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

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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

7-Zip 15.10 x86 and x64 silent installers

7-Zip is a excellent open source  file archiver with a high compression ratio

For those who may need to install 7-Zip 15.10 to users silently. Download either of these packaged executable's for x86 or x64 click below link.

Updated November 3, 2015

Run with administrator rights.

CutePDF Writer Silent Installer

CutePDF Writer Silent Installer

Portable Document Format (PDF) is the de facto standard for the secure and reliable distribution and exchange of electronic documents and forms around the world.  CutePDF Writer is the free version of commercial PDF converter software. CutePDF Writer installs itself as a "printer subsystem". This enables virtually any Windows applications (must be able to print) to convert to professional quality PDF documents - with just a push of a button!

If users in your environment need to create simple PDF files from their documents then installing this can solve the problem and save big dollars over installing Adobe Acrobat and users do not usually require if all they need is a converter.

The silent installer also installs Ghostscript which is required by cutepdf writer to convert  PS2PDF

To convert your document to a pdf file simply print it to the CutePDF Writer  and when prompted for a file name, choose the name for the pdf file.

Firefox 28.0 Silent Installer

Mozilla Firefox Web Browser is a good alternative to Internet Explorer. We install it in our environment so users have a choice and so support have a choice to troubleshoot browser issues.

This is a silent installer for Firefox Web Browser 28.0 Use if for when you may need to push out Firefox to users silently.

After Outlook 2013 Widows Update (KB2817630) Outlook Folder Pane displays as empty

After applying the Outlook 2013 Widows Update  (KB2817630) released on Sept. 10, 2013 your Outlook Folder Pane displays as empty.

To resolve the issue close out of Outlook and go to Control Panel > Programs and Features >View installed Updates and remove all instances of KB2817630 I had two versions installed and removed both.  After re-launching Outlook the folder pane was back to normal.

Windows Server 2012 R2 Generation 2 vm's now support PXE booting using standard nic

A great new feature in Windows Server 2012 R2  is the ability to create Generation 2 vm's.

Generation 2 vm's support PXE booting using the standard nic.  Unfortunately it only applies to Server 2012 and 64bit Windows 8 or higher systems only.

For anyone who has ever pxe booted into a mounted capture boot iso using the legacy pxe nic the image creation would take an extremely long time since copying the image to your network share would be limited to the legacy adapter 100 Mbps speed. So a copy process which might normally take 30 minutes on a 1Gbps network would end up taking 300 minutes. Ouch!!

Thankfully, with Windows Server 2012 R2 Generation 2 vm's image creation at least of Server 2012 and 64bit Windows 8 or higher will be at the speeds of your standard nic up to 10 Gbps. This will greatly reduce the creation time.