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Is there a way to integrate IE7 and still stay legal with the ability to update further?

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— is right to point at the nLite FAQ about the legal side. Practical guidance based on the situation described: slipstream only the official Microsoft IE7 redistributable (not modified or "cracked" copies) and do not remove update-related components in the nLite build. Keeping Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS), Cryptographic Services and the Windows Update/Update Agent components intact is what preserves the ability to receive future updates.

When the Microsoft download site refuses an installer even after validation, the simplest safe workarounds are: obtain the official IE7 standalone package on a different, working PC and copy it to the target machine, or use a trusted offline-update tool (for example WSUS Offline Update) to pull all required update packages once and create a local repository. Avoid third-party "cracked" installers — they break legality and are a common malware vector.

If Windows Update itself is the problem, the usual repair steps that have fixed many similar cases are: stop the update services, rename the SoftwareDistribution folder and restart the services so Windows rebuilds its update cache. Example commands to run from an elevated command prompt:

net stop wuauserv
net stop bits
ren C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.old
net start bits
net start wuauserv

Also check system date/time, proxy/firewall settings, and whether nLite was used to remove components that Windows Update needs. If the update agent or core services were stripped from the image, rebuild the nLite disc without removing those services and integrate the official IE7 package during the build.

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Ok, to the second part.

I load about 2 to 5 systems a day. Everything is ok but for the last two weeks I have not been able to get windows update to work. So i built a disk with the updates installed minus one thing IE7.
The download sight ,(even after successfully getting the genuine validation), will not let me download the installer. Or anything else as a matter of fact. Can still navigate but anyway.

I there a third party site that would have the installer? I have seen a lot of sites with IE7 labeled "cracked" or saying that the runonce will not work....
If you have any Ideas let me know and thanks.

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