A simple Ventoy theme with the 'Seven of Nine' background is available here.
These themes can be used on 'official' Ventoy drives too not just for E2B.
It also contains the Windows 11 TPM patch registry xml files for Pro and Home.
It includes a \ventoy\ventoy.json file, so be careful not to overwrite your own ventoy.json file (if you already have one).
Ventoy 1.0.47 was released today on the ventoy.net website.
I will release the new E2B 1.0.47 version fully after a few weeks, but if you don't want to wait...
1. Download the 'Ventoy for Easy2Boot" v1.0.47 .zip file from here.
2. Drag-and-drop the ventoy-1.0.47-windows.zip file onto the \e2b\Update agFM\Add Ventoy.cmd file located on the 2nd partition of the E2B USB drive - follow the instructions.
See https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_news.html for detail.
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Thomas came across a problem with agFM recently when booting to Windows ISOs. He was not able to boot to the Windows ISOs on a specific model of notebook:
The same stick and method was used on tons of notebooks of the previous model Lifebook U7410.
It just fails with the new Model Lifebook U7411.
(Fastboot disabled, Secureboot disabled)
Booting the ISO with .isodef works, but I need to use .isowin for using unattended.xml. When starting the ISO using .isowin (even directly without unattended.xml), it stops loading with the following message:
\"Loading (memdisk)/boot/grubfm/null.cpio
# GRUB Environment Block
installiso=\\\\_ISO\\WINDOWS\\WIN10\\Win_10_2004.2_64BIT_Ger_EDU.ISO
##############
##############
error: xz file corrupted or unsupported block options.
Add: (wimboot)/bootmgfw.efi -> bootmgfw.efi
Add: (envblk)/null.cfg -> null.cfg\"
In the past, I have had a few people report the same .xz error but I have never been able to reproduce it...
Windows Defender is the standard Windows Antivirus software that comes with Windows 10 and it does a pretty good job.
However, many people like to install 3rd-party AV and anti-malware software too.
In fact, some people may be running 3rd-party AV software without even knowing it!
For instance, many types of Acronis backup products may also install Acronis Cloud Protect without you even being aware of it.
One way to detect AV software and Services is to trawl through the Windows task list and try to recognise the names of the software products but I wanted to write a small .cmd Windows batch file to show the user what AV software was installed and if it was enabled or not so that I could add the code into the E2B Make script to warn the user that they have AV s/w installed and it may be blocking write access to their USB drive's boot sector.
Here is what I ended up with...
E2B and agFM can automatically run the registry hack to skip the Windows 11 TPM\RAM\SecureBoot checks.
1. First update to agFM v1.72 or later version (just over-write files on Partition 2 with the latest download) and also update to latest E2B v2.10 Beta which has the WIN11 folder support (run Make_E2B.exe as Admin and click on the Update E2B button). Download areas for latest Betas
2. Copy your Win11 ISO to the \_ISO\WINDOWS\WIN11 folder.
Download Win 11 ISO from here. Select 'Latest Dev Channel' - Cumulative Update for Windows 11 (10.0.22000.51) (untick 'Integrate updates' option for faster build and download). The fewer Editions you tick the quicker the build - I ticked Home\Core + Pro. The download and build of the ISO may take a few hours or more!
Note: If you only tick one Edition, the Install.wim that is made is non-standard and does not contain an XML file. I suggest you include at least two Editions.
3. Create a .cmd text file which has exactly the same name as the Win11 ISO file and place the following three lines of code in the .cmd file:
reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\Setup\LabConfig" /v "BypassTPMCheck" /t REG_DWORD /d 1
reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\Setup\LabConfig" /v "BypassRAMCheck" /t REG_DWORD /d 1
reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\Setup\LabConfig" /v "BypassSecureBootCheck" /t REG_DWORD /d 1
The new E2B Beta is here.
It adds a \_ISO\WINDOWS\WIN11 folder.
I have also speeded up the loading of the Main Menu if you have lots of files in the \_ISO\WINDOWS\xxxx folders. The Main menu no longer shows you how many payload files are present as they are no longer counted.
I installed a version of Win11 using VBox and E2B legacy and agFM UEFI64 successfully.
To update, just extract the files onto your USB drive.
To avoid the Win11 'compatibility check' you can install Win11 using WinNTSetup.
If you install to a Virtual Machine, the 'compatibility check' is skipped.
Or you can run these commands as soon as Setup is loaded to skip the checks:
I have now made an update for 'Ventoy for Easy2Boot' so it is now v1.0.46.
This is not the Ventoy image files but the modified version which is directly added to Partition 2 and can be booted to without switching in an image.
I had a problem with it where it would not boot Ubuntu ISOs and many other Linux ISOs unless Partition 2 was exactly 32MB in size - this is now fixed.
You can find the .zip file in the Latest Beta folders.
1. Download the ventoy-1.0.46-windows.zip file
2. Drag-and-Drop the file onto the \e2b\Update agFM\Add_Ventoy.cmd windows batch file using Explorer - answer Y to copy the files across.
You should now have the latest version of Ventoy for Easy2Boot
Please report any issues.
I will update the E2B server release version to this version in a few days if no issues are reported.
