Jazkal

I've been playing with WinPE v2.0 since early Beta. And I uninstalled all those once RTM came out. Now when I do a peimg /list command I don't see the "WinPE-SRT-Package" listed anywhere. But it is still listed in the docs as being there. Here is my output for the list command: Preinstallation Environment Image Setup Tool for Windows Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Culture: en-US Time zone offset: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) Time zone name: "Pacific Standard Time" (use with /timezone) Lang | Version | Ins | Name ------+---------------+-----+----------------------------------------------- |6.0.6000.16386 | - | WinPE-FontSupport-JA-JP-Package ------+---------------+-----+----------------------------------------------- |6.0.6000.16386 | - | WinPE-FontSupport-KO-KR-Package ------+---------------+-----+----------------------------------------------- |6.0.6000.16386 | - | WinPE-FontSupport-ZH-CN-Package ------+---------------+-----+----------------------------------------------- |6.0.6000.16386 | - | WinPE-FontSupport-ZH-HK-Package ------+---------------+-----+----------------------------------------------- |6.0.6000.16386 | - | WinPE-FontSupport-ZH-TW-Package ------+---------------+-----+----------------------------------------------- en-US |6.0.6000.16386 | - | WinPE-HTA-Package ------+---------------+-----+----------------------------------------------- |6.0.6000.16386 | - | WinPE-HTA-Package ------+---------------+-----+----------------------------------------------- en-US |6.0.6000.16386 | - | WinPE-MDAC-Package ------+---------------+-----+----------------------------------------------- |6.0.6000.16386 | - | WinPE-MDAC-Package ------+---------------+-----+----------------------------------------------- en-US |6.0.6000.16386 | - | WinPE-Scripting-Package ------+---------------+-----+----------------------------------------------- |6.0.6000.16386 | - | WinPE-Scripting-Package ------+---------------+-----+----------------------------------------------- en-US |6.0.6000.16386 | - | WinPE-WMI-Package ------+---------------+-----+----------------------------------------------- |6.0.6000.16386 | - | WinPE-WMI-Package ------+---------------+-----+----------------------------------------------- en-US |6.0.6000.16386 | - | WinPE-XML-Package ------+---------------+-----+----------------------------------------------- |6.0.6000.16386 | - | WinPE-XML-Package ------+---------------+-----+----------------------------------------------- Listed 15 package(s). PEIMG completed the operation successfully. Can anyone verify it is missing from your list command also? I'm hoping I'm just missing something really basic and stupid. I'll probably have to hit my head and say "DOH!".

We had the same problem. I don't remember off hand how we fixed it, but come Monday I will ask our Linux Dev that found the fix, about it. I'll let you know on Monday what he says.

Do you have the reg key needed for this? or a link that explains it? Thanks

You need the "WINNTUPG" folder under the i386 folder. EDIT: And I mean the i386 folder you are calling the setup32.exe from.

I'm more on the Server OS deployment side of things. We currently use both 100 and 1000, just depends on what datacenter your in. Our 2k and 2k3 images are 2-4 gigs in size and most of those are done in 15 mins or so.

I haven't really messed with booting from CD or USB much. We have been loading WinPE over the network with PXELinux for the past couple of years (ever since WinPE 2005).

then you do need the MDAC component.

MDAC shouldn't have anything to do with it, unless your making SQL calls from within the HTA. Have you tried loading just a basic HTA? see if that works?

WinPE-HTA-Package WinPE-Scripting-Package WinPE-XML-Package WinPE-MDAC-Package WinPE-WMI-Package

Yes, I load a HTA file from a mapped network drive: mshta.exe z:\hta\file.hta This works without issues for me. I do know that WinPE v2 has problems with running scripts/HTA's over a UNC network path. Meaning it won't allow it by design.

Did you ever figure this out?

Ok, I think I have a working solution for the "access is denied" problem. What I tested, and it works: Trying to run a VBS script off a network mapped drive: z:\test.vbs What needs to be changed: Once you have your WinPEv2 wim mounted, you have to load the registry so you can make the changes. example: reg load HKLM\PE-SFT %MOUNTROOTDIR%\Mount\Windows\system32\config\software Then load regedit and make these changes, you will have to add them because they aren't there. [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\PE-SFT\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Associations] "LowRiskFileTypes"=".com;.exe;.vbs" Then unmount the reghive with: reg unload HKLM\PE-SFT Then you can continue on with your PE creation.

I just tested a WinPE 2 build with UAC disabled (assuming the reg key is the same as Vista) , and that didn't effect the Access is denied errors.

I'm trying to track it down. I'm wondering if it isn't some kind of IE7 security config issue built into Vista (Which PE2 is built on). If I find a solution, I will post it here.

I thought it may have been the the firewall, so I ran: wpeutil disablefirewall But that didn't resolve the error.

That is strange, I installed it on 3 different systems from my C drive. Never saw anything like that message. Where were your source files located when you ran the install?

So I have seen a number of people (me included) have seen this "access is denied" error message when trying to run scripts via a network drive. So, is there anyone that knows how to turn off this security "feature", if in fact that is what this is.

I used D-Tools to mount it, and pulled the files off.

I found these on Google: 32bit 64bit Haven't tried them, let us know

if i'm not mistaken, you need the special RIS version of that driver to get it to work in WinPE.

I did a search on Microsoft, this is all that I could find: EDIT: Link removed because Microsoft killed the webpage

WinPE 2.0 already comes with a 32mb dynamic ramdrive. To mount the PE regtree, I use these commands: reg load HKLM\PE-DEF %isosource%\Mount\Windows\system32\config\default reg load HKLM\PE-SFT %isosource%\Mount\Windows\system32\config\software and to unload them: reg unload HKLM\PE-DEF reg unload HKLM\PE-SFT Hope that helps

I don't remember the commands right now, but .... Once you have the WIM mounted, mount the registry hives locally with regedit. If you can't find the hive names by tommorow, I'll post them then.

I am trying to find a way to compress EXE and DLL files. Something like UPX, but works on dotnet files. I know I've seen a couple of threads on something else like this, but I couldn't find anything using the search function in 3 hours. Currently my dotnet v2.0 plugin for WinPE 2.0 is sitting at 203 mb. If I can compress the files down, it should be around 35mb or so.

Updated first post with the new download page for the WAIK.