Fun times.<\/p>\n
I vlited Vista a while back when SP1 was released. I cropped almost 3GB worth of Vista DVD into 900MB worth of awesome install. It fit on two CDs. I liked it.<\/p>\n
Fast forward to today – SP2 for vista was released a couple days ago to MSDN\/partners. I download the rather large install and attempt to update my system. Fail. Epic. Apparently I’m “missing” key components needed by the SP2 installer. So I’m stuck on 1. Yippie.<\/p>\n
So I go ahead and download the whole schebang – Vista Enterprise SP2. Then I go ahead and vlite this installation – but I only manage to cut the installer in half – 1.58GB out of the original 2.98GB. Four CD’s later I’m in business; burned and ready to install.<\/p>\n
Installed without any issues, and it’s not even complaining. Seems faster already too.<\/p>\n
ANYway, I attempt to run the Activation for windows. ERROR! ERROR! ERROR!<\/p>\n
slui.exe – System Error<\/p>\n
The program can’t start because SCARDDLG.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Well that sucks. How am I supposed to activate this beast? I check on the original DVD to see if the dll is floating around – no dice. I check on another vista machine (SP1) – no dice. So then I remember that post CAB file days, Microsoft has files known as WIMs. AND since I needed to install that 1.3GB AIK microsoft installer for vlite to run, I already had the tool required to view said WIM files.<\/p>\n
Grab the original Vista SP2 Disk and put it in your Optical drive (Or Daemon Tools virtual mount the ISO)
\nCreate a directory called “vistamount” on your C:\\ drive
\nStart -> All Programs -> Microsoft Windows AIK -> Windows PE Tools Command Prompt<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
imagex \/mount f:\\sources\\install.wim 1 c:\\vistamount<\/code><\/p>\nNow you’ll be able to navigate to c:\\vistamount\\windows\\system32\\scarddlg.dll. Throw this file into c:\\windows\\system32 and then try to reactivate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fun times. I vlited Vista a while back when SP1 was released. I cropped almost 3GB worth of Vista DVD into 900MB worth of awesome install. It fit on two CDs. I liked it. Fast forward to today – SP2 for vista was released a couple days ago to MSDN\/partners. I download the rather large … Continue reading VLite, Windows Activation, SLUI.exe, and SCARDDLG.DLL<\/span>