I just have to post this Vista News Discuss I just have to post this in the Windows Vista forums; As we reported a few days ago, the latest build of Vista SP1 released to testers (6001.16633) is in the EXE standalone update format. Many of you will no ...

[Snuffy]

As we reported a few days ago, the latest build of Vista SP1 released to testers (6001.16633) is in the EXE standalone update format. Many of you will no doubt be wondering as to how exactly the bits can be integrated into a Vista RTM ISO if at all possible.

There’s some good news and there’s also some bad news.
First of all, it must be noted that we are still unsure if the SP1 update will remain in the EXE format and that anything noted below is subject to change. The primary reason being Microsoft’s documentation for Vista Service Packs state that they will be provided in the MSU format whereas it is currently being offered to testers in the EXE format.

Unlike previous service pack updates for older Windows OSes, Microsoft do not provide any switches in the EXE to allow for simple integration. Part of the problem has to do with the completely different format that the Vista Setup DVD uses where each edition of Vista is a separate index in the install.wim.

The format of Vista SP1 as an update is broken up into 5 CAB files which the Vista SP1 installer installs on top of Vista RTM using a single EXE installer (spinstall.exe). For those of you that have been following how to integrate Hotfixes via our guide or have used vLite, there’s reason to rejoice as both methods support CAB integration. Unfortunately, since the currently available tools from the Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) are not designed for SP1, one runs into a few issues. Namely, the main SP1 CAB, windows6.0-kb936330-X86.cab cannot be integrated with the tools from the RTM version of WAIK (peimg and pkgmgr error out) nor can it be integrated with vLite. In fact, the WAIK tools from Beta 3 of Server 2008 do not work either. The other smaller supplementary CAB files have no issues being integrated with peimg.

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[madwin]

Originally Posted by Snuffy

As we reported a few days ago, the latest build of Vista SP1 released to testers (6001.16633)

Huh? Latest build as far as I know is 6001.17042, of which VB reported several times, so why this post? It refers to an article on WinBeta from Aug28. The latest news I heard is MS is testing build 6001.17051 internally, and the beta for everyone would be released in the 2nd week of december. (Btw, there is a WAIK for 6001.16659 (got it, but not yet tested), but I guess you knew already)

[JoshW02@hotmail.co.uk]

When can we expect the full done product Snuffers? And in America do you have swiches on plugs? Someone was telling me you don't at College today?