ActiveWin.com recently had the opportunity to interview Wes Miller, Program Manager in the Windows Setup & Deployment team. We discussed various Setup/Deployment issues; including WinPE and more. Here is an excerpt:
ActiveWin.com: How did WinPE progress from Windows XP to Windows 2003?
Wes Miller: Every release of what was once referred to as Windows Whistler has brought some changes to WinPE. The release of XP brought WinPE in its first form. Then Windows XP Service Pack 1 brought two key changes 1: an easier way to boot from a systems hard disk (the earlier way was even more convoluted and required the use of the Recovery Console to get WinPE booted and 2: the ability to connect to standalone DFS (Distributed File Share) roots. Windows Server 2003s release brought one key feature, the ability to build Windows PE itself from Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition or Enterprise Edition.
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