Comments on: Changes to the Windows 7 install process http://www.istartedsomething.com/20090725/changes-to-the-windows-7-install-process/ All the stuff about Microsoft and technology you haven't read anywhere else. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:52:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: 7 user http://www.istartedsomething.com/20090725/changes-to-the-windows-7-install-process/#comment-85442 7 user Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:36:09 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/?p=3770#comment-85442 For those of you who have the RTM and want to upgrade from their current RC build, check out this tutorial on how to do it: http://www.7tutorials.com/how-upgrade-your-windows-7-test-version-final-release By default, the upgrade doesn't work. For those of you who have the RTM and want to upgrade from their current RC build, check out this tutorial on how to do it:
http://www.7tutorials.com/how-upgrade-your-windows-7-test-version-fina l-release
By default, the upgrade doesn’t work.

]]> By: Isobuster http://www.istartedsomething.com/20090725/changes-to-the-windows-7-install-process/#comment-82394 Isobuster Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:30:26 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/?p=3770#comment-82394 Never mind guys......just figured it out. In order to delete the ei.cfg I had to use a program called vlite. It is a program used mostly for slipstreamming the SPacks to Vista......I also had to install WAIK (Windows Automated Installation Kit) to be able to use vlite. (I had to use these becuase I was editing from a Vista Computer if I would have been editing the file from an XP Computer I would have had to use nlite and WAIK for XP). These programs allow you to extract the files to the desktop, modify them or add to them as needed and then rebuild the install.wim with your changes and the iso file. I was opening the iso file with daemon tools or with magicIso....deleting the ei.cfg but never rebuilding the install.wim.....this is why i was getting the error about not finding the install.wim. There probably is another easier way..... I guess.... to create the modified install DISC ..(just to not anger Shelby) ...no pun intended...just kidding... Never mind guys……just figured it out. In order to delete the ei.cfg I had to use a program called vlite. It is a program used mostly for slipstreamming the SPacks to Vista……I also had to install WAIK (Windows Automated Installation Kit) to be able to use vlite. (I had to use these becuase I was editing from a Vista Computer if I would have been editing the file from an XP Computer I would have had to use nlite and WAIK for XP).

These programs allow you to extract the files to the desktop, modify them or add to them as needed and then rebuild the install.wim with your changes and the iso file.

I was opening the iso file with daemon tools or with magicIso….deleting the ei.cfg but never rebuilding the install.wim…..this is why i was getting the error about not finding the install.wim.

There probably is another easier way….. I guess…. to create the modified install DISC ..(just to not anger Shelby) …no pun intended…just kidding…

]]> By: Shelby http://www.istartedsomething.com/20090725/changes-to-the-windows-7-install-process/#comment-82239 Shelby Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:46:17 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/?p=3770#comment-82239 on the install disk ?? Disk with a 'K' is a magnetic disk, either Hard drive or floppy. Disc 'with a 'c' is an optical disc and is the name given by the inventor 'Philips' So please learn the difference and get it right. It is not that difficult. Otherwise you know one third of stuff all. on the install disk ?? Disk with a ‘K’ is a magnetic disk, either Hard drive or floppy.

Disc ‘with a ‘c’ is an optical disc and is the name given by the inventor ‘Philips’
So please learn the difference and get it right. It is not that difficult.
Otherwise you know one third of stuff all.

]]> By: Ready To Manufacture, but unable to install | Three Wise Men http://www.istartedsomething.com/20090725/changes-to-the-windows-7-install-process/#comment-80798 Ready To Manufacture, but unable to install | Three Wise Men Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:07:33 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/?p=3770#comment-80798 [...] Changes to the Windows 7 install process (istartedsomething.com) [...] [...] Changes to the Windows 7 install process (istartedsomething.com) [...]

]]> By: Changes to the Windows 7 install process « Jasper Blog http://www.istartedsomething.com/20090725/changes-to-the-windows-7-install-process/#comment-80761 Changes to the Windows 7 install process « Jasper Blog Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:34:50 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/?p=3770#comment-80761 [...] Read at: i Started something [...] [...] Read at: i Started something [...]

]]> By: 8675309 http://www.istartedsomething.com/20090725/changes-to-the-windows-7-install-process/#comment-80577 8675309 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:24:47 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/?p=3770#comment-80577 well you need to mount it using something like nero burning rom. or maybe your iso is missing files perhaps? well you need to mount it using something like nero burning rom. or maybe your iso is missing files perhaps?

]]> By: Isobuster http://www.istartedsomething.com/20090725/changes-to-the-windows-7-install-process/#comment-80538 Isobuster Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:00:36 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/?p=3770#comment-80538 Can someone tell me how to delete the ei.cfg file. I tried to open the .iso file with MagicIso and it shows me the file, allows me to delete and allows me to save the .iso. But when I try to install I get an error "cannot find file install.wim"......what am I doing wrong? I would so appreciate any help!!!! I also tried opening the iso with 7zip but I cannot see but a readme.txt file and a boot folder. Can someone tell me how to delete the ei.cfg file. I tried to open the .iso file with MagicIso and it shows me the file, allows me to delete and allows me to save the .iso. But when I try to install I get an error “cannot find file install.wim”……what am I doing wrong? I would so appreciate any help!!!!

I also tried opening the iso with 7zip but I cannot see but a readme.txt file and a boot folder.

]]> By: Matt S. http://www.istartedsomething.com/20090725/changes-to-the-windows-7-install-process/#comment-80233 Matt S. Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:16:36 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/?p=3770#comment-80233 The ability to do a clean install with upgrade media was not a loophole in Vista. MS was perfectly aware of it and it is still present in Windows 7. You can still start the install with the upgrade media and decide not to enter a key and then from that install choose to install again which will move the first install into the Windows.old folder. Then input your key your bought from the preorder. Hence giving you a clean activatible install of whatever version of Windows 7 you bought. The ability to do a clean install with upgrade media was not a loophole in Vista. MS was perfectly aware of it and it is still present in Windows 7. You can still start the install with the upgrade media and decide not to enter a key and then from that install choose to install again which will move the first install into the Windows.old folder. Then input your key your bought from the preorder. Hence giving you a clean activatible install of whatever version of Windows 7 you bought.

]]> By: Quppa http://www.istartedsomething.com/20090725/changes-to-the-windows-7-install-process/#comment-79666 Quppa Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:45:44 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/?p=3770#comment-79666 So is it true that the reason behind this change is that too many people were installing the wrong version only to find that their key didn't work? It seems unfair to punish the rest of us by requiring that the ISO be modified to get back the old functionality... So is it true that the reason behind this change is that too many people were installing the wrong version only to find that their key didn’t work?

It seems unfair to punish the rest of us by requiring that the ISO be modified to get back the old functionality…

]]> By: Windows 7 RTM – Selecting the edition | Ovalnews.com - Land Rover & Range Rover News, Pictures & Commentary http://www.istartedsomething.com/20090725/changes-to-the-windows-7-install-process/#comment-79144 Windows 7 RTM – Selecting the edition | Ovalnews.com - Land Rover & Range Rover News, Pictures & Commentary Sat, 25 Jul 2009 23:35:05 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/?p=3770#comment-79144 [...] http://www.istartedsomething.com/20090725/changes-to-the-windows-7-install-process/: Up and until RTM, the ISO image files of Windows 7 that Microsoft distributed (and third-parties distributed) are labeled with a version. For the most part, this has been “Ultimate”. Even though the install image “install.wim” in Windows 7 still contains four versions, one version is automatically installed determined by a file called “ei.cfg” in the “sources” directory on the install disk. [...] [...] http://www.istartedsomething.com/20090725/changes-to-the-windows-7-ins tall-process/: Up and until RTM, the ISO image files of Windows 7 that Microsoft distributed (and third-parties distributed) are labeled with a version. For the most part, this has been “Ultimate”. Even though the install image “install.wim” in Windows 7 still contains four versions, one version is automatically installed determined by a file called “ei.cfg” in the “sources” directory on the install disk. [...]

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