There are two ways of reducing the number of indexes on a wim file. Only one of them reduces any data. 1) delete the indexes you don't want to keep (does not reduce size) 2) export the indexes you want to keep to a new install.wim (does reduce size)
So if I update 64bit w8 winre.wim with network/raid drivers I should use this file for all my remaining 64bit w8 indexes? Pre Update 1 there were some MS updates for boot.wim - How do we know when there's updates for something like that??
You could probably follow the win8 updates repo thread closely if you want to know. Yes, I recommend copying the winre.wim to all indexes because if you don't it will be an extra 250mbish for every winre.wim that is different.
What language is your WIM? Had similiar problems with german WIM and integration of KB2956575 (may), KB2962409 (june) and KB2971203 (july) so far. always with 8024402F.
Still doing tests ... In fact, these three updates cause error 8024402F. Apparently it is possible to install KB2956575 and KB2971203 online and do not show the same error. Already KB2962409 still causing error, even if installed online. Grateful for the help.
Yeah ... needed some 'trial and error' to determine them . Interestingly i have them all installed on my machine without any problems. KB2962409 i installed directly via WU.
If you really want to save yourself the headaches, you can simply load the target OS into a VM and run Windows Update. Then go into %windir%\softwaredistribution\download\ folder and search for *.cab copy them to a USB flash drive and you can use that for your integration folder instead of going around collecting msu files. This should clear up any problems with language inconsistencies or perhaps language-dependent packages.
In case of a multi-index Win8.1 AIO (all available editions) which edition you recommend to load into a VM to run WU? Obviously those updates are supposed to be integrated into every index.
Since there is the option to upgrade lesser versions to more advanced versions it's generally better to use the most advanced version in the VM so that any user who upgrades their version will also have those updates. Since the wim format stores these files once, there's not much down-side to integrating them into each index. I personally use Enterprise as my test index to determine the recommended updates. It will increase the footprint of the lesser indexes slightly to include all of the updates that Enterprise wants, but I've only noticed actually a couple extra. They are not large updates either. Offline updates don't balloon the size of the wim as much as sysprepped updates. I think it's because of the way that they either date/UID stamp them, or some other issue. In offline, though, it hasn't gone through whatever mod that causes them to become unique and thus balloon the wim in an AIO format.
Then if you've notice only a couple updates extra, I believe there's no point to increase the footprint just to obtain only two small updates, they can be downloaded via WU when the user finishes installing the OS. Btw I think Windows activation has nothing to do with WU at this stage, right? I mean, the same updates will be downloaded whether activated or not.
Windows 7 AIO 32-Bit murphy78: In the past I have never had any issues with your Windows 7 SP1 AIO 32-bit installs, but with the last three or four months, all your Windows 7 SP1 32-bit AIO won't install. What really happens, when I boot from the DVD it starts loading, it just freezes, it won't even load the menu screen. If I use the January AIO I have no issues. Can anyone tell me what could be going on? Thank You. Thank you for the suggestion. I tried it for every month March, April, May, June and July 2014 AIO. What happens after I hit RETURN to book from the DVD, it loads the Windows 7 Logo, then it goes to the light blue screen, then it sits there until I reboot. I even tried before I went to bed, and when I got up the next morning, it was still stuck on the light blue screen. Have any idea what is going on? I'm not a programmer, but I do know what I'm doing. My first computer was the Commodore 128 (mid 1980's), then the Amiga 2000, then Amiga 4000. Then I started with a Dell, and after that, I build all my PC's and installed the software. I hope that I don't sound like I'm boasting, but I am NOT a programmer, which you seem like you are a pretty good programmer. I would appreciate any and the all the help you can provide me. Thank You.