Hey Guys/Girls.

First off I'd like to thank all that have posted such useful information on this forum - huge help

So, im using WinPE 2004 and Im building the image using an XP install with SP2 slistreamed into the source.

Running the following to create the WinPE image:

MKIMG.CMD ..\XP_SP2 C:\MININT /NOWF /PNP

Once this has completed, I inject the NIC card driver(s) into the WinPE image using:

drvinst.exe /inf:\WINPE\NICDrivers\GX270_NIC /inject:C:\MININT

Minor changes have been made to setreg.hiv, and EXTRA.INF to support 16 bit apps.

Startnet.cmd looks like this:

set temp=X:\TEMP
set tmp=X:\TEMP

%SystemRoot%\system32\instdrvw PMEMNT %SystemRoot%\pmemnt.sys

regsvr32 /s netcfgx.dll
factory -minint
netcfg -v -winpe
net start dhcp
net start nla

So not rocket science going on here - However, ~10 seconds after the "factory -minint" command runs, the desktop locks up. Requires a hard reboot.

Ive tried manually running factory -winpe, as it shows a GUI detailing each task its performing - it always locks up on "Starting Networking".

Some more info:

1. WinPE will not run from a CD but will be installed on a hidden partition

2. Tested on both a Dell GX260 and GX270 - Same issue on both.

3. Network drivers downloaded from Dell and injected.

Any idea what Im doing wrong here and why the desktop is locking up? Any suggestions welcome!

Darren.

Here is a question for you:

What is the network driver? I have seen all sorts of issues now with incorrectly written drivers....

When you are creating the image why are you using /NOWF and /PNP?

MKIMG.CMD ..\XP_SP2 C:\MININT /NOWF /PNP

If the only hardware you need installed is the network card then you are calling for that installation on your startnet.cmd:

regsvr32 /s netcfgx.dll
factory -minint