Slipstream the Convenience Rollup Update (April 2016) with Windows 7 Enterprise x64
1. Overview
This Step by step guide will guide you through each step necessary to slipstream a plain vanilla Windows 7 Enterprise with SP1 x64 iso with the newly released Convenience rollup update (April 2016).
What is the Convenience rollup update?
The KB3125574 Convenience rollup update is one KB that will include all security updates and non-security updates since the release of Windows 7 SP1. Not all updates are included, but all updates that are suitable for general distribution.
By installing the update during a task sequence or by slipstreaming it into the iso it will make the image creation much faster.
It needs to be manually added because its not distributed through Windows Update. So if you try to install Windows 7 with the SP1 iso, you will still need to install all the 220+ updates..
I have also added addition hotfixes to this guide, one of them is the Enterprise hotfix rollup. It contains over 90 + hotfixes that are not distributed through Windows Update, I have also added some post hotfixes that I find useful from my own experience.
These hotfixes are optional for this guide..
2. Download the iso media and the Convenience update:
Filename | Description | URL |
en_windows_7_enterprise_with_sp1_x64_dvd_u_677651.iso | Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 iso. You can download it from your VL subscription or MSDN. The name of the iso is different between the download centers. The MSDN iso en_windows_7_enterprise_with_sp1_x64_dvd_u_677651.iso is used in this guide. | https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/downloads/ |
Windows6.1-KB3020369-x64.msu | Pre-req for slipstreaming the convenience update: KB3020369 April 2015 servicing stack update for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 |
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3020369 |
AMD64-all-windows6.1-kb3125574-v4-x64_2dafb1d203c8964239af3048b5dd4b1264cd93b9.msu | KB3125574 Convenience rollup update for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 | https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3125574 |
Filename | Description | URL |
en_windows_7_enterprise_with_sp1_x64_dvd_u_677651.iso | Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 iso. You can download it from your VL subscription or MSDN. The name of the iso is different between the download centers. The MSDN iso en_windows_7_enterprise_with_sp1_x64_dvd_u_677651.iso is used in this guide. | https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/downloads/ |
Windows6.1-KB3020369-x64.msu | Pre-req for slipstreaming the convenience update: KB3020369 April 2015 servicing stack update for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 |
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3020369 |
AMD64-all-windows6.1-kb3125574-v4-x64_2dafb1d203c8964239af3048b5dd4b1264cd93b9.msu | KB3125574 Convenience rollup update for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 | https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3125574 |
3. Optional: Additional Hotfixes downloads
Filename | Description | URL |
AMD64-all-windows6.1-kb2775511-v2-x64_ec18cc10e27faf443c17e7a8073c9eba773eb13e.msu | KB2775511 An enterprise hotfix rollup is available for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 | http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Search.aspx?q=2775511 |
AMD64-all-windows6.1-kb2732673-v4-x64_801bb11beb007464927d0988992005f63899dab2.msu | KB2732673 “Delayed write failed” error message when .pst files are stored on a network file server that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 | http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Search.aspx?q=2732673 |
AMD64-all-windows6.1-kb2728738-v3-x64_22e4457734ff8c995a3637f95ea7848de7956a0d.msu | KB2728738 You experience a long logon time when you try to log on to a Windows 7-based or a Windows Server 2008 R2-based client computer that uses roaming profiles | http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Search.aspx?q=2728738
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AMD64-all-windows6.1-kb2878378-v2-x64_eb7f7ae83a8d77ba88b228e058fc9c152c211e7a.msu | KB2878378 OpsMgr 2012 or OpsMgr 2007 R2 generates a “Heartbeat Failure” message and then goes into a greyed out state in Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (Server 2008 R2) | http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Search.aspx?q=2878378 |
Windows6.1-KB2852386-x64.msu | KB2852386 Disk Cleanup Wizard addon lets users delete outdated Windows updates on Windows 7 SP1 or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 | https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2852386 |
Windows6.1-KB2522623-x64.msu | KB2522623 InitializeSecurityContext function might not fall back to NTLM authentication in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 when Kerberos fails and has the STATUS_NO_LOGON_SERVERS status | https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2522623 |
Windows6.1-KB2614066-x64.msu | KB2614066 Black screen during a Remote Assistance session in Windows Vista, in Windows Server 2008, in Windows 7, or in Windows Server 2008 R2 | https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2614066 |
4. Extract the iso and the hotfixes
Task | Detailed Steps |
Create folder | Create the folder:
C:\Temp\Slipstream |
Extract the hotfixes |
Extract the hotfixes to C:\Temp\Slipstream |
Create folder |
Create the folder: C:\Temp\Slipstream\Mount WIN7x64 |
Extract iso |
Extract the windows 7 Enterprise iso to a folder. in this example: |
5. Slipstream the hotfixes
en_windows_7_enterprise_with_sp1_x64_dvd_u_677651_April16.iso
You now have a fully slipstreamed Windows 7 Enterprise x64 iso with updates include until April 2016 + additional important hotfixes.
You can use it standalone or with deployment solutions like MDT and ConfigMgr. You do not need to add these hotfixes as steps to the deployment solution.
But if you run regular Windows update you will still see more then 70 important updates that are still missing…
So not all updates are included, but it will decrease the deployment time for a build and capture.
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