preinstallation

Microsoft is refining its approach to Windows 11 24H2 pre-installations by recommending that PC manufacturers ship the update only on systems with newer processors. While this guideline may sound like a constraint, rest assured that if you’re an end user running an older, but still supported...

Hi, Platform is AMD RX-421 CPU with 4GB DRAM. Our customer build Windows PE 32-bit image in USB drive, next boot AMD platform by this WinPE USB drive. However they get BSOD error when calling shutdown command. (WinPE command : wpeutil shutdown). If we test shutdown command in Windows PE 64-bit...

GIGABYTE - Motherboard - Socket 1155 - GA-P61-S3 (rev. 2.0) Ive installed the rest of the drivers provided by manufacturer except the SATA RAID/AHCI ones.The Intel Rapid Storage Technology gave me an error that I dont meet the system requirements so I no longer insisted with the others...

I am trying to install Windows 7 OEM Preinstallation Kit (OPK) on a system with Windows 7 Professional. During the installation process, I get a message that pops up that says to "Please insert the disk: Windows OEM Preinstallation Kit CD". I am lost at this point. What other CD should there...

Hi Everyone, Im hoping someone can help me here. Im currently a system builder and ive just got into using the windows 7 opk for installing customized versions of windows 7 on my customers pc's. I would like to have a recovery system in place similar to the big brands such as Dell and Acer...

I was hoping you might be able to point me to a resource that could help a relative having trouble upgrading to Windows 7 - 32-Bit on a mainstream PC built for Windows XP. I was a bit disappointed that he was on a call with support for 1 ½ hours to help him through a BSOD issue. In the end...

I have been trying to load autodesk inventor 11 which has worked okay on a previous installation of windows XP. With windos 7 I can not get any further then the pre installation checks and keep getting error messages as listed below. These are screen shots of the faults log I have also run the...

Congratulations guys, you're the only forum ww that answered correctly the difference between an OEM version and an end user version. Found this in the FAQs. I bought an OEM System Builder Pack 64bits of Win7 Pro together with all my PC parts as I'm assembling myself. For me it's clearly now...

I have a system that currently does not have windows installed on it, but I want to run the Upgrade Advisor on it before I purchase Windows 7. How can I do that? Is there a different utility that I can run instead? Thank you.

Although some retailers and system builders are already "sneaking" copies of the OS and systems with the OS pre-installed, the official release date remains Oct 22. BUT WAIT! Microsoft has just announced that some small system builders who build special built-to-order systems may pre-install...

Hi guys I was in the past quite an enthousiastic user of Bartpe ( a Windows XP recovery system that totally ran from a CD / DVD ( Like Live CD Linux distros). Link to Bartpe Nu2 Productions Website This built essentially a Windows XP "Pre installation Environment" rather like the Internal...