You look like good on reconstruction too. Also you are interested in especially old stuff. I have not seen you/remember wrote in reconstruction topics.
Thank you for the post. I'm not perfect on edition conversion though. Sometimes I get errors that I don't understand, causing the public releases to be postponed. About the reconstruction topics, my focus changes a lot. Sometimes on NT 5.x or NT 6.x+ or something completely different. I have to admit that the edition reconstruction project inspired me to create ConvertNT5SKUs and ConvertNT6SKUs.
Is it copies rtm/service pack versions of files as i understand for to get rid of time bomb. License files edited any? If edited what have been done.
Kinda. As far as I know .xrm-ms files are responsible for timebomb. Instead of directly replacing files, I've decided to stage it on unstaged images. The problem is I can't finish installation yet, ends up with E_Unexpected. That's why I said experimental on that feature. It uses licensing files from 6000.16386 for Client and 6001.18000 for Server on Debomb folder, there're licensing files for each possible edition (except for HomePremiumN, EnterpriseN and UltimateN, which will be added soon.)
@maxtorix I found a single converted OS screenshot on my hard drive. Currently I can share it only, but I'll add new ones soon. Spoiler: Windows Server 2008 ServerEnterpriseIA64 tr-TR Make sure to reconstruct the edition from Windows Server 2008, Enterprise Edition SP1 (6.0.6001.18000) to avoid errors.
It could be. Because all architectures of Windows Vista uses the same method to install Windows using pkgmgr. But there's a problem, I wasn't quite successful for converting Client editions to Server or vice versa. Also installation of the language pack will cause problems even the base edition is somehow installed successfully. Absence of working IA64 emulator is a serious problem. Because I don't own any Itanium machines. That makes the conversion meaningless without the ability to test. If you look at the screenshot, it is not pure ServerEnterpriseIA64. It is just ServerEnterprise with IA64 brandings and licensing files.
You can try using qemu to try, the thing i want with this tool is convert some server versión x86 into vista for My compaq Proliant 8500
Qemu does not have ia64 emulation. I am going to convert server to vista and vice versa soon. This will require expert CBS modding skills.
I've finally managed to reconstruct ServerStandard edition on Windows Vista RTM base (6.0.6000.16386) using 57xx packages. It has some issues related to installation and activation. I had to skip those parts by setting setup.exe DWORD value to 3. At least I can boot into Safe Mode. Spoiler: Windows Server Standard
Great job you've done my friend. @example12345678912345678 Your builds are currently present in the build index of the Windows Editions Reconstructions thread
I released Beta 2. From now, Access Denied errors should not appear. I had to temporarily remove debombing functions since it breaks the OS. And also legality concerns. I also found a bug regarding the staged releases. Some builds have to be installed from its own installation media like 6469. Because I got errors regarding BCD. Here is a quick tutorial on how to do that: Mount boot.wim's second index into any empty folder with read/write permissions. Navigate to \sources folder, give writing access to the lang.ini file. Then you should find a line with value 1. Change it to 3 and save. Copy the saved lang.ini file to ISO Root\sources folder before unmounting. Commit and unmount boot.wim file. Recreate the ISO file and test. I also added some screenshots on the first post. Thank you for that.
As for your first question, sxs files are stored in \Windows\servicing\Packages and \Windows\WinSxS. You need to copy everything from the folders to a single SxS folder: Code: \Windows\Servicing\Packages (includes .mum and .cat files) \Windows\WinSxS\Manifests (includes .manifest files) \Windows\WinSxS (includes folders for system files) except for: \Windows\WinSxS\Catalogs \Windows\WinSxS\Backup \Windows\WinSxS\FileMaps As for second question, unstaged images can be found on the internet. Except they're only available in Checked/Debug form which is way slower than normal releases. You might also use beta versions if you want unstaged non-debug ISOs except be beware of timebombs.
I test the SP2 image and the logs show that it is missing some RTM (6.0.6000.16386) files due to MS clean up the obsolete/superseded RTM components from the SP2 image. Use the RTM image is a right choice, but RTM offline integration of SP2 is a bit troublesome.