VistaPE

VistaPE

VistaPE booted off a Live CD
Developer(s) nightman
Initial release December 1, 2006
Stable release
12 RC1 / 21.10.2008
Preview release
v12RC1 / October 21, 2008 (2008-10-21)
Development status continued/under development
Platform the Live CD should run on any x86 computer
Website http://vistape.winbuilder.net

VistaPE is a project (set of scripts) for WinBuilder to create a Live CD based on the kernel of Windows Vista.
VistaPE uses technology from and largely resembles Windows Preinstallation Environment 2.0 (from Microsoft), but has a graphical shell, expanded set of supported devices and functions, and can run almost any Windows program.

Features

Portable applications

It is complicated to install applications on the RAM of a Live CD, and all the changes made to those programs and the installation itself will be lost once the computer is rebooted, so a good alternative is to use portable applications, that can be run from either the Live CD, or from a USB flash drive connected to the computer; there is even software dedicated to create those portable applications (VMware ThinApp, Virtual Application Studio or others).

Notes

The default Live CD is less than 200MB in size.

See also

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