When i start network services with pe network configurator, its looks like it runs correctly but when it try to install network adapters it seems to crash. i start task manager and the cpu idle is at 100 % and it's on "not response" status. Sometimes if i wait a long time, a error mesage appears "no ethernet adaptor where found". I try with and Realtek RTL8139 and various Intel Ethernet adaptors with the drivers of plugins.

I make winpe with win2k3 standar server (spanish), the version of factory.exe and NETCFG.EXE were both 5.2.3790.0.

Any idea ? i'm desesperate that network doesnt starts

Thanks.

which version of pebuilder and penetcfg do you use ?

Joshua

The version of PE builder is pebuilder3024 and version of penetcfg is 2.0

have you tried building it with just the english version or maybe you need to add the correct nic drivers.

Are you using a patched winlogon.exe?

What type of system are you testing this with?

Tolo,

Have you tried adding this plugin:

http://pages.infinit.net/goriol/files/nic.cab

it provides extra drivers for different nic's. It might be worth a try.

Regards,
Ed

An idiot question... How i use this plugin ?

Oops, i know how to use, the problem were that is autoenable to "yes" on pe builder and i was looking for a plugin enable to "no".

My problem with penetcfg continues... i added the extra pack of nic drivers and it crashes too...

Any idea?

Tolo,

Sorry that didn't help. The only thing i can think of is this:

There is a plugin on my pebuilder called 'Network Support [Auto-start]', set this to 'No' but 'Yes' to the plugin called 'Network Support'.

Burn this and when you boot it, wait for everything to finish 'installing' THEN start peconfig.

If this doesn't help, i'm sorry!

Regards
Ed

This is a non-PE solution, but these types of problems happen at work where you look at a problem until you're going insane.
Then you have to stand back and go through basic troubleshooting:

1) Try it on a different machine, totally.
Does the problem follow the hardware?

2) Try it with different logon credentials. (This doesn't apply in your case.)
Does the problem follow the user account?

3) If the problem doesn't happen on the other computer, then change the involved hardware on the problem PC, if you can. (In your case, swap your network card with another.)

4) If the problem persists, was the card a different make and model? If not, it probably used the same driver, which could be corrupt. Make sure it's a different make/model.

5) (For your situation,) unpack a fresh instance of PEBuilder.
Turn on only
autorun
bootfix
network
your specific NIC driver
NU2MENU
Does it still crash?

6) If it does, search the entire PEBuilder folder for INF files.
Remember that any INF file will get scanned by PEBuilder and will get implemented unless there's a section like this "Enable=0".
An INF file with no "Enable=0" will be implemented as if it had an "Enable=1".
So if you have conflicting or incompatible INF's without Enable=0, these files you thought were rat-holed in undefined subfolders are getting installed!

I check all the points that you tell to me, and it continues crashing... Should be a problem of win2k3 standard server spanish language with i made winpe ?

The penetcfg.exe file not work correctly for me in Windows XP Sp1 spanish or Windows 2003 Server spanish.

Use the english version of this OS.

Sorry for my english

How do you add the drivers.cab file to a PEBuilder setup?

Thanks.. just started using this utility yesterday. Information seems a bit limited if you don't already have experience.

Well, i'm going to try to build winpe with english version os S.O.

I build winpe with english version of winxp + sp1 and penetcfg runs correctly.It seems to be that all my problems were caused by spanish version of S.O. (windows xp sp1 and win2k3 standard server)

Thanks winnerpc.

tolo.

@tolo
La verdad es que me costó descubrir que con las versiones en español del Xp y del 2K3 no se podía configurar la red, y aunque hubiesen buenas intenciones en las respuestas por parte de los participantes del foro, no te podían decir cual era el problema de base. Y yo además el tema del inglés lo llevo fatal, por lo que me cuesta responder en el foro

Suerte.

I had the same problem with penetcfg.exe crashing and it was a compatability issue with the versions of ntkrnlmp.exe and winlogon.exe - mine are both version 5.1.2600.1106 and it now works OK.

@winnerpc

Habria que hacerle el comentario a Bart acerca de este pequeño problema de imcompatibilidad, si es que no lo sabe ya. La verdad es que es una putada que sea problema de la version del idioma del S.O.

Pero bueno al final todo funciona correctamente, ahora nos adentraremos en los plugins a ver que ocurre

Gracias por todo.

@Pedro

Very, very and muchísimas más very thks...
Penetcfg.exe work perfectly in Win XP SP1 spanish version.

@tolo
Usa Winlogon.exe patched (v5.1.2600.1106 english) y ntkrnlmp.exe (v5.1.2600.1106 english)
El Winlogon.exe patched es incluido como plugin, por tanto, sin problemas
El ntkrnlmp.exe has de sacarlo de un CD que hayas creado a partir de una versión inglesa del Windows XP SP1, ubicado en la carpeta system32, y lo colocas en la carpeta donde tengas el pebuilder.exe y el pebuilder.inf
Para añadir este último archivo he editado el archivo pebuilder.inf, de forma que he comentado con el signo ; la linea que llama al archivo ntoskrnl.exe del XPsp1 en español para que no lo cargue, y he añadido la otra linea que carga el archivo ntkrnlmp.exe
No modofico la 1ª linea por si algo fallara

[SourceDisksFiles]
;ntoskrnl.exe=2,ntkrnlmp.exe
ntkrnlmp.exe=2