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Hey guys I have seen that you can make a SAD for Vista and as far as I know this should work for Windows 7? But, for my laptop I have pre SP1 drivers for Vista and drivers which are post SP1 for Vista so I am not sure what to use.
Also could we have a tutorial making for how to make a SAD for Vista which works for Windows 7 please?
Thank you all!
Stoner.
PS - Sorry not been around much been somewhat busy!
Search MS for DPInst.exe 
There you will find all that is needed, I did. 
Read my FAQ for SAD to get started.
And look at the command line i use in DP_Inst_Tool.cmd for dpinst.exe and the XML settings file i include. 
Please let me know if DPINST supports win7 too... If not what does?
pre or post SP drivers should not matter... DPInst.exe should only install the drivers that are appropriate.
Thanks Overflow m8 much appreciated, I will do what you have said and do some reading and hopefully report back see if I can contribute something to the team
Peace!
EDIT
Hey Jeff I did find this on the MSDN site which says that Windows7 WDK has the latest version of DPInst in it (v2.01 I think it is). They have a link to go get the WDK directly from MS so here is a link with more information on it (I am somewhat out of my depth here) ;
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms790308.aspxAlso for some stupid reason (probably my fault) I can not find your tutorial on making a SAD :S sorry m8 could really use some help please.
Last edited by Stoner (2009-11-16 02:17:06)
SAD FAQ http://forum.driverpacks.net/viewtopic.php?id=2264
post 9 has some links to help http://forum.driverpacks.net/viewtopic. … 159#p20159
Here is direct to the How To http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms791049.aspx
let me know if you get stuck...
Thank you m8y very much appreciated, I see that link I gave you has already been used in another thread you pointed me to.
If I am reading right if I make a SAD using DPbase then it will work with Windows7 rather than using the guide shown on MSDN for "Creating a DPInst Installation Package"?
Sorry about all the question buddy 
Stoner.
EDIT
Also can I put x86 and x64 on the same DVD or will that screw things up? If I need to make one for x86 and x64 that's not a problem but would be nice to have just one DVD .
I also see that the Vista Tool project has been dropped so I have no idea on how to go about making a SAD dvd for Windows 7 (x86 and x64) *cries*
Last edited by Stoner (2009-11-17 09:05:01)
the version of dpinst for vista i think is newer than the one we use
but the usage is the same.
Ah ok m8 no worries so I will need to read up fully on using DPInst then first before going further I think man this is complicated! I will be wanting to intergrate all the Vista packs stored on DP.net (x86 and x64 versions). So this could take a while.
Stoner.
it is not very complicated... and you have a working example .
you should just be able to put the extr4acted drivers in a subfloder of dpinst.exe with the command line i use and the xml file i provide... test... (optional check to see if newer version of dpinst exists)
I just got the latest DDK (GRMWDK_EN_7600.ISO)
I was right we are using 2.0.1 and the latest is 2.1.0
I will have to test it and check the license to see if we can update to 2.1
(I hope the newer version is still a redistributable file!)
If so then SAD for Vista and for Win7 is 99% done
That would be awesome m8, would it be possible for an application to be written to make making a SAD for Windows 7 easier? I know a lot of you guys are working on a Windows 7 tool already
Stoner.
A simple adjustment to DP_Inst_Tool.cmd should be all that is neccessary.
The names for the packs are not the same .
So does this mean that the new version of DPinst can be used? Very much a n00b to this part of the packs I got XP sorted out though using DP Base but hey ho (sorry little off topic there).
yeah dpinst works with vista and win 7
you just have to extract the packs to a subfolder of dpinst and run it. It could not be any easier to use 
.
Just put dpinst and DPInst.xml (this file is in a SAD folder so you could copy it)
DPInst.xml
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<dpinst>
<search>
<subDirectory>*</subDirectory>
</search>
<scanHardware/>
<legacyMode/>
<promptIfDriverIsNotBetter/>
</dpinst>the xml file tells dpinst to search all subfolders for drivers
for silent mode just run DPINST.EXE /c /s /sh /lm /el /sa
/c = Log to console (dos window)
/s = silent
/sh = Search local hardware
/lm = Legacy mode
/el = enable language support (all not listed languages - none are listed so all are enabled)
/sa = suppress Add Remove Programs * very important as this can be quite messy if not used!
Since Win7 will use Vista drivers you can just extract any packs you want to a subfolder of dpinst.exe... EASY!
Ok m8 so if I am reading this right then I should do the following;
1. Copy DPInst.exe and the .xml file to a seperate folder.
2. Download and extract ALL the Vista packs to this above working folder.
3. Run DPInst.exe with the following command switches - /c /s /sh /lm /el /sa
Now if I wanted to make a self running SAD then I could just make a autorun file.
Thanks m8!
Stoner.
PS - Can we use the new version of DPInst.exe?
Last edited by Stoner (2009-11-30 03:18:45)
Autorun.inf
DPINST.EXE /c /s /sh /lm /el /sadisc layout (assume ODD is d:\)
d:\autorun.inf
d:\dpinst.exe
d:\dpinst.xml
d:\Drivers Folder\
d:\Drivers Folder\driver a folder
d:\Drivers Folder\driver b folder
d:\Drivers Folder\...
d:\Drivers Folder\driver z folder
That should be all that is required
Awesome m8 thanks! I will create the folder "Drivers Folder" and extract everything in there.
Thanks for all your help buddy!
Stoner.
well we normaly just use \D\
Ok m8 I will do it that way then thanks for all your help buddy!
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