Win PE 4.0 Stability & Changing

[eperezjr]

Win PE 4.0 was released in the Windows ADK and it includes support for the .NET Framework now, which I'm really excited for. I've started creating some applications for it already and they seem to be working just fine.

But Windows 8 is still quite some time away. So I was wondering on how the stability of Win PE 4.0 is now and if it's going to change all that much from here until Windows is launched.

Since Win PE is pretty much a stripped down version of Windows and only the core components of the OS are included, it stands to reason that Win PE won't change much by then.

What do you guys think?

[Tripredacus]

If it sticks to the plan, WinPE only will get updated when a new version of Windows, or a Service Pack comes out. That's been the way since Vista, but I'm not sure how WinPE 1.x related to XP and earlier OSes.

[eperezjr]

If it sticks to the plan, WinPE only will get updated when a new version of Windows, or a Service Pack comes out. That's been the way since Vista, but I'm not sure how WinPE 1.x related to XP and earlier OSes.

That's good enough for me.

Thanks

[Tripredacus]

I must add that I haven't tried to make a WinPE 4.0 yet, mostly because I don't see a reason for it. But I was disappointed that in Windows 7 SP1, you couldn't "make" the PE anymore, instead you got pre-built ones. Maybe that is for the better.