Creating a Windows 7 All-in-One CD with Service Pack 1

windows-7 service-pack slipstream

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Solution 1

another option to find Windows 7 with SP1 ISOs, remove ei.cfg and then burn the DVDs...

here's a link FINAL Media Refresh MSDN Windows 7 Ultimate SP1_U x86/x64 ISO at MyDigitalLife to find ISOs and you can also verify SHA1 at Microsoft's Technet downloads: Technet Downloads

Solution 2

If you delete the ei.cfg file in the sources directory of the ISO/disc, it will prompt you to select which edition to install. The ei.cfg file specifies various things about the edition to install (e.g. volume licensing, OEM/retail distributions).

If this file is present on the disc, the installer assumes that is the edition to install. Without this file, the installer has no choice but to prompt the end-user to select the proper edition.

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Canadian Luke

Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

Canadian Luke almost 2 years

At our computer shop, we followed the instructions for creating a Windows 7 disk for any edition (SOURCE: http://www.anandtech.com/show/3564), one disk for 32 bit and one disk for 64 bit. I am not finding any information on creating such a disk with Service Pack 1 slipstreamed into it. I looked here on Superuser, and found links for RT 7 to put it in, but it creates one disk per edition, per architecture. Is there a way to have it slipstreamed, and still have the Windows 7 installation ask what edition of Windows to install?
Canadian Luke almost 13 years

That's what we did for SP0, but with SP1, we get a BSOD once setup starts
Alex Waters almost 13 years

there are definitely compatibility issues, but it has worked 5/5 times i've done it this way. Slipstreaming is a pain in the arse...
Synetech almost 13 years

That’s not an ideal method because it leaves a lot of extraneous files and registry entires behind that would not be present in a fresh SP1 installation.
surfasb almost 13 years

Probably should make sure the disk actually has everything in the first place. I personally use Windows AIK, from the horse's mouth.
Breakthrough almost 13 years

@Luke is this an MSDN SP1 ISO, or an SP0 updated to SP1?
Canadian Luke almost 13 years

Originally, it was an OEM copy that we took out the ei.cfg file to make it generic. We tried to slipstream SP1 into that, and it failed
Rocket04 almost 13 years

+1. This is legal if and only if you have a legitimate serial number. You pay for the license, not the installation media.
PsychoData over 9 years

+cp2141 or if you only try the trial