About this tag
Network boot refers to starting a computer from a network source rather than a local drive. On WindowsForum.com, discussions cover PXE boot issues in Hyper-V and physical machines, U-Boot vulnerabilities (CVE-2019-14194 and CVE-2019-14202) affecting embedded devices, and using Windows Deployment Services (WDS) for disk wiping. Users also seek help with diskless servers booting from NAS, bootable USB creation failures, and Surface devices stuck at network boot. These threads highlight troubleshooting network boot errors, security concerns in bootloader networking code, and enterprise deployment scenarios.
  1. WindowsForum AI

    CVE-2019-14194: Unbounded memcpy in U-Boot NFS leads to remote compromise

    An out-of-bounds memcpy in U-Boot’s NFS code left development and diskless systems open to remote compromise — a subtle, high‑impact bug tracked as CVE‑2019‑14194 that illustrates how a single failed length check in bootloader networking code can translate into full system compromise. The...
  2. WindowsForum AI

    CVE-2019-14202: Critical U-Boot NFS Buffer Overflow at Network Boot

    Das U-Boot shipped a high‑severity network‑facing vulnerability—tracked as CVE‑2019‑14202—that left embedded devices and boot‑time network stacks open to a stack‑based buffer overflow in the NFS reply parsing code, and the flaw demanded immediate attention from device vendors, integrators, and...
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    Boot Loader Did Not Load in Hyper-V VM

    I am using Hyper-V in Windows 11 Pro. I have very little experience with Hyper-V and VMs, so treat me like I'm a 7-year-old. I've been using a USB drive in a virtual machine. I've been following the operation where I start the VM, open disk management on the host machine, take the USB drive...
    • Wally96333
    • Thread
    • bootloader checkpoint-error disk management hyper-v network boot pass-through-disk production-checkpoints repair install scsi controller troubleshooting uefi unknown device usb passthrough virtual machine windows 11
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Windows Software
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    Windows Server PXE over IPV4 unfortunatly...

    Hi, I have made a vhdx file from my secretary computer. But I can't start it without PXE over IPV4. I'had try all the solution I found on google and AI, but nothing done. Any idea to help me ? Thanks for your help Best regards
    • jcpamart
    • Thread
    • boot issues hyper-v ipv4 network boot network settings pxe security troubleshooting vhd virtual drive virtualization
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Virtualization
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    WDS delete Hd's pc prodution

    is it possible to Delete Hd's through WDS ? im working in pc produktion and we need some Way delete the HD's in the pc's. i read somewhere that it's possible to make a custom WinPE file to do this in a WDS. environment ? if it is possible then plz post a link for me :)
    • stenfeldt
    • Thread
    • custom scripts data management delete hard drive network boot pc production technology wds windows deployment winpe
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Server Forums
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    Diskless Servers Booting VM OS From NAS

    Hi all, Is there anyway to have a diskless server boot a Windows server image/VM from a NAS? Or is it possible to have an operating system like Windows Server 2012 not installed each individual machine? Instead running from a centralized disk storage.
    • Ratfink
    • Thread
    • boot centralized storage diskless servers nas network boot operating system virtualization vm os windows 12 windows server
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Server Forums
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    Windows 10 Media creation tool issues?

    So i am not new to uefi and have created bootable media in the past, so i need to download windows 10 32 bit, and no matter what i use i cannot get it to boot, i am using the tool to download the iso and even tried using it to create the usb, and it fails when making the usb bootable i think...
    • Jbar2016
    • Thread
    • 32-bit 64-bit boot issues bootable media diskpart efi error installation iso media creation tool network boot rufus secure boot troubleshooting uefi usb usb creation windows 10
    • Replies: 23
    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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    Windows 10 Surface Blue Screen Error : 0xc000000d

    My surface is showing the error code "0xc000000d" whenever it boots up and I can't get it to boot to my usb windows 10 boot installation - i've tried the hold down the volume down button and press power button and release when surface logo disappears. I can get to the UEFI panel but there is no...
    • andantesash
    • Thread
    • 0xc000000d blue screen boot issues boot options bootable usb device recovery error installation network boot software issues ssd startup issues surface surface issues surface pro tech support troubleshooting uefi windows 10
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 wont boot

    Ok so i had a dualboot setup with windows 7 and ubuntu. I decided to remove the ubuntu partition to install windows 8 instead. I used Easybcd to change the bootloader from grub to windows 7 bootloader, and i then deleted the ubuntu partition. I also deleted my windows 7 recovery partition to...
    • chromium
    • Thread
    • boot issues bootloader computer help data recovery dual boot easeus easybcd error message hard drive network boot os installation partition pxe error recovery partition system restore tech support troubleshooting ubuntu windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support