Windows 7 Hotfix repository

@Rick thanks I just wanted to make sure since they didn't have SP1 in the filename.

 

Can someone help out a poor noob to figure out how to (or, maybe, whether I should) use the tools & resources referenced in this thread to make my Win7 life happier?

I have five Win7 boxes - one is x86, the rest x64, one is a HTPC box. All are using Windows 7 "Fire" by bensam/Rockers, and running Daz' Windows Loader 2.1. I tinker/customize my computers enough that I sometimes have to go out and find a hotfix for something that isn't in Windows Update, but it doesn't happen all that often.

I've just rebuilt my HTPC, and I've run Windows Update up through SP1 ... I especially like the idea of avoiding installing a bunch of superceded updates, and I imagine that with the HTPC, where I'm trying to do some funky stuff like bitstreaming HD audio etc, that I might end up running into hotfixes I need that aren't being released through updates. Is there a post-SP1 updates/hotfixes file I can just download and install that will have everything I need/want? Or given my description of my level of complexity/noobishness, should I just stay away from the deep end of the pool?

I confess that I (obviously) haven't read every post in this thread - sorry if I've missed answers to my questions or a link to the "Hotfix repository FAQ for clueless noobs"...

thanks for any advice/assistance you can provide...

 

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Thanks Rick - that sounds like exactly the stuff I'm most in need of! I saw your .net link (and I've used Shark007 before) but hadn't stumbled onto the others yet...

 

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Can anyone please re-upload version 11 of burfadel's Visual C++ Redist Installer? I've mistakenly deleted it and now mediafire decided to delete the link (again). I wanted to test it to see if the auto switch makes it completely silent...

 

@RicaNeaga - Here is the link to Burfadel's C++ installer:

mediafire.com/?ejngmd4na28dr65

 

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Can anyone tell me why the following won't work-it cannot find any updates, yet, is located right in the folder containing all of the cabs in SoLoR's updates: the cmd works fine after Windows has logged in. This part of the answer file is run in OOBE at first log on.

<FirstLogonCommands>
<SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
<Order>1</Order>
<CommandLine>&quot;D:\Windows6.1_Updates_x64_SP1\Cabs\Installer_V23c.cmd&quot;</CommandLine>
<Description>Install Windows Core Updates</Description>
<RequiresUserInput>true</RequiresUserInput>
</SynchronousCommand>
<SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
<Order>2</Order>
<CommandLine>&quot;D:\Windows6.1_Updates_x64_SP1\Subsystem-for-UNIX-based-applications\Cabs\Installer_V23c.cmd&quot;</CommandLine>
<Description>Subsystem-for-UNIX-based-applications addin</Description>
<RequiresUserInput>true</RequiresUserInput>
</SynchronousCommand>
<SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
<Order>3</Order>
<CommandLine>&quot;D:\Windows6.1_Updates_x64_SP1\IIS\Cabs\Installer_V23c.cmd&quot;</CommandLine>
<Description>IIS updates</Description>
<RequiresUserInput>true</RequiresUserInput>
</SynchronousCommand>
<SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
<Order>4</Order>
<CommandLine>&quot;D:\Windows6.1_Updates_x64_SP1\KB982861.Internet.Explorer.9.0\Updates\Cabs\Installer_V23c.cmd&quot;</CommandLine>
<RequiresUserInput>true</RequiresUserInput>
<Description>Internet.Explorer.9.0 updates</Description>
</SynchronousCommand>
<SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
<Order>5</Order>
<CommandLine>&quot;D:\Windows6.1_Updates_x64_SP1\MSMQ\Cabs\Installer_V23c.cmd&quot;</CommandLine>
<RequiresUserInput>true</RequiresUserInput>
<Description>MSMQ updates</Description>
</SynchronousCommand>
<SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
<Order>6</Order>
<CommandLine>&quot;D:\Windows6.1_Updates_x64_SP1\NFS\Cabs\Installer_V23c.cmd&quot;</CommandLine>
<RequiresUserInput>true</RequiresUserInput>
<Description>NFS updates</Description>
</SynchronousCommand>
<SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
<Order>7</Order>
<CommandLine>&quot;D:\Windows6.1_Updates_x64_SP1\SNMP\Cabs\Installer_V23c.cmd&quot;</CommandLine>
<RequiresUserInput>true</RequiresUserInput>
<Description>SNMP updates</Description>
</SynchronousCommand>
</FirstLogonCommands>

 

try:

Code:

cmd /c "<path>\Installer_V23c.cmd"

If that does not work try adding 'start /wait'

Try something like this also, it should work no matter what letter drive your dvd/usb ends up as

Code:

cmd /c for %i in (D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) if exist "%i\Windows6.1_Updates_x64_SP1\S NMP\Cabs\Installer_V23c.cmd" do start /wait "%i\Windows6.1_Updates_x64_SP1\S NMP\Cabs\Installer_V23c.cmd"

Edit: now that I read your question again I think it may be cmd related, you do not have a problem launching it

 

Windows Updates V24 test.cmd doesn't reboot automatically or continue after manual reboot.

 

Thanks Ricktendo64; it's wierd because I have no problem with the line below in another variation of my answer files (a cmd file I built myself). I use this one when all updates are integrated into the image. Therefore, it must be something in Burf's cmd file that is throwing a fly in the ointment because I run it unmodified except the rename to make it shorter:

<SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
<Order>1</Order>
<CommandLine>D:\CustomFiles\CommandFiles\PostSetup\Runtimes_NET4_AIO</CommandLine>
<Description>Create Directories, Install Runtimes</Description>
<RequiresUserInput>true</RequiresUserInput>
</SynchronousCommand>

D: is a separate HDD that I use to store all my setup files and backups, so, it is always D

Also, [Slim] .NET Framework 4 Full x86/x64 (12-29-2011) runs without error and does satisfy M$ update-first time I have used it-with the y switch. Thanks

 

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You seem to have Windows6.1-KB2603229-x64.msu twice, in the main x64 directory and in a 'Not integratable to Offline image' directory. It's fine for x86 though.

Keep up the excellent work!

 

For those that have tried the V24 Test installer, how has it worked for you? Have people tried the autoreboot feature etc? if any errors occurred, what were they etc?

Thanks!

Also I updated the Visual C++ link in my signature and added an alternative download for the main stuff. The rest of the stuff can be browsed through by the folder link. I also added a folder called 'Third Party' (not by me, and not modded, but maybe just recompressed for much smaller size). Contains the latest Intel Chipset and RST (AHCI driver, and RAID if installed), and one or two other potentially useful things.

 

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question,
why did u add autoreboot?
does mean, after all updates are installed, it will reboot with or without warning?
i thank you for great work..keep up

 

I mainly use your script for integration (then after to install any new hotfixes released that week) so the auto reboot feature is not something I am interested in. When you integrate the updates there is no slow down like I imagine there is when you do a batch online install