{"id":2026,"date":"2017-01-13T01:06:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T00:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/?p=2026"},"modified":"2022-06-23T20:58:13","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T18:58:13","slug":"how-to-create-a-windows-7-sp-refresh-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2017\/01\/13\/how-to-create-a-windows-7-sp-refresh-media\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create a Windows 7 SP refresh media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"win7\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"win7\" src=\"https:\/\/www.borncity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/win7_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"44\" align=\"left\" height=\"42\">Sometimes it's mandatory to re-install Windows 7 SP1 on a machine. The question is, who to proceed to setup an up to date system with minimum efforts. Microsoft has published an answer to that question. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>My MVP colleague Mike Halsey recently mentioned within a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WinObs\/status\/816346395988946944\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweet<\/a> this related <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180331071648\/https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/astoica\/2017\/01\/03\/windows-7-refreshed-media-creation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft Technet article<\/a>. All you need is a Windows 7 SP1-ISO install media. Then the following updates are required additionally.  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catalog.update.microsoft.com\/Search.aspx?q=3020369\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KB3020369<\/a> (April 2015 Service Stack Update)\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catalog.update.microsoft.com\/Search.aspx?q=3125574\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KB3125574<\/a> (April 2016 Convenience Update Rollup)\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catalog.update.microsoft.com\/Search.aspx?q=3177467\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KB3177467<\/a> (September 2016 Servicing Stack Update)\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catalog.update.microsoft.com\/Search.aspx?q=3172605\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KB3172605<\/a> (Juli 2016 Functional Rollup Update\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catalog.update.microsoft.com\/Search.aspx?q=3179573\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KB3179573<\/a> (August 2016 Functional Rollup Update)\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catalog.update.microsoft.com\/Search.aspx?q=2841134 target=\" _blank?? rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KB2841134<\/a> (Internet Explorer 11 \u2013 optional)\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catalog.update.microsoft.com\/Search.aspx?q=3185330 target=\" _blank? rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KB3185330<\/a> (October 2016 Monathly quality update)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All links are pointing to Microsoft Update Catalog, where you can download the update packages. The Internet Explorer 11 update is optional.  <\/p>\n<p>If you plan to integrate the updates mentioned above into an <em>install.wim<\/em> shipped with the ISO image file, you have to extract the .msu filtes. After extracting, the <em>.cab <\/em>files should be present within a local folder.  <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Update-Pakete\" alt=\"Update-Pakete\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200726061933\/https:\/\/msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net\/media\/2017\/01\/image23.png\">  <\/p>\n<p>Delete all files, except the <em>.cab<\/em> files shown in the screenhot above. The mount the <em>install.wim <\/em>obtained from an ISO file using <em>DISM<\/em>.  <\/p>\n<p><em>Dism \/Mount-Image \/ImageFile:C:\\test\\images\\install.wim \/Name:\"Windows 7 ENTERPRISE\" \/MountDir:C:\\test\\offline<\/em>  <\/p>\n<p>Then you can add the above .cab files using DISM commands like this:  <\/p>\n<p><em>Dism \/Image:C:\\test\\offline \/Add-Package \/PackagePath:C:\\files\\Window7MediaRefresh\\CABs\\Windows6.1-KB3020369-x64.cab<\/em>  <\/p>\n<p>Unmount the image using the following command:  <\/p>\n<p><em>Dism \/Unmount-Image \/MountDir:C:\\test\\offline \/Commit<\/em>  <\/p>\n<p>All steps are discussed in details within <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180331071648\/https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/astoica\/2017\/01\/03\/windows-7-refreshed-media-creation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft's Technet arcticle<\/a>. Then you can insert the <em>install.wim <\/em>into the ISO install image using AnyBurn or similar tools. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Similar articles:<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/win10-wiki\/\">Win10 Wiki<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210512202711\/https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2016\/07\/06\/windows10-open-command-prompt-window-as-administrator\/\">Windows 10: Open command prompt window as administrator<br \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2015\/08\/30\/trick-how-to-upgrade-to-windows-10-with-a-clean-install\/\">Trick: How to upgrade to Windows 10 using a clean install<br \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2016\/06\/25\/microsoft-windows-and-office-iso-download-tool\/\">Microsoft Windows and Office ISO download tool<br \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2015\/11\/25\/windows-10-version-1511-via-media-creation-tool-is-back\/\">Windows 10 Version 1511 via Media Creation Tool \"is back\"<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2016\/10\/19\/microsoft-update-catalog-finally-supports-different-browsers\/\">Microsoft Update Catalog finally supports different browsers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes it's mandatory to re-install Windows 7 SP1 on a machine. 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