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Windows Preinstallation Environment (also known as Windows PE and WinPE) is a lightweight version of Windows used for the deployment of PCs, workstations, and servers, or troubleshooting an operating system while it is offline. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Preinstallation_Environment

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Why is WinPE called an operating system?

WinPE is essentially the Wizard that installs Windows but it is classified as an Operating System. This is a good description. My question is why is it called an operating system? I can see that it sets up the PC before Windows can be installed but…
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How to modify a computer's offline registry from WINPE?

I need to make changes on my registry without using the OS software, and need to do it with WINPE. However when WINPE is ready to work and I am trying to open regedit.exe it shows me only current OS information, actually the WINPE information. So…
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Window 7 Bad Driver BSOD, How Can I find out which driver it is?

So I have probably looked at every resource I can on Google - I have spent the last 15 hours looking and testing. I am experiencing a BSOD loop. After investigating further it would seem it is a Bad Driver issue - I just can't figure out what it…
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How to add a Windows 7 product to WinPE?

I am trying to add a complex Windows 7 x64 product to WinPE. This same product had a utility to build a WinPE bootable CD in an older version, but not in the current one, so I'm currently trying to upgrade the old .WIM file. In other words, I'm…
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How to put Win PE on a USB Thumb drive?

How can I make a USB Thumb drive (32gb) into a bootable Win PE?
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How can I install Windows 7 using WinPE?

I made a Bootable Windows PE RAM Disk on a USB Flash Disk by following the instructions in Walkthrough: Create a Bootable Windows PE RAM Disk on a USB Flash Disk. Now, I want to install a new Windows 7 from a .wim file, but I have no idea how to do…
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How can I send an HTTP GET request from the command line under WinPE?

I need to send an HTTP GET request under Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE). My first thought was curl.exe. It works well under Windows, but not WinPE. I committed curl.exe to boot.wim, but when I tested it under WinPE, it returns nothing.…
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Possible to Load/Unload DiskDrive Filter Driver On-The-Fly Without Restarting?

As the title implies, I want to know if I can load or unload a diskdrive filter driver without restarting the machine and have the change take effect immediately. I'm doing this in a WinPE environment and need to remain in WinPE. Historical I've…
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How do I determine what device drivers I need from command line?

I need network access from a device running WinPE, but I don't believe that the WinPE image has the correct network drivers. Is there a way to figure out what drivers I need from the command line? I don't have access to documentation on the device. …
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Adding programs to WinPE

I'm trying to figure out a way to add an application into WinPE so that I can run it from the command line (specifically, Firefox though I will probably have to add IE as well). I've read through this tutorial, but it seems to be concerned with…
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How to create a Windows 7 wim image with ImageX

I'm following the book MCTS Microsoft Windows 7 Configuration Study Guide: Exam 70-680, Study Guide, 2nd Edition to create a Windows image file from a Windows 7 installation. I've already used sysprep.exe to generalize the image. I've created a…
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BOOTMGR is missing. How to replace Windows 7 embedded boot files after applying image in WinPE

I have just applied an image of a Windows 7 Embedded system to a HDD using Imagex inside WinPE. I captured the image of the system on the same board and the same drive and cleaned the drive before applying the image so it's the same system I am…
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Sysprep is removing all updates

When we use Sysprep, it removes all Windows updates. When we do this, we have to install all the same updates every time we use the image. Is there a way we can make Sysprep keep the updates? Here is the command we use to sysprep a computer: sysprep…
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WinPE 5 - How can I change the USB/CDROM drive letter?

If i boot up my custom WinPE 5 x64 image from an USB stick the following drive letters are assigned: C: ==> USB Stick X: ==> RAM Disk This seems to be a problem for our SCCM 2012 staging process as it is expecting drive letter C: to be available.…
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Why can't I type reliably at my pre-boot password prompt?

When using either Veracrypt or BitLocker full system disk encryption for my Windows 10 pro install I see the behavior seen in this gif. When doing the initial "system check" where I reboot to see if full disk encryption works, I find that I cannot…
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