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    Vlite and integrating dell drivers

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by MXandSXracer21, Oct 28, 2008.

  1. MXandSXracer21

    MXandSXracer21 Notebook Consultant

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    I am trying to make a vlite disc for vista ultimate (x64) and i am trying to preload it with the dell drivers. How do i go about doing this? It seems to require the driver to be in .INF format, but dell's drivers are in .exe format.

    Also is it possible to preload it with Firefox, Thunderbird, MS Office, etc..
     
    MXandSXracer21, Oct 28, 2008
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    execute the exe and it will uncompress them to a folder of your choosing. Then point vLite at that folder!!

    I've done the same thing with my computers. I was bored one day and I haven't used them yet :(
     
    surfasb, Oct 29, 2008
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    Thanks! Does anyone know if its possible to integrate program files such as Firefox, Foxit Reader, etc.?
     
    MXandSXracer21, Nov 8, 2008
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    Yup, it is possible, there are several different ways to do it.

    Unfortunately I can't post the links directly until I've posted 15 times... How silly since I've just wasted all this time trying to fool the forum parser just so I can help out a fellow forum user...
     
    TechGuy, Nov 16, 2008
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    If you google Unattended Install Vista you should get some useful info
     
    TechGuy, Nov 16, 2008
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    Also look into Windows Post-Install Wizard which will help you with this
     
    TechGuy, Nov 16, 2008
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    Ok, sorry to break that up into a billion posts, but I should be able to post the links now :) (Sorry forum admins! I'm trying to help here, please don't hurt me!)

    There is a program called Windows Post-Install Wizard (WPI)
    http://www.wpiw.net/The_Dark_Side/files.html

    And you can do it manually with an unattended install file (Autounattend.xml ) A great guide can be found here:

    http://firegeier.unattended-sponsor.de/en/sitemap.html

    and specifically to installing apps:

    http://firegeier.unattended-sponsor.de/en/applications.html

    and the MSFN newsgroups are also a great source of info, a useful post of which is here:

    http://www.msfn.org/board/WPI-Vista-t99434.html

    You can combine these approaches with batch files (scripting) to do a lot of cool things.

    And to address your original question about extracting drivers, there is a great tool called UniExtract which will extract the files out of almost all installer packages:

    http://legroom.net/software/uniextract

    Hope that helps, Good luck!
     
    TechGuy, Nov 16, 2008
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