[WinPE with VPN]

Snip from www.speedy7.com

Search you Windows folder to find the location of the executable "rasdial.exe". If your Windows folder is "C:\WINDOWS", then the most possible location of this program is "C:\WINDOWS\system32\rasdial.exe". You can use this program to open (connect) or close (disconnect) your dial-up network connection.

1) Open (connect) dial-up network connection:

Task type: Run a program / open a file

Executable to run or file to open: C:\WINDOWS\system32\rasdial.exe

Parameter (can be a file path): "connection link name" name password

Note: the double quotation marks cannot be ignored.

2) Close (disconnect) dial-up network connection:

Task type: Run a program / open a file

Executable to run or file to open: C:\WINDOWS\system32\rasdial.exe

Parameter (can be a file path): /d

[Create My Own Recovery Partition?]

Hi Guys

I know this is a old thread, would you like you to know that we have developed a complete, pre-installation and recovery system, including backup etc.

If you would like to know more, please let me know

Best Regards

Rico Raja

[WinPEv2 - Win2k3 install failure]

Hi

You have to remember to set the disk active in diskpart

Like:

Diskpart

Sel disk 0

create par pri

format fs=ntfs label=system quick

active

exit

then launch setup

Best Regards

Rico Raja

www.windows-admin.com

MCP, MCSA, MCTS, MCT

[WinPE2005 and RIS / RAM boot?]

1. Create a custom Windows PE 2005 built from Windows Server 2003 SP1 media.

2. Create the following folder structure on the RIS Server \RemoteInstall\Setup\English\Images\OSD_Install_CD\i386\templates

3. Copy the OSD iso image (named zti_install_cd.iso in this example) to the \RemoteInstall\Setup\English\Images\OSD_Install_CD\i386\ folder

4. Copy ntdetect.com, startrom.com and setupldr.exe to \RemoteInstall\Setup\English\Images\OSD_Install_CD\i386\templates

5. Rename setupldr.exe to Ntldr

6. Create a text file named Winnt.sif in the \RemoteInstall\Setup\English\Images\OSD_Install_CD\i386\templates folder with the following text

[setupData]

BootDevice = "ramdisk(0)"

BootPath = "\i386\System32\"

OsLoadOptions = "/noguiboot /fastdetect /minint /rdexportascd /rdpath=%INSTALLPATH%\%MACHINETYPE%\zti_install_cd.iso"

Architecture = "i386"

[RemoteInstall]

Repartition = No

[OSChooser]

Description = "OSD Installation CD"

Help = "OSD Installation CD"

LaunchFile = "%INSTALLPATH%\%MACHINETYPE%\templates\startrom.com"

ImageType = WinPE

Version = "5.2 (0)"

Note: Don't forget to Configure RIS (Using GPO) to display the tools menu since wy changed the ImageType to WinPE.