If you want to be better prepared for unforeseen patching, keep a portable drive with an updated WSUSOffline on it. The full English catalog will run ~30 GB.
-- Espi On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 4:25 PM, Raymond Peng <[email protected]> wrote: > Easiest way is to slipstream wsus updates into the default wim file using > DISM. > > > > Articles below may be few a years old but still applicable. > > > > http://www.sysadminlab.net/mobile/creating-a-fully-patch- > install-wim-for-windows-78-without-mdt-but-using-wsus-offline-updater > > https://4sysops.com/archives/use-dism-to-slipstream-updates/ > > > > I thought MS had a latest ISO with Sp1/2 for Windows 7 but I could be > mistaken. > > > * Thank you,* > > > > *Ray* > > > *[image: cid:9FE8CE67-4431-44CD-970D-6A632819929E]* > > *Raymond Peng* > > *Systems Engineer / IT Operations* > *Direct:* *650-577-5399 <(650)%20577-5399>* > > *Email:* *[email protected] <[email protected]>* > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:listsadmin@lists. > myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *Eric Levinson > *Sent:* Monday, September 25, 2017 3:57 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [NTSysADM] Very painful install of Windows 7 > > > > I have a laptop and needed to do a full re install of Windows 7 on it. > > > > The Windows setup application asked at the beginning if I wanted to > download updates. I said yes. > > > > Needless to say – after Windows 7 was installed – there were 398 critical > updates waiting for me requiring some 10 reboots in between patches. > > > > It took about 16 hours after the initial reinstall to get the system back > up to SP1, with all the new hotfixes and IE 11. > > > > I would have gone right to Windows 10 – but this laptop has an > incompatibility which causes it to reboot during the setup process. > > > > Can anyone recommend a way to include all the patches and service packs > into the initial install so everything is set up the way it should be? I > doubt I will have to do this reinstall again in the near future, but I’d > like to hear from system administrators on this list. > > > > Thanks, > > Eric > > >
