How To Build Windows PE 3.0 Bootable CD

What I understand about Windows PE is the replacement for Microsoft DOS boot disk. Compared to Microsoft DOS boot disk which only can be used to prepare the computer hard disk for installation of old version of Windows OS, the Windows PE can do more than that. With Windows PE you also can capture the Windows OS image for future deployment and troubleshoot the Windows OS that cannot boot.

So far, the Microsoft Corporation has produced FOUR releases of Windows PE. The latest release, Windows PE 4.0 is for Windows 8. But, in this article I will only cover about Windows PE 3.0 which is suitable for use to capture, deploy and troubleshoot the Windows 7 OS. What to be covered about Windows PE 3.0 in this article is related to HOW TO BUILD WINDOWS PE 3.0 BOOTABLE CD. OUR TARGET IS TO BUILD THE WINDOWS PE 3.0 BOOTABLE CD THAT CAN CAPTURE THE WINDOWS 7 64-BIT EDITION IMAGE FILE (.WIM).




What You Need

1. Microsoft Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) for Windows 7. You can download it here.
   
   Note:
   If you want to deploy Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 into your target computer, you need to install Microsoft WAIK for Windows 7 SP1.
   
   
   
2. Software burner. If you want the free software burner, you can download here.
   
   
   
3. An empty CD / DVD RW disc.
   
   
   
4. Your computer must have CD / DVD writer, so you can burn Windows PE into the CD or CD-RW.

Before The Procedures

1. You have to install Microsoft WAIK for Windows 7 into your computer. Your computer can run either Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7. I has installed this software in my laptop that has Windows 7 Professional 64-bit installed. 
   
    

The Procedures

1. Click --> click All Programs –> under the list of programs click folder Microsoft Windows AIK.
   
   
   
   
   
2. Right click on the Deployment Tools Command Prompt –> click Run as Administrator.
   
   
   
   
   
3. This will open the command prompt interface belongs to Microsoft WAIK for Windows 7. See below
   
   
   
   
   
4. Inside the command prompt, type copype.cmd amd64 c:\winpe-amd64 –> press Enter. This process will create the directory folder, winpe-amd64 in the c:\ drive. 
   
   
   
   
   
5. Now you will notice the default directory inside the command prompt is replaced. See below
   
   
   
   
   
6. Before you start mount the image file (winpe.wim) into the folder directory c:\winpe-amd64, it is good to know the details information about the image file especially its index number. So, you need to type the command below (dism /get-wiminfo) and press Enter 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
7. Now, you have notice the index number of the image file. In this step, you are going to mount the image file, winpe.wim. Type the command below (dism /mount-wim) and press Enter. 
   
     
   
   
   
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   The DISM command in step 7 will mount the image file, winpe.wim that has the index number 1 into the folder directory c:\winpe-amd6\mount. The index number can be viewed by execute the DISM command in step 6.
   
   
   
8. Now, you have mounted the image file (wimpe.wim). It is necessary to check either it had been mounted correctly or not. To check the status, you need to type the command below (dism /get-mountedwiminfo) and press Enter.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
9. Now, you notice that the image file you had mounted is in good condition. If you want to add the Windows AIK packages (cabinet file - .cab) to the image file (winpe.wim), you need to use the command dism /add-package. Let say, you want to add the Windows AIK package below.
   
   
   
   First of all you need the verify the package path. For example the Windows AIK package, winpe-wmi.cab is located inside c:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools\amd64\WinPE_FPs. Second, you need to add together its language pack. For the example when you add the package winpe-wmi.cab you also need to add its language pack, winpe-wmi_en-us.cab. The path to this file is c:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools\amd64\WinPE_FPs\en-us.
   
   After you notice the required paths for the package and its language pack, now you can add both of them using dism /add-package command. You have to type both of the commands below and press Enter after you type each of them. 
   
   
   
   
   
   After you type the command above, the winpe-wmi.cab file will be added to the winpe.wim image file. Then, you will add its language pack. Type the command below and press Enter. 
   
   
   
   
   
   After you type the command above, the winpe-wmi_en-us.cab file will be added to the winpe.wim image file.
   
   Note:
   The step 9 is optional and I just want to show you how to add the Windows AIK package into the image file (winpe.wim) you mounted. If you want to get more information about the other Windows AIK packages you can click here.
   
   
   
10. If you want to check the packages you had added or the list of package inside the winpe.wim image file, you can use the command (dism /get-package) below and press Enter.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
11. You also can add the utility that you think useful for you. For example, if you want to use Windows PE 3.0 bootable CD to capture and deploy the Windows 7 image, you need to add the imagex.exe utility.
    
    For the purpose of that, you need to copy the utility from c:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\amd64\imagex.exe and paste it into c:\winpe-amd64\mount\Windows\System32. Type the command (copy) below and press Enter. 
    
    
    
    
    
    Note:
    This is an optional but for the sake of learning and give information, it is good to present in this article. Besides adding the imagex.exe utility that come in form of command line interface, you also can add the gimagex.exe utility. This utility has the same function like imagex.exe but the difference is, it come in form of graphical user interface.
    
    If you want to add this utility in the winpe.wim image, you can download it here. After download, you will get the zip file named gimagex.
    
    
     
    Extract the zip file and you will get the folder named install. To copy the gimagex.exe utility, use the copy command. Type the command (copy) below and press Enter.
    
    
    
    
    
    When you run the command above, you will copy the utility gimagex.exe from c:\install\x64\gimagex.exe and paste it into mount folder, c:\winpe-amd64\mount\windows\system32.
    
    
    
12. After you finish add the utility and packages required, you can un-mount the winpe.wim image file that you had edited. To un-mount the image file, type the command (dism /unmount-wim) below
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
13. You had finished edit the winpe.wim image file and had un-mounted it. Now you will copy the edited image file into the folder c:\winpe-amd64\ISO\sources and rename it from winpe.wim to boot.wim. To accomplish this task you need to type the command (copy) below and press Enter.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
14. Now, you can start building the Windows PE 3.0 bootable file. This file actually will come out in form of .ISO file. To build the ISO file for Windows PE 3.0, type the command (oscdimg) below and press Enter
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
15. Please wait until the ISO file building process complete. Then, you will notice the ISO file named winpe-64bit.iso inside the folder c:\winpe-amd64.
    
    
    
    Now, you can burn the ISO file using software burner.

Javasign.dll Was Unable To Register Itself In The System Registry in Windows 7 64-bit

The Microsoft Visual Basic is an old school programming software. Starting its first release in 1991, the Microsoft Corporation had ended the production of this software in 1998 where its final release is Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0. Anyhow, this software is still widely used by the computer users especially version 6.0.

Installing Visual Basic 6.0 in the old Windows versions such as Windows 2000 or Windows XP may not or least generate the problems. However when you install it in the more recent version of Windows OS especially in 64-bit edition you will encounter some problems which most of them you need to solve it manually as the extended Microsoft support for this software had ended in 2008.

Actually there are various type of problems encounter by the users when they install the Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 in their computer (with recent version of Windows OS installed). In this article, I would like to focus on the installation problem which related to javasign.dll.



The Problem Situation
I install the Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Enterprise Edition in my client’s laptop that has Windows 7 Professional 64-bit edition installed. Although the setup process encounter the problem of compatibility issue, it still run fine until the error message below pop-up at the final phase of the installation process.

 

After I click OK, another error message pop-up and indicate that the program was not successfully installed. See below.

 

Note:
Actually few blogs had presented the solution to this problem. Anyhow, from my observation their solutions is more related to the Windows 7 32-bit edition. To solve this problem in Windows 7 32-bit edition, you need to copy the javacypt.dll into C:\Windows\System32 and then register the file from there using the command prompt (cmd) utility.

Anyhow, it is a little bit different when this problem occur in Windows 7 64-bit edition. You cannot simply copy the javacypt.dll file into C:\Windows\System32 folder and register it from there. Once you do, it the error message below will pop-up just after you click Enter on your keyboard.

  

SO IN THIS ARTICLE I WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF JAVASIGN.DLL WAS UNABLE TO REGISTER ITSELF IN THE SYSTEM REGISTRY IN WINDOWS 7 64-BIT EDITION.



What You Need

1. You need to download the zip file that contain the javacypt.dll file from here and save it into your hard disk. To make your job easy, save the file on your desktop.
   
    

The Procedures

1. In this procedure, I assume you use Windows 7 64-bit edition. If you have installed the Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Enterprise into your laptop, please uninstall it first. If you cannot uninstall the software using Windows Program and Features utility, you can use IObit Uninstaller
   
   
2. Extract the zip file you download from the link in the What You Need section –> after extract, you will notice the dynamic link library file names javacypt.dll 
   
   
3. Copy javacypt.dll file and paste it into the folder C:\Windows\SysWOW64
   
   
4. Open the command prompt by press . When the Run command box appear, type cmd and click OK. See below
   
   
   
   
5. Now, you will see the command prompt (cmd) utility pop-up.
   
   
   
   
6. Now, you are going to register the javacypt.dll file. Inside the command prompt, type the command regsvr32 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\javacypt.dll –> press Enter.
   
   
   
   
7. After a bit of second, the message below will pop-up. It indicate that you are succeed to register the javacypt.dll file.
   
   
   
   
8. Now, you can install back the Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 software into your Windows 7 64-bit system. Don’t forget to install the Service Pack 6 for Visual Basic 6.0. Click here to download.

Convert PDF Document to Microsoft Word Document Using Online Service

There are many advantages of the PDF document. As far as I know, you can view the PDF document for free by downloading the PDF reader software like Adobe Reader, you can view the PDF document in all platform no matter either you are using Windows OS or MAC OS and you can set the security level of your PDF document, for example, you can restrict the readers from copying or printing the content of your PDF file.

But, in my opinion a drawback that the PDF document has, is you cannot directly edit its content from the document itself. You need to convert it into the type of document which more editable, for example is Microsoft Word document. So, in my article today I will like to show you how to convert the PDF document into Microsoft Word document using online service.

There are many converter-based sites that can help you convert the PDF document online, but from my point of view the site pdfonline.com can convert your PDF document quite well into Microsoft Word document. What I mean with quite well is the Microsoft Word document produced by the site is quite easy for you to edit.




The Procedures

1. Click here to access the site pdfonline.com
   
   
   
2. You will be presented the user interface below
   
   
   
   
   
3. Now, click Browse 
   
   
   
   
   
4. Choose the PDF file you want to convert –> click Open
   
   
   
   
   
5. Now, click button Convert. 
   
   
   
   
   
6. Please wait while the site convert the PDF document to Microsoft Word document. Please don’t close the site while the conversion process is running. 
   
   
   
   
   
7. Now, click the link click here to download the Microsoft Word document which come in form of zip file.
   
    
   
   
   
8. Save the zip file into the computer hard disk drive.
   
   
   
   
   
9. Now, you will see the zip file which has been produced after the converting process. The zip file contain the Microsoft Word document which its original document is come from the PDF document you convert using the steps above. Extract that zip file in order to get that Microsoft Word document.
   
   
   
   
   
10. Now, you have finish convert your PDF document. 
    
    
    
    
    
     
    

Copy The Entire Website Using HTTrack Website Copier

Last week, I went to my parent-in-law hometown and I spend few days and night over there. Spending the holidays time in my parent-in-law house is quite relaxing but unfortunately that house is not equipped with the wireless Internet facility. Because of that absence, my web development task that require me to access the Internet have to be postponed. I need the Internet facility in order to find the information and guide related to my task.

In order to overcome this problem, I went to my brother-in-law’s house just to use his Internet Streamyx facility. Using his Internet Streamyx facility I try to find out any freeware that can copy the entire website which I need to use as a guide when develop my online web-based information system.

Fortunately I found the very useful freeware named HTTrack Website Copier. 


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It is the free offline browser utility that allow you to download the entire website from its server to your computer hard disk. When I said the entire website, it mean you can download all its related files such as images files (eg: jpeg, png & gif), html files, php files and javascript files. Besides that, this freeware also can copy and arrange all website links that connected from one webpage to the another. So, what you will have is the mirror website which you can view its pages from link to link, same like you view it online.




The Procedures

1. Before you can use the HTTrack Website Copier, you must install and setup it into your computer system.
   
   
   
   
   
2. After the setup process complete, click button Finish to launch the freeware
   
   
   
    
   
3. After you click the button Finish, the HTTrack Website Copier program’s interface will appears. See below
   
   
   
   Select your language preference and click OK.
   
   
   
4. Now you are ready to create a new project.

How To Create A New Project

1. To begin create a new project, click Next
   
   
   
   
   
2. Now, you will see the program’s interface like below.
   
    
   
   Give your new project a suitable name –-> name the project category in the select box –-> you can leave the base path unchanged –> click Next.
   
   
   
3. Now, under the select box Action, choose Download web site(s) –> then, click the button Add URL…
   
   
   
   
   
4. When you click the button Add URL…, the Insert URL’s box will be displayed. See below
   
   
   
   
   
5. Inside the text box, type the website’s URL you want to copy –> click OK
   
   
   
   
   
6. Now, you will see the website’s URL you copied listed in the text area below –> click Next
   
   
   
   
   
7. Click Finish
   
   
   
   
   
8. Please wait while the software copy the website into your local hard disk drive.
   
   
   
   
   
9. Click Finish after the mirroring process complete
   
   

How To Browse The Website Offline

1. Click File –> click Browse Sites…
   
   
   
   
   
2. Then, you will see the interface below –> to browse the website offline, click the website link.