For all this we will use the RT Se7en Lite utility. If you've used nLite for Windows XP or vLite for Windows Vista before, then RT Se7en Lite will seem familiar to you. RT Se7en Lite is a variation of vLite or nLite for Windows 7.

To create an installation disk, you will need Windows 7 installed on your computer. You will also have to download and install the Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) for Windows 7 from Microsoft - RT Se7en Lite is a friendlier version of WAIK.

WAIK is 1.7GB in size, so it may take you a while to download. After downloading the program, extract it using an archiver like 7-Zip.

You will also need a Windows 7 distribution - either as a physical disk or as an ISO file.

Next, download and install RT Se7en Lite. The utility is free, although you can donate any amount to its fund if you wish. When downloading the utility, take into account your version of Windows - x86 when using 32-bit Windows or x64 when using 64-bit.

Using RT Se7en Lite

To get started, click on the Browse button and go to your Windows 7 distribution. If you have an ISO file, then select Select ISO file and go to it. If you have a Windows 7 installation disk, then insert it, click Select OS path, and go to it.

When using an ISO file, you will have to specify the exact path to extract it. To do this, you will need several free gigabytes on your hard drive.

The ISO files will be extracted automatically.

After selecting the desired edition of Windows 7, RT Se7en Lite will allow you to create your customized image. So, if your Windows 7 installation disk does not contain Service Pack 1, then using the Slipstream Service Pack option in the “Select an image to configure” window you can integrate SP1 into it.

Click on the Task panel and select the tasks you want to perform with your custom image. To do this, you can check the necessary boxes or select a ready-made preset. Checking the boxes will activate the corresponding configuration panel on the left.

The Integration panel allows you to integrate Windows updates, drivers, language packs, and even third-party applications onto your installation disk. To integrate updates, you will have to download their distributions and upload them to RT Seven Lite using the Add button.

On the Features Removal or Components tab, you can permanently remove unnecessary components from your Windows installation disk and add the features you need. So, for example, you can remove games from your installation disk, or force Windows to install the IIS web server by default.

The Tweaks settings tab allows you to customize settings for the Windows Control Panel, Desktop, Explorer, and several other Windows components. You can even add your own registry settings to customize other settings not listed.

The Unattended section allows you to create a maintenance-free installation disk - you answer all installation questions in advance, after which Windows will install automatically without asking you.

So, for example, you can enter your product key in advance so that Windows won't ask you for it later. Other sections allow you to control other settings. For example, you can specify the hard drive on which Windows will be installed. If you answer all the questions, Windows will install automatically, without asking you any questions, and allowing you to walk away from the computer altogether.

The Customization panel allows you to add your own screensaver, wallpaper, themes, documents, and even a Windows login picture to your installation disk.

In the ISO Bootable panel, you can create an ISO image from your custom installation disk. You can also cut it into a DVD or copy it to a bootable USB flash drive.

The developers of RT Se7en Lite recommend trying their customized Windows 7 image on a virtual machine. Just to make sure everything works. And then feel free to use it in real life. For testing, you can use VirtualBox or VMware Player - both programs are free.

Hello friends! It's no secret that the Windows 7 operating system is still very popular and many users whose computers are 7-compatible keep Win 7 as a second or even the main operating system on their computer. Knowing about the undying popularity of the old system, back in the summer Microsoft released for it a very convenient cumulative update package “Rollup Update” (or update KB3125574), which received the unofficial name - Service Pack 2, since it contains all the most important updates since 2011. This cumulative package is very convenient, because everyone knows that immediately after installation on a computer, Windows 7 begins to download a lot of updates and install them with a whole series of reboots, which is very inconvenient for the user. Another thing is that immediately after installing the system, roll out the Rollup Update cumulative package with all the updates and work quietly. In one of our previous articles, we discussed , but I wonder if it’s possible to integrate this cumulative package into the OS distribution so that after installation all updates are already installed in the operating system. We will talk about this in today's article.

Integration of the cumulative update package “Rollup Update” KB3125574 into the Windows 7 distribution kit

Right-click on the downloaded archive with the WinToolkit 1.5 program and select “7-Zip” --> “Unpack”

I'll unzip the program to partition (E:).

I launch the WinToolkit 1.5 program.

Click on the ISO Maker button to create an image containing all editions of Windows 7

Click on the top button “Browse”

In the explorer that opens, find on the drive (E:) folder “1” with Windows 7 files, select it with the left mouse and click the “Select folder” button

Click on the bottom button “Browse”

In the explorer that opens, select the save location future Windows 7 ISO image (section E:) And give it a name“Win7”, then click “Save”

Click on the “Create ISO” button

and the process of creating an ISO image of Windows 7 begins

ISO image of Windows 7 64-bit with integrated updates is ready!

and is located on drive (E:).

Installing Windows 7 with integrated Rollup Updates on another computer

After successful installation, go to Windows Update and look at the installed updates.

We see that our integrated updates were installed along with the operating system.

Return to the previous window and click on the “Check for updates” button

Windows 7 starts searching for updates.

And updates are coming. Click on the “Install updates” button

Accept the terms of the license agreement and click “Finish”

Updates are being installed.

After installing the updates, the system asks to reboot.

Setting up updates begins.

After reboot we go “Windows Update and we see that all updates are installed”

We look at the Update Log.

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Each of us is faced with a situation where reinstalling the operating system (OS) is inevitable. Usually, we take out the dusty purchased disk with Windows, insert it into the CD/DVD-ROM, start the installation, give the name of our account and computer, and... let's go have tea! After all, it’s time to install updates.

And now, it would seem, the usual procedure for reinstalling the OS takes at least an hour (even with fast Internet access), because updates for the same Windows 7 since the release of Service Pack 1 have already accumulated more than ~1.5 gigabytes. And there is still driver installation ahead. Of course, you can download the 16-in-one image from the nearest torrent tracker, where all updates, drivers, and a bunch of other “useful software” will be integrated.

But we're gentlemen here, aren't we?

To simplify and speed up the reinstallation procedure, tools such as: RT Se7en Lite, WinToolKit And Windows Download Integrator (WDI).
The article will focus on the latter, using the example of integrating current updates (more than 300) into the original image of Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 x64.

Why Windows Download Integrator?

This tool was chosen for several objective reasons:

• Windows OS support starting from Windows Vista and ending Windows 8.
• Automatic download and integration of language packs, updates for Windows and Microsoft Office.
• Backup of drivers installed in the system and their subsequent integration into a clean OS image.
• Ability to create an answer file and install automatically.
• Unlock all OS editions in one image.
• Export to ISO and burn to USB drive out of the box.
• You can't make ZverDVD, i.e. cram a bunch of software and left-handed drivers.
• And much more...

Although WDI appeared relatively later than its competitors, the program already surpasses them in capabilities and is actively developing. Thanks to the guys from the My Digital Life forums.

Let's get down to business

What do we need?

• ISO image of Windows Vista/7/8, preferably from a purchased disk, but you can use original images from MSDN (be sure to check the checksums!).
• A set of updates in .MSU / .CAB format. You can download them directly from WDI or manually using WUD.
• Current version of Windows Download Integrator.
• Free hard disk space (3 gigabytes or more).
• More than 1 hour of free processor time.

Instructions for use

One of the disadvantages of WDI is its scant documentation, or rather its complete absence. In the archive with the program you will find only the executable file itself and a list of changes to the current version. All. Coupled with the second drawback - a very unobvious interface, this can cause some problems. But there are no unsolvable problems.

Loading the necessary components

All components necessary for integration can be downloaded out of the box, you just need to find the menu...

The main menu is circled in red (what did I say about the non-obvious interface?).

• To download language packs, use the “Download language packs” menu item.
• To download updates, use the “Download Windows updates” menu item.
• (Optional) To create a backup copy of installed drivers, use the “Backup Drivers” menu item.

We carefully arrange all the loaded stuff into folders.

Selecting a source

Click on the inscription Click to select DVD source!, answer affirmatively to the question “Would you like to select an ISO image?”.
(!) By answering “No” in this window, we can immediately select the unpacked ISO.
Select a folder to unpack the ISO. In the future, you can immediately specify this folder.

Choosing editors

In the window that appears, you can unlock the OS editions required for installation:

Integration of updates, language packs

In the next step, we can integrate the necessary language packs, updates, drivers, as well as change the installation screensaver and even import tweaks (I can’t imagine who might need this).

Everything here is more or less clear. Click on the “Add” button and select previously downloaded files.
(!) We check the LDR Mode checkbox on the Updates tab if desired. You can find out more about the difference in installation.

(!) I do not specifically touch on the last 4 tabs (starting with Drivers). We want to get a “clean” image that is closest to the original?

After all the necessary changes, click the familiar button, which has moved to the upper right corner.

Integration process

Quite boring. There is no need to sit and look at the progress bar; you can go about your business for the next hour. The integration process itself occurs in 2 stages, upon completion of which a dialog box will appear saying “Success” (or not) with information about the time spent on the operation. For me, the integration operation of more than 300 updates took about 1 hour (1 hour 16 minutes, to be more precise).

Export to ISO / Burn to USB

After integration is complete, the finished image can be exported to ISO (menu item “Create ISO”) or immediately written to a USB drive (menu item “USB Tool”).

Results

As a result, after spending an hour of time, we received an up-to-date image with Windows OS, close to the original, for the contents of which only we ourselves are responsible. No unnecessary software or drivers, no boring wallpaper - everything is only the most important and necessary.

More links

I advise you to look at the MDL forum in the MDL Projects and Applications section, you can find a lot of useful stuff there.

Hi all! In this article I want to tell you how to easily and simply integrate the necessary updates into the distribution and subsequently, after reinstalling the system, not waste time on it.

I decided to deal with this issue after, on one laptop, all the necessary updates, as expected, were downloaded and even began to be installed, but when I rebooted, the computer could not install them and began to cancel them.

At the stage of canceling updates, the laptop simply froze and the system would not boot any further. After that, I thought of solving this issue differently.

Of course, someone will say that you don’t need to download system updates at all, but I have a different opinion and believe that at least critical updates should be installed after reinstalling the system. So, let's get down to the process itself.

We will need:

• Windows 7 distribution
• UltraIso program
• Windows Update Pack

First, in the crown of drive C, create a folder W7. Next, using the UltraIso program and in the sources folder, we find the file install.wim.

We put this file in the W7 folder.

The updates themselves can be downloaded from this forum. Now we launch the command line, to do this, click the Start button and in the search form write the command cmd.
Now actually on the command line we write this code and press Enter

Dism /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:C:\W7\install.wim

It is not necessary to write it, you can simply select it with the mouse, copy and paste it into the command line window. Next we will be shown the indexes of all Windows that are contained in our distribution. If you want to integrate updates into all versions, then write the following code and press Enter

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C:\W7\UpdatePack7R2.exe /WimFile=C:\W7\install.wim /Index=*

If you need to integrate updates into only one edition of Windows, then instead of an asterisk at the end of the code, put its index.

As a result, you will be given a report that will tell you how the integration of updates went.

After this, we go to our W7 folder and notice that our install.wim file has noticeably gained weight. Now run UltraIso again and drag and drop our new file install.wim back to folder sources, to the question about replacement we answer Yes!

After all the manipulations in the UltraIso program, press the button file>save, or press the keyboard shortcut ctrl+s. All!

The output is a system distribution with integrated updates. Now you can safely write it to a disk or flash drive and safely install the system! Thank you all for your attention!

If anyone has any questions, you can watch the video at Youtube channel of this blog. Good luck to everyone!

Win Toolkit– a completely free utility that allows you to integrate all kinds of add-ons into a clean image of Windows 7: add-ons, service packs, selected updates, wallpapers, themes, various tweaks. In addition to integration, the program allows you to remove unnecessary components from the distribution.

By installing Win Toolkit on your computer, even a beginner will learn how to create a bootable USB disk using the program, edit the registry inside the image, and combine two or more versions of Windows OS - both 86- and 64-bit - into one ISO image.

Features of the Win Toolkit application:

• Independent download and integration of Windows 7 updates into the image, taking into account all the latest changes, language packs, and driver packages. And all this without visiting Microsoft's web pages.
• Integration into the Windows image of even small system details such as desktop gadgets, registry entries, and “silent” installation.
• Correct work with Cab archives. Thanks to Win Toolkit, the user will be able to convert MSU updates to CAB and vice versa, extract EXE updates and immediately send them to Cab archives for integration into the image.
• Merging two x86 and x64 images into one.
• To subsequently install the Windows 7 image, the user can choose two methods - using a bootable USB drive or from a DVD CD. The Win Toolkit utility supports both flash drives and DVD-R.
• Dividing an image into several parts. In case the amount of flash memory is small or the file system of the drive does not allow for copying files larger than 4 GB.
• Installing cached updates on an already installed (current) Windows system.
• Built-in WIM, DISM and imagex managers are a pleasure to work with.
• If necessary, the Win Toolkit can forcefully disable an already mounted system image.