Here's the time table from the OEM QTB video:

Windows PE Timetable:

XP SP2 Features 1HCY04
WMI Support
Driver injection and PnP boot support
Formal documentation
Server 2003 SP1 Features 2HCY04
Ramdisk support

fatzke 4/29/2004 4:00:51 PM

I've developed my RIS environment with HTA/Vbs under PE - and it works, but ims till hanging for the new version, and hoping it has wmi support (so can tell build techs if model is supported or not) - this was meant to be out in november - yet havent seen/heard anything - and out MS TAM knows nothing about a new version - anyone have any word on the release of this?

ben 12/10/2003 2:43:53 PM

We (CC CompuNet) have managed to develop a rapid deployment method based on WinPE 1.2 (using VBS & HTA).
Some conclusions: VBS Error Handling under WinPE is a joke, i.e. not present ... so we put a lot of degung code inside, using only MessageBoxes :-((.
window.alert doesn't work either ;-( ...
One main problem still exists: How to get WinPE inc. actual network & SCSI drivers boot over Network = RIS? I only managed - by pure chance it seems to me - to get the gigabit ethernet drivers included in my RIS WinPE images ... any ideas or experiences in that field?
BTW.: Where do we get your so called "Interim WinPE"?
and: Longhorn setup seems to be based on WinPE too ... and there is ADS (Server 2003) to be monitored as well (again some WinPE style image setup for Server only) ..



Rainer Pollmann 11/20/2003 1:46:11 AM

I whole heartedly agree with Ben, support for WMI is crucial! I would love to see it included in the next WinPE build. I and some colleagues have managed to get the WSH to work for a scripted XP deployment build but for WinPE to be a complete success WMI support is required.

John Njenga 10/22/2003 12:53:35 PM

Any idea on when this interim version is to be released?
Im currently developing my RIS build in WinPE 1.2 - and the lack of support for WMI is killing me.

Ben Woskje 9/2/2003 6:35:55 PM