Applies to LANDESK Management Suite 9.0 and newer.
Description
This document is intended to show the versions of WinPE used in each version of LANDESK Management Suite. The goal is to facilitate getting the correct drivers for the WinPE version being used.
Note: In LANDESK Management Suite 9.5, the 64-bit version of WinPE is included to add support for UEFI devices.
Resolution
LANDESK Management Suite 9.6, 9.6 + SP1
- LDMS 9.6 uses WinPE 5.0, the same as LDMS 9.5.
LANDESK Management Suite 9.5 SP2 with BASE 0214 patch
- WinPE 5.0 requires Windows 8.1 driver (32 bit).
- For additional information on managing drivers in LANDESK Management Suite 9.5 please see How to Add Drivers to WinPE for LANDESK 9.5.
LANDESK Management Suite 9.5 SP1 with BASE 1017 patch
- The WinPE version is updated to 5.0.
- For additional information on managing drivers in LANDESK Management Suite 9.5 please see How to Add Drivers to WinPE for LANDESK 9.5.
LANDESK Management Suite 9.5 (with HP ElitePad Integration Update and/or the BASE 0228A patch) - 9.5 SP1
- The WinPE version is updated to 4.0.
- WinPE 4.0 requires Windows 8 drivers (NDIS 6.3).
- WinPE 4.0 does include a generic NDIS driver so a specific NIC driver may not be required.
- For additional information on managing drivers in LANDESK Management Suite 9.5 please see How to Add Drivers to WinPE for LANDESK 9.5.
- Client devices must have processor support for PAE/NX/SSE2 in order to boot into WinPE 4.0.
LANDESK Management Suite 9.0 SP3 - LANDESK Management Suite 9.5 without Service Pack
- The WinPE version is updated to 3.1.
- WinPE 3.1 requires Windows 7 drivers (NDIS 6.2).
- For additional information on managing drivers in LANDESK Management Suite 9.5 please see How to Add Drivers to WinPE for LANDESK 9.5
- For additional information on managing drivers in LANDESK Management Suite 9.0 please see How to add drivers to WinPE for LANDESK 9
Determining your WinPE version
If you upgrade your LDMS version or apply a service pack, your WinPE version will be updated as well. The WinPE image in contained in the boot.wim and boot_x64.wim files on your core and on your PXE reps. If you upgrade your LDMS version but do not redeploy your PXE reps they will have an older WinPE version. If you are unsure which version is running within WinPE you can open a console and type "ver". This will return the version in x.x.xx format. Match this up to the WinPE version using this chart:
| WinPE Version # | PE Version | Derived From |
| WinPE 1.5 | 5.1.x | Win XP SP2 |
| WinPE 2.0 | 6.0.x | Vista |
| WinPE 3.0 | 6.1.7600.16385 | Windows 7 |
| WinPE 4.0 | 6.2.x | Windows 8 |
| WinPE 5.0 | 6.3.x | Windows 8.1 |
The following Microsoft document describes what NDIS driver versions are required for each OS: