Gandalf’s Windows 10PE x64 Redstone 3 build 16299 version 07-10-2018
Updated Gandalf’s Win10PE x64 Redstone 3 build 16299 version 07-10-2018. As with the x86 build, l will be updating the x64 on a monthly or every 2 months basis as well. Download link for version 05-08-2018 will be removed in a day or two.
New and Updated or Fixed in this release
| Microsoft .Net 3 & 4 issues not being detected. Any .net apps should now work | System Account fixed |
| Boot selection to choice of admin or system accounts defaults to system after 3 seconds | Emsisoft Emergency Kit |
| Winrar 5.6 | 7zip 18.05 |
| PingPlotter 5 | Auslogics Disk Defragger 8.0.12.0 |
| Lazesoft Recovery Suite 4.23 | Task Manager Deluxe 2.28.1.0 |
| Rufus 3.1 | Defraggler 2.22. |
| HDD Expert 1.18.1.40 | Directory Lister 2.28 |
| Winrar Powerful archiver and archive manager | Acronis True Image 2017 Backup and disk imaging solution |
| MS Paint and Wordpad Microsoft’s basic image and text editors | Macrium Reflect 6.1.1311 Backup and disk imaging solution |
| CCleaner System optimization, privacy and cleaning tool | Media player classic Classic Windows media player |
| HWiNFO Hardware information and diagnostic tool | Snipping Tool Screen capture application. |
| Any Desk Remote Desktop application | Teamviewer Remote control solution |
| Double Drive Driver backup application | HDClone 6.0.5 Copy a complete hard disk onto another, larger hard disk |
| Winmerge File comparison tool | CrystalCPUID Get detailed System information |
| VNC Viewer Remote Control Software | Ntpwedit Change or remove passwords for local system accounts |
| AOMEI Partition Assistant Partitioning solution. | Partition Wizard Partitioning solution. |
| Virtual Keyboard | Virtual Magnifying Glass |
| DiskCryptor Disk encryption application similar to Bitlocker | Bitlocker Microsoft’s disk encryption application |
| Powershell Powerful automation tool is both a shell and a scripting language | Ultraiso Directly edit ISO files, make images from CD/DVD-ROM |
| Unlocker Unlocker helps delete locked files with error messages | Gimagex A graphical user interface for the ImageX tool |
| SuperAntiSpyWare Free Malware Remover | Magic Jelly Bean Key Finder A freeware utility that retrieves your Product Keys |
| HiJackThis Spot home page hijackers and startup programs | Ghost The classic imaging tool |
| Sysinternal Suite Troubleshooting Utilities | VLC Media Player Open-source cross-platform multimedia player |
| IrfanView Image Viewer | FastStone Image Viewer User-friendly image browser, converter and editor. |
| Mozilla FireFox Another great browser | Easy BCD Boot management tool and bcd editor. |
| Crystal Disk Info HDD/SSD utility software | Drive Snapshot Disk imaging solution |
| AOMEI Backupper Windows backup and restore software | Rufus Utility to format and create bootable USB flash drives |
| DismGui 4 Dism with a graphical interface | WinToolkit Customize Your Windows Installation |
| ImgBurn CD burning tool. | Treesize Quickly Scan Directory Sizes and Find Space Hogs |
| Defraggler Disk Defragmenter | Recover Keys Retrieves your Product Keys |
Admin or System Session Choice
Start Menu
Updated PENetwork interface with easier wifi connecting.
Build Notes
- Microsoft .Net 3 & 4 issues not being detected should now be working on apps requiring them (this fix added over 1gb to the iso size)
- Use Terminals RDP for rdp connections
- Did not update Chrome and Opera as most recent versions not working in the PE
- Boot selection to choice of admin or system accounts defaults to system after 3 seconds
- Macrium Reflect will remove the Y drive and set it as next logical drive. Just use Remount CDdrive Y found in Windows Systems folder.
- Only available on google drive presently.
A BIG THANKS to ChrisR and everyone over at theOven.org without whom this build would not be possible. If you’re interested in making your own build be sure to check them out.
Category: Windows 10 PE, Windows PE's
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Thanks man
Tried running the EMMISOFT emergency kit and it complained that the a2framework.dll not found.
Ran just fine for me. https://imgur.com/a/9OeFhl3
Ya discovered it was a problem at my end. I use Easy2Boot util to allow me to boot multiple Utils off USB drives. I had to create a .IMGPtn from the ISO file for Easy2Boot to work properly with it. Once I did tghat Emmisoft Emerg worked fine. Sorry about that.
I’m definitely liking this latest release, which is quickly proving very useful. It loads much faster and now exits reliably and gracefully. Progress ! I find myself adding some fave apps and utilities — like TeraCopy, HashCalc, and the ZTree file manager — just to their own directories on the flash drive. So far, they all seem to work fine, with no need to resort to an ISO editor, or jump through other hoops. That’s pretty great too.
With some older editions of your PE collection, I could still put ’em onto a dual-layer DVD. As I previously mentioned, I don’t understand why you could not have apps that need to write something write to RAMdisk space ? RAM is plentiful these days, for many of us. Hiren’s and 2K10 Multiboot diag / repair Win PE collections have not been updated in quite some time, whereas you are updating yours regularly, but I know of at least one other stellar collection that gets updated a couple times per year, which *still* operates from a single-layer DVD. (Each of these PE collections do some things that the others don’t, so they ALL have real value.) Don’t get me wrong: I like flashdrives as much as anyone does, but some of the older computers I deal with won’t boot from them — and the CD or DVD is still as universal an option as you will find, even if you have “graduated” to Blu-Ray for your optical storage needs.
[And might I suggest that you add PayPal and Bitcoin options for donations ?]
Thanks for the new version.
Why is System session set as Default, where in previous editions always Administrator session was loaded?
What is the benefit of System session?
I have two questions regarding Win10PE x64:
1. Does this include DriveImage portable app?
2. How to create a bootable USB from the downloaded iso?
Regards,
Tony
Yes driveimgae XML is included.
To create a bootable usb. download rufus and to be safe use MBR as the partition scheme and BIOS (or uefi-CSM) as the target system.
https://imgur.com/a/PrkruVC