MDL Win 7 Tool for SiMPLiX UpdatePack AiO ISO (with install.wim/esd) Creation

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  1. Enthousiast

    Enthousiast MDL Tester

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    They will be put back on the IPFS system too.
     
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  2. neversmile99

    neversmile99 MDL Novice

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    Can everybody give me ISO of Windows 7 64 bit intergrated Simplix Pack, please!
    Thank you very much!

    I speak English very bad, I hope every body can understand.
     
  3. Dumble_Hit

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    Which edition do you need?
     
  4. Carlos Detweiller

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    If you intend to provide a Homebrew ISO, do it over PM. Posting Homebrew ISOs publicly in topics is not allowed.
     
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  5. neversmile99

    neversmile99 MDL Novice

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    Thank you for your reply. I need Windows 7 pro retail and windows 7 pro volume license
    Can you share me? Thank you very much!
     
  6. neversmile99

    neversmile99 MDL Novice

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    Oh. I am sorry.
    I looking forward someone give me homebrew iso of windows 7 64 bit pro retail and pro volume intergrated Simplix Pack
     
  7. Enthousiast

    Enthousiast MDL Tester

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    Why don't you run the tool on the ultimate ISO and select Pro, you don't need a Pro VL at all, just insert the VL key or use a proper KMS activation tool, it will activate it as VL.
     
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    neversmile99 MDL Novice

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    #1488 neversmile99, Sep 24, 2021
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    Yes, thank you! I will try to intergrate Simplix Pack to Windows 7 Ultimate ISO. I only need Windows 7 Pro to activate by key (by phone)
    I haved Windows 7 Pro Original MSDN ISO. And now, I will download the Windows 7 Ultimate ISO and Simplix Pack
    Thank you very much
     
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    #1489 neversmile99, Sep 24, 2021
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    @Enthousiast
    The mirror link is die
    Thank you very much!
     
  10. Enthousiast

    Enthousiast MDL Tester

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    Fixed:)
     
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  11. neversmile99

    neversmile99 MDL Novice

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    I created both Windows 7 64bit AIO iso both Modern and Legacy. The modern’s ISO, i choose install.wim and the iso’s size is 5,2GB > standard dvd5 (4,7gb)
    Then I will install Windows 7 by load WinPE
    Thanh you very much @Enthousiast
     
  12. Carlos Detweiller

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    If you use ESD for the modern ISOs (Win10 Setup), they will fit.

    The legacy ISOs (Win7 Setup) cannot use ESD, sadly.
     
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  13. neversmile99

    neversmile99 MDL Novice

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    Excuse me!
    Can I convert file install.wim to install.esd from ISO file of win 7 aio Intergrated Simplix.
    Thank you very much!
     
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    #1496 ultramage, Oct 1, 2021
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    Hi, I might have found a small optimization to reduce the storage space required to make the modern isos. Only certain files are needed from the win10 source, but the script unpacks the whole thing. 7zip allows specifying which files to extract, or, alternatively, which files to exclude. Just excluding sources\install.wim shaves off gigabytes from the required temporary storage, as well as significantly reducing the extraction time if the isos are linked from a network share. (might need some batch file wrangling to get the commandline to parse correctly.)

    As an additional point of improvement, the way the "SiMPLiX UpdatePack" installer works and is integrated provides a horrible user experience in a low system disk space scenario. The installer shows a popup saying "10 GB of free space is required on C:" and then aborts, forcing a restart of the whole build procedure.
    Here, I suggest adding the buttons Retry (check space again), Ignore (proceed anyway) and Abort.
    Furthermore, I have observed the pack integration in action and the higest disk usage I've seen was 8GB - so the requirement is somewhat over-inflated. I assume this is to account for other activity happening on the system drive.
    Finally, the pack's thread says that its commandline allows specifying a working/temp directory, so it might be possible to have the work be done in the same place the AIO image is being built, and remove the dependency on the C drive. Or at least, unpacking UpdatePack7Live elsewhere would reduce the system disk space needed.
     
  17. gordo999

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    Hi...may have messed something up. Since I loaded UpdatePack7R2-21.7.14.exe. one of my music apps stopped working. I am guessing that one of the updates has an altered system file. I get a werfault but I'm not sure if those faults leave a dump file that can be examined with the windbg debugger.

    To verify, I installed the music app on another win 7 installation and it works fine. I have re-installed it several times on the other installation and tried running it in different compatibility modes.

    I am bothered by something related to UpdatePack7R2-21.7.14.exe. I have 3 installations of win 7. The most recent, with the failing music app, was installed from a disk with SP1 integrated. It has the cumulative update, KB3125574. The app worked with that basic setup but after loading UpdatePack7R2-21.7.14.exe, it stopped working.

    The problem I see is that after loading UpdatePack7R2-21.7.14, I have only 57 updates loaded. I verified that using the command 'wmic qfe list' in a command window. Another Win 7 installation has 122 updates listed and another has 265 updates listed. My music app works on the installation with 122 updates.

    Anyone know why there is such a difference? Does the update remove old updates? I have not used it on the other two installations.

    My newest install starts with KB2849697 and ends with KB5004953. The install with 122 updates starts with KB2849697 and ends with KB4489878. The longest one with 265 updates begins with KB2849697 and ends with KB5004289.
     
  18. gordo999

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    Sorry...may have posted the post above in wrong forum.
     
  19. Enthousiast

    Enthousiast MDL Tester

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    Will be fixed as soon as all is migrated to IPFS.
     
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