cave man Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 (edited) Hi there,I am trying to create a customized version of Windows Recovery Evironment. I have found very little information about customizing Windows RE and I was wondering a few things.1) I was wondering if it is possible to add network connectivity to WinRE. If so how?2) Is it possible to add more than one custom recovery tool to WinRE? I've been trying to play around with the .XML file with no success. Also is it possible to remove any one of the core applications in Win RE. (e.g. Removing the backup tool)Thanks,Cave man Edited September 14, 2009 by dencorso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dencorso Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 It's been a long time now since this question was posted and got no reply.I decided to resurrect it in the hopes someone has found a solution on how to integrate network ability to WinRE.So... Is the dream of a WinRE with websurfing ability still just a dream? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 It's been a long time now since this question was posted and got no reply.I decided to resurrect it in the hopes someone has found a solution on how to integrate network ability to WinRE.So... Is the dream of a WinRE with websurfing ability still just a dream?It may be possible using OPK Tools and adding the SRT-Package to the PE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paxamime Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Windows RE is nothing more than the repair tools portion of Windows PE. As far as networking capability, it is already there. Perhaps the way that you are getting your Windows RE is where you are having trouble. The way that I do it is with the following command:imagex /compress None /check /boot /scroll /export F:\sources\boot.wim 2 C:\Pe\WinREFromCD.wimMaybe it is just me but I have never had any problems with standard networking inside of the WinRE environment. To enable the networking there are a couple of things you can do, manually enable it, or my personal favorite.. Via an Asynchronous.xml file:<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend"> <settings pass="windowsPE"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <EnableNetwork>true</EnableNetwork> <EnableFirewall>true</EnableFirewall> </component> </settings></unattend>If this does not work for you guys let me know and I will dive into it deeper and see where you are having problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atheros Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 wpeutil -initializenetworkHi there,I am trying to create a customized version of Windows Recovery Evironment. I have found very little information about customizing Windows RE and I was wondering a few things.1) I was wondering if it is possible to add network connectivity to WinRE. If so how?2) Is it possible to add more than one custom recovery tool to WinRE? I've been trying to play around with the .XML file with no success. Also is it possible to remove any one of the core applications in Win RE. (e.g. Removing the backup tool)Thanks,Cave man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 wpeutil -initializenetworkIs there even the ability to get to a command prompt in WinRE? Does it use a startnet.cmd or winpeshl.ini file? I haven't gotten to look at it too much so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atheros Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 (edited) it is the default last option on the windows re screen, unless you have a custom factory recovery tool. also you could always start it in your custom tool. the winre srt package is launched from the winpeshl.ini. so you could also launch it there too. Edited October 13, 2009 by Atheros Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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