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

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.

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

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. 

NEW Dual Booting Win8.1PE x86 & x64

My all new Win8.1PE available as a dual booting x86 or x64 versions.  This version includes the apps listed below as well as some new ones, like Internet Explorer 11 and ClamWin Antivirus. Updated 01-23-14 to include TeamViewer and D7 Technician Tools. D7 only for x86 version. It doesn't seem to want to load on the x64 version.

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Google Chrome 32	Internet Explorer 11
7Zip	MBR Fix
ServiWin	Regshot
Clamwin Antivirus	ANote
Eraser	Filezilla FTP
Foxit PDF Reader	Irfan View
Multi Res	CC Cleaner
Process Explorer	Process Hacker
Tree Size	Process Monitor
IMDisk Virtual Disk	Defraggler
DriveImage XML	Drive Snapshot Disk Imager (use desktop icon if trial times out)
VLC	Virtual Keyboard
MS Wordpad	StartisBack (ctrl & win key for start screen)
Media Player Classic	MS Paint
D7 Technician Tools (only x86)	TeamViewer
PicPick Screen Capture	Virtual Magnifying Glass

All portable apps are listed in the Windows Start Menu under Portable Apps. 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 only be available during the current session

Screenshots

 

Pressing the Ctrl plus the Windows key will bring up the Start Screen if you prefer using that instead of  StartisBack


It’s a large download (1.33gb) so be patient it can take 15-30 minutes (depending on your internet speed) to download.  After downloading burn the bootable ISO file to DVD, USB or mount  the iso. A BIG THANKS to everyone over at theOven.org and the Win8.1PE SE Project for the great work they have done in helping me create this WIN8.1PE disk.

Updated Win8PE now includes x86 & x64 versions

This is an updated version of my original x86 winpe8 found here plus a new x64 version.  This updated version includes the apps listed below as well as some new ones, like Internet Explorer 10 and ClamWin Antivirus.  I have also applied any new updates to all the portable apps. I am no longer including the ‘press any key’ version, since most users seemed to prefer the version that does not prompt to press a key

Google Chrome 31	Internet Explorer 10
7Zip	MBR Fix
ServiWin	Regshot
Clamwin Antivirus	ANote
Eraser	Filezilla FTP
Foxit PDF Reader	Irfan View
Multi Res	CC Cleaner
Process Explorer	Process Hacker
Tree Size	Process Monitor
IMDisk Virtual Disk	Defraggler
DriveImage XML	Drive Snapshot
VLC	Virtual Keyboard

All portable apps are listed in the Windows Start Menu under Portable Apps. 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 only be available during the current session

Screenshots

It’s a large download (550 – 750mb) so be patient it can take 10-20 minutes (depending on your internet speed) to download. After downloading burn the bootable ISO file to CD, USB or mount  the iso

Windows 8 based PE boot disk with explorer shell and many greatutilities

Update 07.09.13 The iso now includes two versions. One that requires the press any key and one that does not. Choose which ever suits your needs. Also fixed the desktop PE url and updated some of the portable apps.

This is my newly created customized Windows 8 PE x86 boot disk with windows 8 explorer shell and many great diagnostic and repair utilities. I have updated the iso  on 06.07.13 to include two imaging /cloning applications.  Drive Image XML and Drive Snapshot. Shortcuts for each  in the start menu and on the desktop. It iincludes the following open source free apps

Google Chrome 26	Opera 12
7Zip	MBR Fix
ServiWin	Regshot
AMSN	ANote
Eraser	Filezilla FTP
Foxit PDF Reader	Infran View
Multi Res	Notepad ++
Process Explorer	Process Hacker
Tree Size	Tweet Deck
IMDisk Virtual Disk	Defraggler
DriveImage XML	Drive Snapshot
VLC	Virtual Keyboard

All portable apps are listed in the Windows Start Menu under all programs.

If you prefer to use the Portable Apps menu instead then run the Portable Apps Menu shortcut on the desktop.  The portable apps menu also allows you to download more apps by selecting the Apps>Get more apps. These freshly downloaded apps will only be available during the current session.

Screenshots

 

 

It’s a large download (about 500mb) so be patient it can take 10-20 minutes (depending on your internet speed) to download. After downloading burn either version of the bootable iso  file to CD, USB or mount  the iso.

Note:  To prevent its use as a pirated operating system, Windows PE automatically stops running the shell and reboots after 72 hours of continuous use. This time period is not configurable.

Get DaRT to Launch Remote Connections Tools Automatically

Launching the Remote Connection Tool at Startup With a simple configuration file change you can modify our DaRT media to boot directly to the Remote Connection tool. When a connection is established the DaRT boot sequence will continue, leaving all the hard choices for the technician. Note: This method assumes you are using DHCP, otherwise you will need to create a script that assigns a network address before launching the Remote Connection tool. Instructions

1. From Windows 7 start menu, run “DaRT Recovery Image”.


2. Go through the wizard up until you get to the “Additional Files” page. Note: Don’t forget to enable Remote Connections or else starting the Remote Connection tool at startup will have no effect.


3. The “Add additional tools” page in the wizard will allow you to customize DaRT to your heart’s content. At this point click the “Show Files…” button.


4. Navigate to the WindowsSystem32 directory within this temporary folder


5. Modify the “winpeshl.ini” file permission to give “modify” permissions to your current user.

Open the “winpeshl.ini” file and modify the file to look like below:

[LaunchApps]
"%windir%\system32\netstart.exe -network -remount"
"cmd /C start %windir%\system32\RemoteRecovery.exe -nomessage"
"%windir%\system32\WaitForConnection.exe"
"%SYSTEMDRIVE%\sources\recovery\recenv.exe"

Save the newly created iso file and extract the wim from it and switch it into your recovery folder as I showed HERE. Now when you startup the PC by pressing F8 and selecting Repair this Computer the remote connection screen starts automatically as shown below. The end user only needs to supply the technician with the Ticket number, IP and Port and he can connect and repair the system. Note: If you cancel the remote connection screen at the local workstation, the script will continue as normal, prompting for a language selection and  administrator password before launching the System Recovery Options Screen.

Using Dart 7's Standalone System Sweeper

Microsoft's Standalone System Sweeper has been designed to aid users in starting an infected PC and performing offline malware scans to remove viruses, trojans, rootkits and other forms of malware effectively. It is also used if malware is hindering the user to install or start an antivirus software on the infected system, or if the applications used to detect malware are not able to find the malware on the PC.

Once you have launched Dart, select the Standalone System Sweeper



 

If you haven't updated your definitions in a while, you will be prompted to check for updates.



 

Once your definitions have been updated start a full scan.



 

Windows 7 Advanced Boot Options and Starting Dart 7

Note: The following instructions apply if you setup WinRE to include DaRT from my previous post Check it out here

Start your computer and tap on the F8  key to get to the Advanced Boot Options Screen then choose “Repair your computer”



Since Dart 7 has been added to your default WinRE you now have the option to start network support at the start of WinRE. Choose YES



In a Windows PE environment your drive mappings will not have the same drive letters and this can be confusing.

Choose YES to remap them



Select you Language and choose Next



You’ll notice that DART (Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset) has been added to the WinRE menu

Select Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset.



You now have 14 additional tools at your disposal.  My  favorites are below.

Locksmith (for those times when someone messes up their administrator passwords)

Standalone System Sweeper (for that nasty malware that’s difficult to clean while in Windows)

Remote Connections (have the user select this and you can remote in with the Dart Remote connection viewer and fix it all from your desk)

Check this blog if you want to have DaRT automaticaly start Remote Connections



I will go into more detail on how to use some of these great tools in a future blog.