Slipstream 1. Mount the Vista install image to your temporary location. In the command prompt, run this imagex.exe /mountrw install.wim <imagenumber> <mountfolder> For this example: I am slipstreaming IE8 into Vista Ultimate which has the imagenumber = 4. The command I ran is as such "C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\x86\imagex.exe" /mountrw C:\Slipstreaming\VistaSP1x86en\sources\install.wim 4 C:\Slipstreaming\mount If you don’t know the image number of the OS image you are using, you can use the arbitrary large number instead of 4 in the command above like this: imagex.exe /dir c:\VistaRTM\sources\install.wim 20. This triggers help information to be displayed. From the output in your command prompt, choose the SKU that you are using and the IMAGE INDEX is the <imagenumber> that you need. 2. Slipstream IE8 into the Vista image. If you are using Vista Gold image, you need to change a read only attribute flag prior to executing a slipstream command: attrib -R "<mountfolder>\Windows\Offline Web Pages" For example: attrib -R "C:\Slipstreaming\mount\Windows\Offline Web Pages" Now, you are ready to slipstream IE8. Run this in the command prompt: pkgmgr.exe /n:<package folder>\WindowsVista-KB#-NEUTRAL.xml /o:”<mount folder>;<mount folder>\windows” /s:<sandbox> /l:<where you want the log file to be stored>. Ensure the pkgmgr.exe you use is the one installed with the WAIK tools. For example: "c:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\x86\Servicing\pkgmgr.exe" /n:"c:\Slipstreaming\pkg\Windows6.0-KB944036-x86.xml" /o:""c:\Slipstreaming\mount";"c:\Slipstreaming\mount\windows"" /s:"c:\Slipstreaming\sandbox" /l:"c:\Slipstreaming\slp.log" Once the slipstreaming command is finished successfully, the slp.log will say “exit code 0x00”. Remember to add the read only attribute flag back after slipstreaming is complete if using a Vista Gold image: attrib +R "<mountfolder>\Windows\Offline Web Pages" For example: attrib +R "C:\Slipstreaming\mount\Windows\Offline Web Pages" 3. Save the changes. Use imagex.exe to save the changes: imagex /commit /unmount <mountfolder> For this example: "c:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\x86\imagex.exe" /commit /unmount c:\Slipstreaming\mount You are all done!!! The Vista install image on your local machine is the new Vista build with IE8 slipstreamed. Since IE8 is part of the Vista image, you can customize it by creating an answer.xml file and running Vista setup with unattend option as such: <VistaPath>\setup.exe /unattend:<answer.xml path>

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