https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windowsinsiderpreviewiso
It seems to need at least 30GB of disk space.
It seems to allow an easy offline account option too.
Not sure why a fresh install from a new Win11 ISO needs to download a newer version?
You can now have the same E2B menu system in both MBR\Legacy mode and UEFI mode!
grub4efi by chenall\yaya2007/a1ive is the UEFI version of grub4dos.
Most of the commands in grub4efi are the same as used by grub4dos.
The latest Beta of E2B now contains grub4efi.
A new app which is downloadable from github or the Microsoft Store is provided by 'ReadySunValley'.
It must be run in Admin mode...
It does not seem to be an official Microsoft app however.
E2B v2.10eBeta has an updated version of PassPass which should now work with recent Windows 10 versions (2020/21).
Using PassPass you can bypass the password entry required for any Windows Local Account.
It does not work on Microsoft online (email) accounts however.
More details on PassPass here.
See the sidebar 'Useful pages' for a link to download the E2B Beta versions from the Alternate Download websites.
P.S. E2B v2.10f has revised patches which also works on Win11 Beta x64.
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.
More information in my eBook 'Getting started with Ventoy'
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.
P.S. Don't forget to subscribe to always get the latest versions and news!
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...
