#1
Posted 25 December 2011 - 06:50 PM
Lets consider some development scenarios:
- all developers still write scripts and adapt apps for WinPE ISO
- one developer decided to copy WinPE ISO content and boot it from a fixed VHD via Grub4DOS, and posted in the forum - it boots!
- another developer read the post and figured out ahead of the crowd, ALL that PE scripting might not be needed anymore, and instead installed & injected native apps & added source packages & drivers, needed to service PCs and install OS, to a WES7 VHD
Now he natively boots the VHD from a USB Thumb every time he needs to service a PC or install OS. Since WES7 SP1 is deeply trimmable and customizable with supplied tools - Image Builder Wizard (IBW) and Image Configuration Editor (ICE) - and supports native boot from VHD, it appears to represent an ideal long overdue replacement for aging WinPE ISO concept. It also has a cousin - ThinPC 7, suggested for replacing WinXP on legacy PCs.
Makes a byte of sense?
Just looking for ways...to cut some needlessly wasted development time, while accomplishing a lot more, and giving users unlimited flexibility to install own service apps...without any scripts.
#2
Posted 26 December 2011 - 05:22 PM
I need to stress, they indeed ARE.Why don't you use a Thin7pc VHD image instead?
(I know nothing about those, but according to some other member they are the solution to everything )
Because being Thin is the sign of healthy habits, PC is inseparable from most people lives, 7 is a magic number indicating contemporary thinking, and VHD is strategic MS direction, we'll all inevitably follow just like we follow new Windows releases (with rare member exception ).
So the victory line goes like this: Sliced Bread ---> Grub4DOS ---> ThinPC 7 VHD.
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#3
Posted 28 December 2011 - 06:07 AM
I used before a truncated 1.5Gb WinXP VHD for service tasks, but after WES7 and ThinPC7 came along, given their 3Gb footprint I turned to ThinPC for testing due to notable advantages, and the possibility to enable Native Boot.
Jebus wept. I seriously can't keep up with VMware and M$ virtualization products anymore. So it's a thin client version of embedded windows 7... a subset of a subset of a bloated operating system?
#4
Posted 28 December 2011 - 06:41 AM
If you install a full blown WES7 and ThinPC, the footprints aren't so different, and the differences are pretty minor.
The big difference is the licensing. You can install Microsoft Office on ThinPC and it will run, but you're not allowed to do that by the EULA.
Both can be installed directly to iSCSI. I haven't tried VHD boot on either yet.
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#5
Posted 28 December 2011 - 08:31 PM
One can find more about differences btw ThinPC and WES7 from ThinPC 7 FAQ. In my tests both can run on native HW and inside a VM. WES7 has native boot from VHD activated by default, while ThinPC also supports native boot from VHD after applying the fix.
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#6
Posted 29 December 2011 - 05:14 PM
Any impressions from that package - advantages & drawbacks of WES7 VHD compare to WinPE ISO concept for OS Service & Install?
One can also download and try ThinPC 7 on an old PC to see if it works well as WinXP replacement.
And if you're unsure how to customize Windows - look through this comprehensive source:
Windows 7 Tutorials Quick Reference Index
#7
Posted 05 January 2012 - 10:48 PM
#8
Posted 31 March 2012 - 06:42 PM
Which should be pretty easy as per this discussion
But the resulting .wim would be still few times bigger then the simplest WinPE...
Maybe Windows Embedded Compact 7 would be a better choice?
sebus
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