On Monday, June 6, 2016 at 11:58:52 PM UTC+12:45, John Marrett wrote: > I've recently completed a windows 7 install and gotten it to update > completely. This was not at all easy. > > I took my original ISO and updated it with the recent convenience > rollup (I used an unpatched win 7 install with about 30G of user space > to do this, you'll need the disk space necessary for two copies of the > ISO, the 1G+ convenience patch and some software for the patching): > > http://www.howtogeek.com/255540/the-last-windows-7-iso-youll-ever-need-how-to-slipstream-the-convenience-rollup/ > > I then installed from this iso, I installed another patch that's > supposed to improve windows patching speed that I found out about on > stackoverflow: > > https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3138612 > > I then waited a very long time, it was still stuck checking for > updates but the shutdown option showed patches ready to install. After > 2-3 shutdowns to install patches and a lot of waiting the system is > now fully patched. > > Hopefully this information can help you, > > -JohnF > > > On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 10:15 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, I finally got past the cdrom issue (ie didn't need it anyway!) and > > installed win7 with only one hiccup (512 default mem setting) and it seemed > > to install fine, I had net access and everything. I downloaded the GWX > > control panel app and anti-beacon then tried to run win updates, it ran, > > and ran, for like 3 hours never giving any indication that it was doing > > anything but "checking". That was before started "start VM for Windows > > Tools Installation" and ran the qubes-tools-WIN7x64-3.0.4.1 app in the virt > > cdrom that showed up in win7 , I then rebooted win7 and was able to open > > shortcuts to apps in win7 (win7 appvm?) from Qubes! Great! but then I am > > not sure what happened, I wasn't able to start the "windows window" at > > first, and I think I might have tried from the Qubes VM Manager to run > > "update VM" and eventually was able to get a "windows 7 window" but now no > > network access at all (said no connection), and I am no longer able to open > > win7 apps via shortcuts in their own windows, now they open up a large > > "win7 window" (full screen) and the app inside of that (not full screen, so > > win menu/taskbar etc are accessible). I then put in the network info from > > the Win7 settings into windows and set a DNS and I had internet access > > again, but still no updates and still not back to being able to open up > > appvms). And for what its worth, I am noticing now that before when the > > win7 window opened up it would not go to full screen, now it does; also it > > now (not sure about before) tells me in the bottom right hand side that its > > in "Test Mode, Windows 7, Build 7601". > > > > I am fine with starting over with the Win7 VM (after getting over the cdrom > > and bsod hurdles it doesn't seem so bad) but I would like to know if in > > what I have described I have done anything wrong, hopefully so as I figure > > I should be doing sec updates etc in win7. > > > > Thanks!!! > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "qubes-users" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [email protected]. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/43aa9356-883f-4585-9aba-64609e955567%40googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Thanks for the response, that is a bit of a PITA but I'm totally willing to give it a try. One question, when you say unpatched do you mean w/o SP1 or you did this with a SP1 ISO? Cheers -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/25bbb664-ec6b-4315-b2da-2a460f42da58%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
