Creating custom windows install

Zirax · 03-03-2008, 00:38

I have a copy of xp64 that I have not yet installed. I've looked at nlite but this works on your current install of windows and then creates an install cd. What would be really handy would be if you took a vanilla xp cd, then put the updates on it as well as handy drivers.

Has anyone heard of anything that does it this way?

Flibster · 03-03-2008, 00:43

I thought that nlite did this....

You copy the contents to a new folder - pointed Nlite at that, dropped all the service packs and updates into another, it merges them into a custom image.

been a looong time since I used it though.

Mark · 03-03-2008, 00:44

Yes. And you'll be surprised to hear it's called nlite.

I've never used nlite in the way you suggest it works (not saying it doesn't work that way too because maybe it does). I have used it to make a custom XP image from a pair of XP MCE CDs though (something of a godsend given XP setup's lack of AHCI drivers).

Zirax · 03-03-2008, 00:46

Hmmm ok I shall investigate further tomorrow evening.

Stan_Lite · 03-03-2008, 06:23

I used nlite to slipstream SP2 into XP back in the day.

IIRC, it works pretty much as Flibster said. You copy the contents of your Windows CD to a folder, point nlite at it, tell it what to remove and what to add and it should automagically do the business.

Been a long time since I used it too. Might actually get it to slipstream SP1 into Vista for future installs.

Zirax · 03-03-2008, 10:40

Aha! Got it now, wasn't entirely with it late last night. I have had another look and you can even point it at windows update and it gets it all automatically o/

Cracking stuff, it'll save about an hour of pulling down updates post sp2.

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The final uber ness would be putting office 2003 on there as part of the windows install (hey, i'm lazy).

Davey_Pitch · 03-03-2008, 10:48

You can certainly get it to put stuff like Office on there as well, any installs you like in fact. I remember reading a guide on it that explained exactly how to do it. Want me to dig it out for you?

Zirax · 03-03-2008, 10:55

If you can that would be great, their guide on the website is a little lacking

Davey_Pitch · 03-03-2008, 11:31

The various guides on this site should hopefully tell you all you need to know. I *may* have been mistaken that you can put it all on the one disk, I've not had time to go through the site fully to see if I was right or not, but there's plenty of info there

http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/

Stan_Lite · 03-03-2008, 11:37

I'm fairly sure you can slipstream all sorts of good stuff on there - not sure what nlite can do but can see no reason why it wouldn't. Will have to have a play with it when I get home and try to make a one-off install disc so that I can quickly install everything I need when I build new Folding rigs.

03-03-2008, 00:38	#1
Zirax Goes up to 11! Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,577	Creating custom windows install I have a copy of xp64 that I have not yet installed. I've looked at nlite but this works on your current install of windows and then creates an install cd. What would be really handy would be if you took a vanilla xp cd, then put the updates on it as well as handy drivers. Has anyone heard of anything that does it this way?

03-03-2008, 00:43	#2
Flibster Moonshine Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,388	I thought that nlite did this.... You copy the contents to a new folder - pointed Nlite at that, dropped all the service packs and updates into another, it merges them into a custom image. been a looong time since I used it though. __________________

03-03-2008, 06:23	#5
Stan_Lite Stan, Stan the FLASHER MAN! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In bed with your sister Posts: 5,483	I used nlite to slipstream SP2 into XP back in the day. IIRC, it works pretty much as Flibster said. You copy the contents of your Windows CD to a folder, point nlite at it, tell it what to remove and what to add and it should automagically do the business. Been a long time since I used it too. Might actually get it to slipstream SP1 into Vista for future installs. __________________ Just because I have a short attention span doesn't mean I...

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Davey_Pitch I iz speshul Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Liverpool Posts: 6,296	You can certainly get it to put stuff like Office on there as well, any installs you like in fact. I remember reading a guide on it that explained exactly how to do it. Want me to dig it out for you? __________________ Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

03-03-2008, 11:31	#9
Davey_Pitch I iz speshul Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Liverpool Posts: 6,296	The various guides on this site should hopefully tell you all you need to know. I may have been mistaken that you can put it all on the one disk, I've not had time to go through the site fully to see if I was right or not, but there's plenty of info there http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/ __________________ Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

03-03-2008, 00:44	#3
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Yes. And you'll be surprised to hear it's called nlite. I've never used nlite in the way you suggest it works (not saying it doesn't work that way too because maybe it does). I have used it to make a custom XP image from a pair of XP MCE CDs though (something of a godsend given XP setup's lack of AHCI drivers).

03-03-2008, 00:46	#4
Zirax Goes up to 11! Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,577	Hmmm ok I shall investigate further tomorrow evening.

03-03-2008, 10:40	#6
Zirax Goes up to 11! Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,577	Aha! Got it now, wasn't entirely with it late last night. I have had another look and you can even point it at windows update and it gets it all automatically o/ Cracking stuff, it'll save about an hour of pulling down updates post sp2. ----------------- The final uber ness would be putting office 2003 on there as part of the windows install (hey, i'm lazy).

03-03-2008, 10:55	#8
Zirax Goes up to 11! Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,577	If you can that would be great, their guide on the website is a little lacking

03-03-2008, 11:37	#10
Stan_Lite Stan, Stan the FLASHER MAN! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In bed with your sister Posts: 5,483	I'm fairly sure you can slipstream all sorts of good stuff on there - not sure what nlite can do but can see no reason why it wouldn't. Will have to have a play with it when I get home and try to make a one-off install disc so that I can quickly install everything I need when I build new Folding rigs. __________________ Just because I have a short attention span doesn't mean I...