yes, I am reporting a bug: non-functional driver for NIC RTL8168 in WinPE2.1 (winpe.wim file) in AIK 1.1. But question is, why default driver provided inside WinPE is not functional (I mean winpe.wim which is provided inside AIK installation)?īy the way, I have only 1 index in winpe.wim and is also bootable. Only way how to make it working, is to inject latest Vista's driver (not XP's one ), since WinPE will consider it most suitable and will use it. Consequence is that if you inject XP driver, WINPE will still not use it, since ist default driver it considers more suitable for the NIC. I wanted to point out, that the driver for REALTEK NIC which is by default in WinPE 2.1 is not functional. I know how to inject drivers to winpe with peimg /inf command. You’d better contact your computer manufacturer or Realtek directly to obtain the latest driver. You can try the Windows XP driver for your network card from the following sites: It is most likely caused by the Windows XP driver. Therefore, our Windows XP Setup and Deployment newsgroup is the best resource to troubleshoot this issue.Īs the driver for Windows Vista can work properly with WinPE 2.1, I believe the cause is not related to WinPE 2.1. However, we can also use WinPE 2.1 to deploy previous systems such as Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.Īs you are using WinPE 2.1 to capture a Windows XP ISO image, I do not agree that this issue belongs to the Windows Vista field. Please understand that WinPE 2.1 is a tool which we can use to deploy Windows Vista with Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008.

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