Hey now that's a useful solution, wish I knew about that before you mentioned it. I'm going to bookmark it for the future though.
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I think when I first found those images, it would have ever variant for each version of IE and Windows version. It first was released to allow users to test sites with different versions of IE. A few months ago, something caused me to realize they were still offering it.
I tried booting Hiren's BootCD PE off a USB stick (using Ventoy). From there, downloaded ValiDrive using the included Firefox and ran it.
Unfortunately got this error:
Unfortunately got this error:
The message says it all, WinPE does not support the full Windows API. WinPE must be missing some APIs that are required to do the work. Likely there is some technical reason those APIs are missing. An API is like a set of functions and things that allow allow a programmer to "interface" with the operating system. For example Windows has a debugging API and Steve has talked about the SCHANNEL API and the famous Programming Windows by Petzold is for the GUI.
ValiDrive depends on Window's USB driver
environment, and apparently Windows PE is a
compromised USB subset only, not complete
USB.
Has anyone tried WTG Windows To Go on a
USB drive, and ValiDrive?
environment, and apparently Windows PE is a
compromised USB subset only, not complete
USB.
Has anyone tried WTG Windows To Go on a
USB drive, and ValiDrive?
Win to go is a full Windows environment. Once you boot a new system with it and install any missing drivers, validrive works just fine.
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