Carlos...thanks for link. Works well. Still waiting for updates to install. It's not clear when the updater is finished. It listed 15 updates in one part of Windows and 12 in another. All 12 have been installed and waiting for reboot but the app has not finished yet. Tells me to wait, even though the progress bar has been completed for a while. At bottom of page there are 3 buttons. The right button is 'Cancel' and the two buttons to the left of it are grayed out. If you look closely you can see that the left button starts at 0% and gradually goes to 100%. Both are now at 100% but the window still tells me to wait while the updates are being installed. I'll wait a while but may have to leave it overnight. Thanks again for link.
ExeCsiss..."That's not firefox' fault, it is a cloudflare error". I agree. However, Firefox is getting worse all the time at blocking sites they think are dangerous but which are not dangerous. I wish they'd give the user more control rather than playing Big Brother. It's annoying to be told on many occasions that a site is not safe when it is. It's really none of their business if I want to access a site they think is not safe.
Hello! The links in the first post for the full tool does not seem to work. I need to create an iso file (not update an installation) and I'm not able to download it.
@Exe Csrss ...I have switched all of them off too. I use NoScript to control javascript and I use an ad blocker. Still, it blocks sites with out-of-date certificates and sometimes blocks sites it claims are not commuicating correctly without offering the option of connecting anyway. Very intrusive. I have been using Mozilla since the days of Netscape and I don't like the direction they are taking with Firefox. I got Firefox running on XP, an older version, but why have they blocked XP? Sounds like they are working with Microscoft. Pretty soon they likely won't run W7.
All browsers capable of using HTTPS do it, even Internet Explorer. But yes it is extremely irritating when it blocks you completely from accessing sites that have incorrect SSL settings. It would be nice to have an option to connect to these sites insecurely.
Some tips for anyone installing UpdatePack7R2-21.7.14, or similar to a live system. Sorry if this has been posted already or the information is available elsewhere. The installation window is fairly self-explanatory and the installer does an excellent job...very well designed. There are things to watch for if the installation appears to be doing nothing for long periods of time.. Look at the three buttons at bottom of window. The button on right is 'Cancel'. The middle button says 100% but it is greyed out. So is left button and both are inactive.. The left button begins at 0% but as the progress bar proceeds from left to right, and the file being operated on appears in text in middle window, the left button progresses from 0% to 100%. It's hard to see but it can be seen upon close inspection. Even when it reaches 100% and the progress bar is at 100% it can take a while to finish. Look at top of windows and the total number of files to be updated are indicated. On my installation it was 15 files. However, elsewhere on the window it indicated only 12 files. There are two passes. The 12 files are installed on the first pass then a reboot is required. The other 3 files are installed on the second pass. Do not reboot until it tells you to reboot. It may take a long time but it will eventually tell you to reboot. Also, it always states near top of window that it is still installing. After the reboot...several of them...the update pack will continue installing the rest of the updates, in my case, 3 updates. It took a long time and I had to leave the process to work overnight.
@Exe Csrss ...just noticed your github site for windSLIC. Is there a discussion forum for loaders like yours? Not clear about UEFI as related to your loader, although I know what it is. I have an Asus B360M and I turned off stuff in BIOS so I could run the board on XP...with other mods, of course.
Not blocked, it doesn't run on XP due to new compilers used that do not produce XP compatible code (minimum version in the PE header is probably 6.1 and that means Win7 or higher). Many sites use HSTS (HTTP Strict Transport Security), they do not allow connecting insecurely by design. For that reason, you cannot override any SSL or certificate errors, there. Sites without HSTS will allow making an exception. One button is for the individual update installing at the time, and the other one is for the whole batch of updates in the queue. The numbers are probably directly translated from the DISM progress bars, so, they are jumpy by design. Progress bars generally do not function well for such operations, they are there mostly there for psychological reasons, for letting you know that something's still going on. I know old DOS apps that actually showed a beating heart and if that stopped - well, time for the three-finger-salute.
The updatepacks have their own dedicated thread: https://forums.mydigitallife.net/th...egrate-hotfixes-into-win7-distribution.45005/
For now: https://forums.mydigitallife.net/th...l-wim-esd-creation.79421/page-70#post-1678731 I am testing the new tool packs as we speak, will update all asap
Updated the OP with: MDL Win 7 Tool for SiMPLiX UpdatePack AiO ISO (with install.wim/esd/swm) Creation v2.5b.21.7.14: https://forums.mydigitallife.net/th...-aio-iso-with-install-wim-esd-creation.79421/ Changelog: Code: 2.5b.21.7.14 Added presence checks for the sources ISOs Alligned all scripts to use one TEMP folder Added SmartFix 2.3.15 Added new vcredist++ & NDP48 WA Addons