#WinPE
Me remembering how all useful features in WinPE—and WinPE itself—are basically just layers of hacks. 😬
Successful programming is like evolution by RNA transcription error crossed with Bob Ross. Happy Little Accidents that become features.
June 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
September 24, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Windows 10 Pro build 17751 (Insider Preview)

NTOSKRNL in WinPE setup was absent, so I had to install it in different way.
July 2, 2026 at 2:14 PM
HFS.... It actually is a live environment of Windows 7...... Wow. Talk about a VERY old setup!!

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WinPE
Download WinPE for free. Win 7 PE Comapct for BIOS on PE.
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September 24, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Parallels for Mac even does WinPE USB passthrough for USB Security Keys. Pretty slick experience overall. If you're a pro the cost is just worth it instead of dicking around IMO. Ask your corp if you can get an Autopilot enrollment for your VM, it works.
September 6, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Alas I was alone. Just me and WinPE on a USB stick against the winds of fate
July 19, 2024 at 12:52 PM
had to boot into a live WinPE environment to wipe the SSD manually but I've got Bazzite installed
March 19, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Ventoy 1.1.11 fixes Windows and WinPE UEFI boot display issues, adds KylinSecOS support, and brings several Linux-side improvements.
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#OpenSource
Ventoy 1.1.11 Improves Windows UEFI Booting
Ventoy 1.1.11 fixes Windows and WinPE UEFI boot display issues, adds KylinSecOS support, and brings several Linux-side improvements.
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April 5, 2026 at 4:23 PM
*listening to a podcast where two boomer guy movie directors talk about their Craft while i do something repetitive and annoying with winPE* they're just like me fr...
December 21, 2023 at 7:20 PM
Well, technically it wasn’t free with XP or 2003.

Only Vista on.

I didn’t get to choose the fact that WinPE was initially one of the first Software Assurance benefits for Windows. It was pushed that direction.
March 8, 2026 at 2:05 AM
I have to keep a sewing needle in my case of imaging tools because we still have 12 ratty old Lenovo laptops that need to be stabbed in the side of the chassis with an exceptionally thin object (a paperclip is too big) to select the boot disk
March 30, 2024 at 2:13 PM
If you boot into some local copy of winpe or network boot winpe from PXE, you can run "net use Z: [insert smb share here]" to mount it as a storage device and then run setup.exe. The tricky part with the 3DS is that nothing supports SMB 1.0 anymore
July 27, 2025 at 9:07 PM
im running this off like a random WinPE
September 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Hast du einen Rettungs-Stick mit WinPE oder so? Oder wo eine bootfähige ISO drauf ist
December 25, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Late night alliance raid and we got this happened in Dun Scaith. Would this be a "winpe" (win-wipe)? 🤣

#FFXIVscreenshot
March 24, 2024 at 8:45 AM
either way the winPE seems to be working so whatever
June 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I love that windows containers basically had to reinvent a ton of the hacks we had to make for WinPE, plus their own.
December 14, 2024 at 1:59 AM
None? I mean, I’ve surely spent more than 1100 hours looking at WinPE command prompts over the last 26 years, but that’s about it.
Name a videogame you've played for 1100 hours.
July 18, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Hiren's BootCD is the handiest WinPE distro ever

change my mind
January 17, 2024 at 12:42 AM
The first time I ran a prototype WIM-based install of Windows XP, the OS and WinPE fit on one quick-booting CD, and slapped the OS down on disk in under three minutes. Not an upgrade, mind you. But still.

Sitting here waiting for a belated upgrade of 24H2 to finish… so… slow…
Someone should rebuild how Windows is installed, so installs and updates don’t have to be so gigantic, and can happen really fast.

Oh wait. We already did. It expanded to fit.
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October 29, 2025 at 1:14 PM
i would've checked to see if it was in winpe but the installer was too fast 😭
December 3, 2024 at 3:55 AM
Dass WinPE davon bootet...

Windows ADK und oscdimg...

Die Parameterkette dazu ist in meinen Notizen. Ohne die find ich das NIEMALS wieder!
September 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Evil windows xp installer (the mdt runs part of the installer in winpe its wild)

Also yes i know what the box says im not funny™
May 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM