service-packspecial characterswindows 7
While looking at some crash reports, I saw that one of the users has "Windows 7 Service Pack 1Ð". I thought that maybe it's a buffer overflow bug, but after googling for "Service Pack 1Ð", I saw that some other users have this, although not too many.
What does this Ð symbol mean? Is it specific to some locale?
WARNING: YMMV. I think we're close, but not quite there yet. These instructions have worked for some people, but I'm getting an error on the last step. So I think we're missing something. It's getting late here, I'm going to flag this as a community wiki. Perhaps you can sort out what I've missed.
Windows 7 slipstreaming is not officially supported. You can use third party tools to accomplish the task. You can also do it yourself manually by unpacking the cab files, editing three text files, and using dism command to update the installation packages. Here's how to do that step by step:
Copy install.wim from your installation disc to your hard drive.
Go to the download Windows 7 Service Pack 1 webpage on the Microsoft website, and then click Continue.
After you have passed the "Genuine Advantage" test, you can choose to download either windows6.1-KB976932-X64.exe, or the 32-bit version windows6.1-KB976932-X86.exe
Extract the contents of the service pack with the -x command. Example: windows6.1-KB976932-X64.exe -x
Extract the contents of windows6.1-KB976932-X64.cab with a tool like 7-Zip (any compression utility that supports cab will do).
Extract the contents of NestedMPPContent.cab into the same folder.
Open update.ses in notepad and change Absent into Installed under OfflineInstall. It should look like:
<Tasks operationMode="OfflineInstall">
<Phase>
<package id="Windows7SP1-KB976933~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.1.17514" targetState="Installed"/>
</Phase>
</Tasks>
Open update.mum and Windows7SP1-KB976933~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.1.17514.mum (or the 32-bit equivalent) in notepad and change allowedOffline="false" to allowedOffline="true"
Extract all the language cab files KB976933-LangsCab0 through KB976933-LangsCab6, overwrite files if prompted.
Launch a command prompt with Administrative privileges.
Let's assume you stored the extracted service pack files in a folder called C:\sp1. Create a new folder called C:\offline, and note the location of install.wim which should be in the sources folder in your Windows 7 installation disc contents. Use the following commands (change folder names where necessary:
DISM /Mount-Wim /WimFile:C:\win7-contents\sources\install.wim /Index:1 /MountDir:C:\offline
DISM /Image:C:\offline /Add-Package /PackagePath:C:\sp1
DISM /Unmount-Wim /MountDir:C:\offline /Commit
TODO: add instructions for creating bootable disc
Before you kill yourself trying to fix this, try running the "System Update Readiness Tool" first.
It is often a miracle worker as it can automatically fix problems that get in the way of a successful service pack install. It can take from 15 minutes to over 2 hours to run, so if it takes a long time, do not worry, it is probably still working.
Best Answer
Eth in Icelandic and Faroese. Almost equal to "The" in English. It's in the ISO-8859-1 (ISO Latin 1) encoding.
I have seen this occur in pirated x64 Ultimate Editions, burned on dual layer burners.