Slip streaming

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As slipstreaming that you referred integrating one or more service packs , hot fixes or patches to the installation media of a software product (usually Windows or Microsoft Office ). This enables the direct installation of a current version of the software without having to manually install the said service packs, bug fixes or other updates.

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First, the old setup files are copied from the medium to the hard disk in order to apply the improvements. After updating and adjusting various parameters in the Windows setup files, for example txtsetup.sif, all files, including the improvements, are compiled in a new directory, which can then be burned to CD and thus a new installation medium can be created.

Programs that carry out this process automatically and in a relatively user-friendly manner are, for example, nLite (for XP), NTLite (for Windows 7 to Windows 10), vLite (for Vista), Win Toolkit (for Windows 7 and 8), xp-Iso- Builder , Office SP Slipstreamer for Office 2003 & 2007 or WUCD (Windows Unattended CD Creator).

Some programs already deliver the slipstream functionality. Here you can get the desired result with certain command line parameters (switches). In addition to the Windows setup since Windows 2000, these are, for example, MSI packages that can be updated using MSP update packages, for example with Microsoft Office programs. With other programs, you have to use different tools to do the same thing.

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