T wrote:
On 02/07/2015 04:23 PM, T wrote:
On 02/07/2015 04:05 PM, T wrote:
On 02/07/2015 03:44 PM, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Sat, 07 Feb 2015 23:41:14 -0000, T wrote:

On 02/07/2015 03:39 PM, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
why can't you download it from the M$ site itself?

Because I could not find it. Do you have the link?

I think this is it, but I've never had to use it:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/w...-refresh-media


Hi Guy,

Took me a minute to realize that I had to click the create
media button to download a utility that lets me pick
what I want. I was looking for the ISO itself.

Oh, and the utility laid an egg when I tried to run it from
Wine. Chuckle, Chuckle.

I wonder if the ISO has SP1 built into it?

Thank you for helping me with this. Way easier than the stuff
I found on Google.

-T


The turkey is sitting there at 0% for the last 1/2 hour

How long does this thing take to run?

If you start over, by getting the tool from an "en-US" page,
does it work better ? I can't imagine the British executable
being different than the US one. They would need to download
a different ISO, but that should be determine dynamically,
rather than relying on what page you got the tool from.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...-refresh-media

Looking at strings.txt inside the executable, it makes reference
to ESD USB and ESD ISO. Which suggests the download you
get, will have a single Windows image in it, with an
install.esd container (encrypted). It self-decrypts and
installs, so that's not a problem. It's a case of not
uploading it for others to torrent (as Microsoft would
have a record of what license key was used to operate
that download tool). And the error messages in the strings.txt
file make reference to a key, so you need a valid Win8 key
to operate the tool. (That means, it should not be accepting
the known install-only keys.) It if had a problem with
the key, it should tell you that right away.

Paul