We all know that the feature-rich Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) browser is not included in Windows 7 Service Pack 1. So, every time you reinstall your Windows 7, you will have to manually install IE9. To avoid this problem, you can easily slipstream IE9 into Windows 7 installation DVD or ISO.
While it’s possible to slipstream Internet Explorer (IE9) without using a third-party tool, you will need to download Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK).
As the download size of WAIK for Windows 7 SP1 is almost 1300 MB, we are going to use a free tool called RT Seven Lite to slipstream Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) into Windows 7 ISO. Moreover, the procedure is very simple in this method.
Requirements:
# Windows 7 ISO or Windows 7 SP1 installation DVD
# Internet Explorer 9 MSU files (Download x86 and x64)
# RT Seven Lite
Procedure:
1. Insert your Windows 7 or Windows 7 SP1 DVD into the optical drive and then copy DVD contents (installation files) to a folder.
2. Run the already installed RT Seven Lite utility. Under the Home tab, click Browse button and the choose Select OS Path option to browse to the folder which contains Windows 7 installation files. Choose the second option (Select ISO file) if you have an ISO file. In this guide, we have selected the first option.
3. RT Seven Lite will start loading files and might take a few minutes to complete this process. During this process, the tool might display Not Responding message in the tittle bar, but please don’t close the utility.
4. In this step, you will need to select the edition of your Windows 7 OS. Select your edition and click Ok button. Wait for a while to see Loading completed message.
5. Now that you have selected your edition of Windows 7, it’s time to move to Task tab present in the left side. Select Integration and ISO Bootable options, and then switch to Integration tab available in the left side.
6. Under Integration tab, click Updates tab and then click Add option to include downloaded IE9 MSU file. Please make sure that you have downloaded the right version of IE9 as both x86 and x64 versions are available for download. For instance, download IE9 x86 for 32-bit Windows 7, and IE9 x64 for 64-bit Windows 7.
7. Finally, switch to ISO-Bootable tab to create a bootable Windows 7 with IE9 ISO file. Here, under Mode, select Create Image to create bootable Windows 7 ISO. If you want to directly burn the ISO into a DVD, select Direct Burn option. We have selected ISO Image option.
8. Click Make ISO button and select a location to save the ISO file and to begin the final step.
9. Your bootable Windows 7 ISO with IE9 should be ready within a few minutes. Once done, click Finish button to close RT Seven Lite. You are done! Good luck!
NOTE: Please note that we have slipstreamed IE9 (x86) into Windows 7 Ultimate (x86) ISO using this utility. It should also work fine on x64 as well. Also, if you are getting the following Script error, simply click Yes button to continue.
Omega_Man says
I have tried intergrating IE9 with both 32 and 64Bit image of windows 7. Software claims to of intergrated it but when I install windows with the new image it is still IE8. What Am I doing wrong????
AnonUser says
Does not work. It says it completed successfully, but RT7lite (as of Aug. 2012) fails to integrate IE 9 into the completed Win 7 DVD image.
DISM is a POS and is not meant for this kind of thing. Besides that, it would take someone with no knowledge of/in DISM months to actually learn it, so DISM is NOT a viable option.
At this point in time, no good options exist… yet. Give it a few more years and RT7lite will improve, and other slip-streaming utilities will appear.
John says
This problem happens because Microsoft has locked the MSU containing the final version of IE9 into a wrappable Web Installer executable to thwart users to explicitly integrate the browser into the system!
Microsoft refuses to reveal the protection method for the IE9-win7.msu package for the simple reason that users can easily extract the file from the self-extracting executable, skipping the restrictions imposed by the Redmond giant.
However, there are several methods to hack the protection in order to extract the IE9-win7.msu package containing the final version of IE9.
Steve says
This does not work for IE9 final. Its a beta file on the links and when you slipstream it you will regret it. When you open ie9 you will constantly get a second tab with a page introducing you to IE9 beta. You will need to uninstall and download and reinstall the final version.
juriel says
can someone make a tutorial on How To Slipstream Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) Into Windows 7 ISO using dism
Collin says
Tiny script file that automates slipstreaming updates using DISM :) just requires putting the install.wim at the root with the scripts and throwing the updates into its folder and voila
http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/141569-simple-tool-for-automating-monthly-tasks/page__view__findpost__p__906419
FreeJAC says
IE ends up on the system, but it still shows up on Windows Update as a needed update. How to fix that??
jhonne says
Thank you, works great here, but please put the link from where you download the msu, because i need these in pt-br.
sorry for my bad english.
imkhalid says
@ Aarrrrggghhh
put some light on DISM plz
AArrrrrgggghhhh says
RT7Lite again?!?! You guys love this software…..it’s horrible.
You don’t actually need any 3rd party tools especially the humongous whole WAIK download as you claim. DISM will do it all.
No 3rd party software, no RT7Lite…..everyone’s a winner!