Injecting drivers to any Gandalf’s WinPE

 
Excuse the frog in my voice. It was late at night and didn't want to wake everyone. ;)
I replaced UltraIso with a version which allows drag and drop.
Remember to run DismGui with admin rights.
Before you save and unmount your boot.wim make sure any explorer windows that are open to that mount location are closed, or the unmounting will fail. 

The apps in this video can be downloaded from either One Drive here  or from Mega here

Download the drivers for your wi-fi card and copy them to your usb drive. After you boot into your USB PE follow the video instructions below.

Windows Live Writer Silent installer

Live Writer is a great blog writing application from Microsoft and my personal favorite.  This package will install just Live Writer silently. It will not prompt you if you would like to install any of the other Live programs.



Run with administrator rights and give the application about 3-4 minutes to complete the install.

Mapping a shared drive with any Gandalf's Win PE builds

Mapping a shared drive with any Gandalf's Win PE build. In this video, I demonstrate two ways to map a shared drive. One with the Windows PE Manager and the other with the command line. This is the first in a series of how-to's for Gandalf's Win PE's

Updated Gandalf’s Windows 10 x86 PE

This is is the my second release of a Windows 10 x86 PE.   Dotnet 2-4  is included in this build. Also there is a wider range of apps (listed below) included as well.

7Zip Archiver and archive manager	Defraggler Disk Defragmenter
Winrar Powerful archiver and archive manager	MBR Fix Fix master  boot record errors
MS Paint and Worpad Microsoft’s basic image and text editors	Macrium Reflect Backup and disk imaging solution
CCleaner System optimization, privacy and cleaning tool	Media player classic Classic Windows media player
MalewareBytes Famed malware- killing machine	Dism Gui This app enters those hard to remember dism commands for you.
HWiNFO Hardware information and diagnostic tool	Snipping Tool Screen capture application.
Trend Micro HouseCall Online virus scanner	Eset Antivirus Online virus scanner
Double Drive  Driver backup application	Ultra Surf Secure Web Browsing
Winmerge File comparison tool	Opera Web Browser  Fast, simple and safe way to get around on the web.
Pale Moon Browser Alternate web browser.	Ntpwedit Change or remove passwords for local system accounts
Virtual Keyboard	Virtual Magnifying Glass
DiskCryptor Disk encryption application similar to Bitlocker	Bitlocker Microsoft's disk encryption application
Sysinternal Suite 10 useful apps	VLC Media Player
IrfanView Image Viewer	FastStone Image Viewer
Mozilla FireFox Another great browser	Easy BCD Boot management tool
Snipping Tool Take snapshots	Drive Snapshot Disk imaging solution
MyLan Viewer Network/IP Scanner	Rufus Utility to format and create bootable USB flash drives
Wise Data Recovery Recovery program to get back deleted photos, documents, videos, emails etc	WinToolkit Customize Your Windows Installation
Gimagex  Gaphical user interface for the ImageX tool	Treesize Quickly Scan Directory Sizes and Find Space Hogs
Google Chrome & Ad Blocker  Popular and fast web browser	Plus others

                                                                                

                                                         

It’s a very large download almost 1.5gb  so be patient it can take 15-30 minutes (depending on your internet speed) to download.  After downloading burn the bootable ISO file to  USB using rufus or similar program to create your bootable USB. 

Some shortcuts in the Start menu will not work since I removed these licensed versions of the app for my personal use.

Updated Gandalf's Windows 10 x64 PE now includes 32 bit programs

This is is the my second release of a Windows 10 x64 PE. This 64 bit version now provides support for running 32bit programs (WoW64).  The apps listed below are included in this build.

7Zip Archiver and archive manager	Defraggler Disk Defragmenter
Winrar Powerful archiver and archive manager	Acronis True Image Backup and disk imaging solution
MS Paint and Worpad Microsoft’s basic image and text editors	Macrium Reflect Backup and disk imaging solution
CCleaner System optimization, privacy and cleaning tool	Media player classic Classic Windows media player
HWiNFO Hardware information and diagnostic tool	Snipping Tool Screen capture application.
Trend Micro HouseCall Online virus scanner	Eset Antivirus Online virus scanner
Double Drive  Driver backup application	Ultra Surf Secure Web Browsing
Winmerge File comparison tool	Opera Web Browser  Fast, simple and safe way to get around on the web.
Pale Moon Browser Alternate web browser.	Ntpwedit Change or remove passwords for local system accounts
Virtual Keyboard	Virtual Magnifying Glass
DiskCryptor Disk encryption application similar to Bitlocker	Bitlocker Microsoft's disk encryption application
Sysinternal Suite 10 useful apps	VLC Media Player
IrfanView Image Viewer	FastStone Image Viewer
Mozilla FireFox Another great browser	Easy BCD Boot management tool
Snipping Tool Take snapshots	Drive Snapshot Disk imaging solution
MyLan Viewer Network/IP Scanner	Rufus Utility to format and create bootable USB flash drives
Wise Data Recovery Recovery program to get back deleted photos, documents, videos, emails etc	WinToolkit Customize Your Windows Installation
Gimagex  Gaphical user interface for the ImageX tool	Treesize Quickly Scan Directory Sizes and Find Space Hogs
Google Chrome & Ad Blocker  Popular and fast web browser includes ad blocker plus	Plus others

                                                                                        

                                                         

It’s a very large download almost 2gb  so be patient it can take 20-40 minutes (depending on your internet speed) to download.  After downloading burn the bootable ISO file to  USB using rufus or similar program to create your bootable USB. 

Some shortcuts in the Start menu will not work since I removed these licensed versions of the app for my personal use.

Java Version 8 Update 65 for Windows Silent Installer

Java is a must for many sites on the internet.

Java technology allows you to work and play in a secure computing environment. Upgrading to the latest Java version improves the security of your system, as older versions do not include the latest security updates

   

Use this silent installer for when you need to push out Java to users silently.

Updated October 30, 2015

Run with administrator rights.

Installing and Running WordPress on a Shared Hosted Server

Installing and Running WordPress on a Shared Hosted Server This video tutorial explains how to install and run WordPress on a shared hosted server.

Adobe Reader 11.0.13 Silent Installer

Acrobat Reader is the de facto standard for viewing pdf documents. It is basically a requirement on all computers these days. 

Updated November 7, 2015

This is a silent installer of Adobe Reader 11.0.13   Use if for when you may need to push out the latest version of Adobe Reader to users silently.

Run with Administrator Rights & allow 2-3 minutes for installation.

VLC media player silent install

VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. Plays most codecs with no codec packs needed: It makes a great alternative player especially for users who have difficulty viewing certain formats in windows media player.

   

 For those who may need to install VLC 2.1.1 to users silently. Download either of these packaged executable's for x86 or x64 click below link.

  Published August 30, 2015

  Run with administrator rights.

Windows 8.1 X64 U1 PE with Updateable USB Portable Apps

This is the latest NEW Windows 8.1 x64 U1 PE . This  portable apps  on this version can be updated when needed or you can also add any new apps you need to the USB stick. New applications include Macrium Reflect, DiskCryptor,  Adobe Reader, Total Commander, FastStone Image Viewer & Java

Utilities included on the PE

Google Chrome Popular web browser	Internet Explorer Microsoft’s web browser
7Zip Archiver and archive manager	MBR Fix Fix master  boot record errors
Clamwin Antivirus Free Antivirus program	Filezilla FTP FTP client
Regshot Registry compare utility that allows you to take a snapshot of your registry	Easy BCD Take control of your boot loader
Process Hacker Open source process viewer	Defraggler Disk Defragmenter
Process Monitor Monitoring tool that shows real-time file system, Registry, and process or thread activity	Process Explorer Information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded
Tree Size TreeSize tells you where precious space has gone to	Irfan View Fast and compact image viewer/converter.
Winrar Powerful archiver and archive manager	Virtual Keyboard On Screen keyboard
Notepad ++ Full-featured text editor	OpenOffice  Multi-platform office productivity suite
MS Paint and Worpad Microsoft’s basic image and test editors	MalwareBytes Detects and removes dangerous malware
Team Viewer Remote control, desktop sharing & file transfer	Macrium Reflect Backup and disk imaging solution
FastStone Image Viewer Fast, stable, user-friendly image browser, converter & editor	CCleaner System optimization, privacy and cleaning tool
Adobe Reader	Firefox Portable Mozilla Firefox
Ammyy Admin Desktop sharing &remote connections	Aomei Partition Assistant Disk Partition Creator And Editor
HWiNFO Hardware information and diagnostic tool	Media player classic Classic Windows media player
SnagitS creen capture utility	WinToolkit Customize your Windows installation
Wise Disk Cleaner Disk Cleaner and Defragmenter	Wise Data Recover Recovery tool to recover deleted files
Active Disk Imager Disk image software that makes an exact copy of any PC disks	Active Partition Manager Manage storage devices and the logical drives or partitions
Active Undelete Data recovery software that allows you to recover lost, deleted, and formatted data	Powershell 2 Windows Powershell 2
Total Commander File manager for Windows	AVZ Antiviral Toolkit Advanced tools capable of removing SpyWare and AdWare modules.
Remote desktop client Microsoft’s RDP client	Rufus Create bootable USB drives the easy way
Disk Wipe Erase all disk data and prevent recovery of data.	Diskcryptor Encryption solution that offers encryption of all disk partitions, including the system partition
UltraISO Directly edit ISO/BIN files	Picasa Photo editor and organizer
Recuva File Un-delete	Smart Partition Recovery Lose a drive? Smart Partition Recovery will restore it!
MyLan Viewer Netbios & LAN/Network IP address scanner	VLC Media Player

All the Apps listed in the Windows Start Menu under All Programs

System Info showing x86 version

 Apps View

 If you prefer to use the Portable Apps menu instead then run the Portable Apps Menu shortcut on the taskbar.  The portable apps menu also allows you to download more apps by selecting the Apps>Get more apps. These freshly downloaded apps will be saved to the USB drive.    

      

                                                                                   

                                                              

It’s a large download (1.8gb), so be patient it can take 20-40 minutes (depending on your internet speed) to download.  After downloading burn the bootable ISO file to  USB using rufus or similar program to create your bootable USB. A BIG THANKS to everyone over at theOven.org

Windows 8.1 X86 U1 PE with Updateable USB Portable Apps

This is the latest NEW Windows 8.1 x86 U1 PE. This  portable apps  on this version can be updated when needed or you can also add any new apps you need to the USB stick. New applications include Macrium Reflect, DiskCryptor,  Adobe Reader, Total Commander, FastStone Image Viewer & Java

Utilities included on the PE

Google Chrome Popular web browser	Internet Explorer Microsoft’s web browser
7Zip Archiver and archive manager	MBR Fix Fix master  boot record errors
Clamwin Antivirus Free Antivirus program	Filezilla FTP FTP client
Regshot Registry compare utility that allows you to take a snapshot of your registry	Easy BCD Take control of your boot loader
Process Hacker Open source process viewer	Defraggler Disk Defragmenter
Process Monitor Monitoring tool that shows real-time file system, Registry, and process or thread activity	Process Explorer Information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded
Tree Size TreeSize tells you where precious space has gone to	Irfan View Fast and compact image viewer/converter.
Winrar Powerful archiver and archive manager	Virtual Keyboard On Screen keyboard
Notepad ++ Full-featured text editor	OpenOffice  Multi-platform office productivity suite
MS Paint and Worpad Microsoft’s basic image and test editors	MalwareBytes Detects and removes dangerous malware
Team Viewer Remote control, desktop sharing & file transfer	Macrium Reflect Backup and disk imaging solution
FastStone Image Viewer Fast, stable, user-friendly image browser, converter & editor	CCleaner System optimization, privacy and cleaning tool
Adobe Reader	Firefox Portable Mozilla Firefox
Ammyy Admin Desktop sharing &remote connections	Aomei Partition Assistant Disk Partition Creator And Editor
HWiNFO Hardware information and diagnostic tool	Media player classic Classic Windows media player
SnagitS creen capture utility	WinToolkit Customize your Windows installation
Wise Disk Cleaner Disk Cleaner and Defragmenter	Wise Data Recover Recovery tool to recover deleted files
Active Disk Imager Disk image software that makes an exact copy of any PC disks	Active Partition Manager Manage storage devices and the logical drives or partitions
Active Undelete Data recovery software that allows you to recover lost, deleted, and formatted data	Powershell 2 Windows Powershell 2
Total Commander File manager for Windows	AVZ Antiviral Toolkit Advanced tools capable of removing SpyWare and AdWare modules.
Remote desktop client Microsoft’s RDP client	Rufus Create bootable USB drives the easy way
Disk Wipe Erase all disk data and prevent recovery of data.	Diskcryptor Encryption solution that offers encryption of all disk partitions, including the system partition
UltraISO Directly edit ISO/BIN files	Picasa Photo editor and organizer
Recuva File Un-delete	Smart Partition Recovery Lose a drive? Smart Partition Recovery will restore it!
MyLan Viewer Netbios & LAN/Network IP address scanner	VLC Media Player

All the Apps listed in the Windows Start Menu under All Programs

System Info showing 64bit version

Apps View

If you prefer to use the Portable Apps menu instead then run the Portable Apps Menu shortcut on the taskbar.  The portable apps menu also allows you to download more apps by selecting the Apps>Get more apps. These freshly downloaded apps will be saved to the USB drive.      

   

                                                                                   

                                                              

  It’s a large download (1.8gb) so be patient it can take 20-40 minutes (depending on your internet speed) to download.  After downloading burn the bootable ISO file to  USB using rufus or similar program to create your bootable USB. A BIG THANKS to everyone over at theOven.org

GoogleChrome Version 44.0.2403.157 m Silent Installer

Google Chrome Web Browser is another good alternative to Internet Explorer. If you need to install it in your environment so users have a choice or to aid your helpdesk in troubleshooting browser issues.

x64 version now also available. See download links below

Updated August 20, 2015

Make sure to run with administrator rights.

...... x86 version                                              x64 version

                                     

Windows 10 x64 PE with all x64 apps

This is is the my first release of a Windows 10 x64 PE. This 64bit version Does NOT provide support for running 32bit programs (WoW64).  All the apps below are 64bit. For this reason the portable apps menu launcher could not be installed.

7Zip Archiver and archive manager	Defraggler Disk Defragmenter
Winrar Powerful archiver and archive manager	MBR Fix Fix master  boot record errors
MS Paint and Worpad Microsoft’s basic image and text editors	Macrium Reflect Backup and disk imaging solution
CCleaner System optimization, privacy and cleaning tool	Media player classic Classic Windows media player
HWiNFO Hardware information and diagnostic tool	Snipping Tool Screen capture application.
Active Disk Imager Disk image software that makes an exact copy of any PC disks	Active Partition Manager Manage storage devices and the logical drives or partitions
Active Partition Recovery Restore deleted volumes and fix damaged disks.	Active Kill Disk Erase disks and volumes securely or wipe unused disk space.
Active Undelete Data recovery software that allows you to recover lost, deleted, and formatted data.	Opera Web Browser  Fast, simple and safe way to get around on the web.
Pale Moon Browser Alternate web browser.	Ntpwedit Change or remove passwords for local system accounts

Start Menu

                                                                                  

                                                             

It’s a large download 800mb  so be patient it can take 10-20 minutes (depending on your internet speed) to download.  After downloading burn the bootable ISO file to  USB using rufus or similar program to create your bootable USB. A BIG THANKS to everyone over at theOven.org

Windows 10 x86 PE with updateable usb apps

This is the my first release of a Windows 10 x86 PE with updateable usb apps. This  portable apps  on this version can be updated when needed or you can also add any new apps you need to the USB stick. New applications include Macrium Reflect,   Adobe Reader,  FastStone Image Viewer , Java and more.

Utilities included on the PE

Google Chrome Popular web browser	Internet Explorer Microsoft’s web browser
7Zip Archiver and archive manager	MBR Fix Fix master  boot record errors
Clamwin Antivirus Free Antivirus program	Filezilla FTP FTP client
Regshot Registry compare utility that allows you to take a snapshot of your registry	Easy BCD Take control of your boot loader
Process Hacker Open source process viewer	Defraggler Disk Defragmenter
Process Monitor Monitoring tool that shows real-time file system, Registry, and process or thread activity	Process Explorer Information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded
Tree Size TreeSize tells you where precious space has gone to	Irfan View Fast and compact image viewer/converter.
Winrar Powerful archiver and archive manager	Virtual Keyboard On Screen keyboard
VLC Media Player	Rufus Create bootable USB drives the easy way
MS Paint and Worpad Microsoft’s basic image and test editors	MalwareBytes Detects and removes dangerous malware
Team Viewer Remote control, desktop sharing & file transfer	Macrium Reflect Backup and disk imaging solution
FastStone Image Viewer Fast, stable, user-friendly image browser, converter & editor	CCleaner System optimization, privacy and cleaning tool
Adobe Reader	Firefox Portable Mozilla Firefox
Ammyy Admin Desktop sharing &remote connections	Aomei Partition Assistant Disk Partition Creator And Editor
HWiNFO Hardware information and diagnostic tool	Media player classic Classic Windows media player
Disk Wipe Erase all disk data and prevent recovery of data.	Smart Partition Recovery Lose a drive? Smart Partition Recovery will restore it!
Easy Recovery Data recovery software that allows you to recover lost, deleted, and formatted data	Wise Data Recover Recovery tool to recover deleted files
Active Disk Imager Disk image software that makes an exact copy of any PC disks	Active Partition Manager Manage storage devices and the logical drives or partitions
Active Undelete Data recovery software that allows you to recover lost, deleted, and formatted data	MyLan Viewer Netbios & LAN/Network IP address scanner
Wordpad Basic document editor	Snipping Tool Screenshot captures

Portable Apps Menu If you prefer to use the Portable Apps menu instead then run the Portable Apps Menu shortcut on the taskbar.  The portable apps menu also allows you to download more apps by selecting the Apps>Get more apps. These freshly downloaded apps will be saved to the USB drive.

Start menu  

                                                                                                                 

                                                                

                   

    It’s a large download (1.1gb) so be patient it can take 15-430 minutes (depending on your internet speed) to download.  After downloading burn the bootable ISO file to  USB using rufus or similar program to create your bootable USB. 

Skype 7.9.32.103 silent installer

Skype is for doing things together, whenever you’re apart. Skype’s text, voice and video make it simple to share experiences with the people that matter to you, wherever they are.

For those who may need to install Skype 7.9.32.103  to users silently.

Updated September 3, 2015

Run with administrator rights

Enabling Click To Play Plugins in Google Chrome

Enabling Click To Play Plugins in Google Chrome or how to disable media from auto-playing Are you tired of web sites which that automatically start playing media. I know I am. Here is a little known setting in Google Chrome which enables the Click to play feature.