HFSLIP

Infobox Software
name = HFSLIP



caption =
developer = Tomcat76 & TommyP
latest_release_version = 1.7.8
operating_system = Microsoft Windows
platform =
genre = Windows Installation
license = GPL
website = http://hfslip.org/

HFSLIP is an open source Hotfix and Service Pack slipstreaming utility designed to update Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, and 2003 SP1/SP2 installation sources. A 64-bit version is in development. HFSLIP is one of the more technically difficult slipstreaming utilities available compared to software like nLite. But it is open source and more flexible than many of the alternatives while offering a greater degree of user control. In addition to hotfixes and service packs, HFSLIP can slipstream other Microsoft updates such as Internet Explorer, DirectX 9.0c, Windows Media Player, and Windows Media Codecs. It can also integrate third-party device driver updates, including the DriverPacks.

HFSLIP slipstreams the binaries (individual files) of most service packs and individual hotfixes directly. This means that original files are replaced with the newer versions in the updates from the Microsoft Download Center. Some hotfixes are non-standard or require a special installation procedure; HFSLIP integrates these instead, placing them as they are in the SVCPACK folder, to be installed automatically near the end of Windows setup.

See also

* List of remastering software
*Slipstream (computing)

External links

* [http://hfslip.org/ HFSLIP Website]
* [http://www.vorck.com/hfslip-info.html Fred Vorck's HFSLIP Info Site]
* [http://www.nliteos.com/ nLite website]
* [http://unattended.msfn.org/ MSFN's Unattended Windows : Unattended Windows Introduction]
* [http://driverpacks.net/ DriverPacks.net]