02/14/2012

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Manual installation

Firstly, locate your most up to date image and make a copy of it. This is so we can

stream the newest Windows Updates into the mounted WIM without risk of damaging

a working WIM. I suggest copying the WIM to a temp location. Also, put the

Windows Update that you want to apply into an Updates folder.

Next, mount your image in the temp location.

DISM /Mount-Wim /WimFile:C:\TempMount\install.wim /index:1 /Mountdir:C:\TempMount\Mount

Now inject the Windows Update you need to apply

DISM /image:C:\TempMount\Mount /Add-Package /Packagepath:C:\Updates\

Finally, save an unmount the image

DISM /Unmount-Wim /Mountdir:C:\TempMount\Mount /commit DISM /Cleanup-Wim

Automating the installation

While running updates manually like this is an easy way to apply a few updates, hundreds of updates require more work. Here’s how you would apply the updates using PowerShell.

$UpdatesPath = "C:\Updates\*" $MountPath = “C:\TempMount\Mount” $WimFile = “C:\TempMount\install.wim” DISM \Mount-Wim /WimFile:$WimFile /index:1 /Mountdir:$MountPath $UpdateArray = Get-Item $UpdatesPath ForEach ($Updates in $UpdateArray) { DISM /image:$MountPath /Add-Package /Packagepath:$Updates Start-Sleep –s 10 } Write-Host "Updates Applied to WIM" DISM /Unmount-Wim /Mountdir:$MountPath /commit DISM /Cleanup-Wim

Using SCCM 2007 Deployment Packages makes getting these updates really simple. Package up the updates like you would normally, then set the $UpdatesPath variable above to the SMS package location.

Happy patching!

Matt Shadbolt