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SADIST_SLY

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Is Windows Pe A Possibilty
« on: December 04, 2004, 09:50:00 AM »

Ok,  im not a programmer at all and have little or no knowledge of of low level stuff so feel free to stop this post dead in its tracks and put my mind at rest , but would the Windows PE enviroment be possible to run or does this go through pretty much the same problems as XP or 2000 would? i imagine it uses the same unalterd XP system files and boot process, Would be cool to have a functional Win32 Enviro like this running on Xbox, can run alot of applications but the lack of a registry and dll's affects alot of apps, but i spose you wizards could get around this if you wanted:)

Thanks

Edit... Sorry for those that dont know what PE is

http://www.MS.com/licensing/program...port/winpe.mspx

Also there is BartsPE wich i personally use for getting outta some sticky Windows situations

http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/

This post has been edited by SADIST_SLY: Dec 4 2004, 05:52 PM
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cheapo_comp_geek

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« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2004, 08:05:00 PM »

sounds possible

You could probably use a DOS emulator to run it:|

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The_Truth

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« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2004, 08:46:00 PM »

i wouldnt be sure... but i believe you would still have trouble with the 2000\xp kernel... because you are gonna have all the pci scans... and simply put.. i would think it would have the same problem that an unaltered version of the knoppix kernel would... same incompatabilities... mostly same problems .. even though they are different oses... but i am just speculating.... so dont let me stop you from exploring every possible route...

but IIRC the reason for not running windows 2000\xp as a first choice was because of the kernel... the only possibility i could see... is... if you cant modify the windows kernel...(no source code)... then possibly write a kernel that performs the same tasks and incorperate it into windows xp(that would suck... writing it from scratch... so good luck on that)... i had thought of possibly using the xbox "kernel" but it is so limited... and what purpose would that serve... but im sure.. if you took the time to rewrite xp... it could be done...
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blueshogun96

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Is Windows Pe A Possibilty
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2004, 07:35:00 PM »

QUOTE (cheapo_comp_geek @ Dec 6 2004, 04:37 AM)
sounds possible

You could probably use a DOS emulator to run it:|

better idea try bochs for xbox
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