Creating a Windows 8.1 AIO with Media Center manually

That would not work to verify. Even the slightest thing being off will cause the hash to fail. In this case, the datestamp of the files will make the data different enough to fail the check.
Hashes are only good to check against something with exactly the same data and size.

 

Try starting with an x86 enterprise to make it easier on yourself so you can simply edit the ei.cfg
Now make the contents of c:\win8x86\sources\ei.cfg the following:

Code:

[Channel]Retail


[VL]
1

Remove the [EditionID] and the Enterprise part following.

Having an ei.cfg is both a benefit and an annoyance.
On the one hand, it will skip the necessity of entering a product key.
On the other, it will give you a bogus EULA for the wrong channel versions.
I.E. if you set it to Retail channel, the Enterprise version will say something about "Evaluation"

If you set it to Volume channel, the core and prowmc versions will do the same.

Still, it's just a minor annoyance.
Now you should have your win8x86 with a decent sources folder primed, but you need all of the proper indexes lined up.
You can simply mount the rtms in win8 and gimagex export them one by one until you get to prowmc. Obviously you need to do the flip.
So, export both the x86 and x64 indexes for retail pro to respective folders, c:\win8prox86 and c:\win8prox64.
This is obviously just temporary to flip the indexes.

Now, if you have imagex.exe in a folder that you can run a script from, you would run something like this:

Code:

dism /mount-wim /wimfile:c:\win8prox64\sources\install.wim /index:1 /mountdir:c:\mnt
dism /image:c:\mnt /set-edition:ProfessionalWMC
dism /unmount-wim /mountdir:c:\mnt /commit
imagex /flags "ProfessionalWMC" /info c:\win8prox86\sources\install.wim 1 "Windows 8 Pro with Media Center x86" "Windows 8 Pro with Media Center x86"

dism /mount-wim /wimfile:c:\win8prox64\sources\install.wim /index:1 /mountdir:c:\mnt
dism /image:c:\mnt /set-edition:ProfessionalWMC
dism /unmount-wim /mountdir:c:\mnt /commit
imagex /flags "ProfessionalWMC" /info c:\win8prox64\sources\install.wim 1 "Windows 8 Pro with Media Center x64" "Windows 8 Pro with Media Center x64"

They won't get magically inserted into your AIO, you still have to export them into your install.wim in the correct way.
Say your temporary install.wim from your mounted rtm exports was c:\temp\install.wim (don't use c:\install.wim)

Just when you get to the part where you want to insert prowmc, you export it from your newly flipped c:\win8prox86 and x64 folders from index 1.

It will allow 2 indexes with the same name and description if they are different architecture. I notice you thought you had a problem with that, but it's likely a misunderstanding where you exported 2 of the same architecture/name to the same install.wim. You don't want to do that.

 

That part isn't giving me problems. It's the WMC part that is messing me around.

I can make an AIO that works fine with core and pro, 32 and 64. But when I try to add WMC, that is the one that won't install.

 

install.wim info with WMC

Windows 8 Pro with WMC RUS-ENG x86-x64 -4in1- (IL)LEGAL
contains 2 russian and 2 english versions 32bit(x86) and 64bit(x64):

- Windows 8 Professional with WMC x86 Russian
- Windows 8 Professional with WMC x86 English
- Windows 8 Professional with WMC x64 Russian
- Windows 8 Professional with WMC x64 English

at time of making Enterprise Edition was not available to add to....

 

You have to do 2 commands to make that work...
dism /image:c:\mnt /set-editionrofessionalWMC

and

imagex /flags "ProfessionalWMC" /info c:\win8\sources\install.wim 1 "Whatever you want to call it"

 

guys does anyone know how do i slip in the reg tweak to disable lua into a mounted wim.

 

load registry hive hklm to your current registry,then change the following value,if not exist create one.

Code:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA Value: 0 Type:  DWORD

 

Good morning everyone,

I have 4 VL iso's of Windows 8. 32-bit Enterprise, 32-bit Pro, 64-bit Enterprise and 64-bit Pro. I want to be able to combine them all into an AIO but am I right in thinking that I can't get the Core versions out of the 32/64-bit Pro versions because they are VL? So if I make this DVD, I can only have 4 versions instead of 6 as it isn't a retail copy? I guess I'm a bit confused on how to make the ei.cfg file to reflect the VL copies? And could I also get the Media Center version as well? Thanks for your help.

Dreday

 

So I will need to purchase a Retail copy of Windows 8 Pro 32/64 bit.

 

How exactly do I do this .svf thing. I'm a little lost even with the instructions.

 

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hi
can anyone upload "deployment tools" on mediafire
i downlode file from microsoft (adksetup.exe 1.16mb) but there is no options to uncheck

thanks

 

thank you thank you million time
this take alot time to me.
i will try that if i need help i come back

 

hi,
im in xp, i get an error that wimmount.sys driver not installed,
so googled and found the WIMMOUNT.INF so successfully installed driver.so i attached here
also i try to install driver with WimMountInstall.exe but i get an error.
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just this command not work
Dism /Image:C:\win8\mount /Get-TargetEditions

its say something like that can not detect windows editions ,so its normal?
other command successfully done.
also can you tell me how remove unneeded driver or game and other tool
and make it auto install?

edit:boot.wim dont need to be mounted and patched ?
also mediacenter installed by default?

thanks

 

You don't need to mount boot.wim until you have to make changes in WinPE, Win setup (launching when booted). Secondly media center is a feature in windows 8 retail edition which has to be bought with another product key (for anytime upgrade), we are just making windows activate this feature by default, so that after install you don't need to go through any time upgrade everytime you reinstall