saved with .bat as the extention, and it needs to be inthe same directory as all the updates. Also, you may need to change the location of where the contents of the 2k/XP cd is.
One thing I noticed is that not all of the updates will slipstream. However, most of them will. If you've got the folder open in list or detail format, as the batch file runs through, you can follow along from the top of the list and write down which ones give errors. When they're done, you get a message box saying someting along the tune of "update completed successfully".
If you wish to not do it as a batch file, then you can just type all the filenames in, a space, and then /Integrate:C:\XPCD after.
Of the 59 updates I have for 2000 post-SP4, all but six slipstreamed. I'm not including .NET installations in this, of course, just strictly the hotfixes.
Sorry if I'm not too good at making detailed guides, but I think this is enough information.
After doing some research, I came up with the following results:
Need to find all the updates you need, and there are two ways to do this. Either do a fresh installation and go to Windows Update and find out what all KB numbers you need, or go look in C:\WINNT (2000) or C:\Windows (XP) and at the top of the list (if you can see hidden folders), there's a bunch of directories that start with a dollar sign ($) and they have the KB numbers in the names of the folders. Write down the entire list and then head on over to the Windows Download (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/Browse.aspx?displaylang=en&categoryid=7) site and search for each KB number, and download each of the packs.
Once you have done this, it is very similar to the slipstream guide for service packs, minus the extraction and running the 'update' program. All of the updates will need to be downloaded into the same directory, where ever that is.
After that, there is a nifty little DOS batch file I found on www.msfn.org:TITLE Windows XP SP2 Slipstreamer brought to you by www.MSFN.org
CLS
@echo off
ECHO.
ECHO Slipstreaming Windows XP SP2 Updates
ECHO Please wait...
FOR %%f IN (*.exe) DO "%%f" /Integrate:C:\XPCD
ECHO.
ECHO Slipstreaming Completed!
ECHO.
pause
EXITThis file needs to be saved with .bat as the extention, and it needs to be inthe same directory as all the updates. Also, you may need to change the location of where the contents of the 2k/XP cd is.
One thing I noticed is that not all of the updates will slipstream. However, most of them will. If you've got the folder open in list or detail format, as the batch file runs through, you can follow along from the top of the list and write down which ones give errors. When they're done, you get a message box saying someting along the tune of "update completed successfully".
If you wish to not do it as a batch file, then you can just type all the filenames in, a space, and then /Integrate:C:\XPCD after.
Of the 59 updates I have for 2000 post-SP4, all but six slipstreamed. I'm not including .NET installations in this, of course, just strictly the hotfixes.
Sorry if I'm not too good at making detailed guides, but I think this is enough information.