PE Builder v3 plugin

Network support

This plugin enables full network support, using the Microsoft Network Client with TCP/IP protocol.

Before you can use the plugin you must copy 2 files to the plugin directory.

To enable network support also 2 other files, factory.exe and netcfg.exe are required. These files are not included with PE Builder! The 2 files can also be called x86netcfg.exe and x86factory.exe.

Please use factory.exe version 5.2.3790.0 or higher (previous versions had bugs).
You can get factory.exe from:

Windows Server 2003 Installation CD-Rom, extract it from \support\tools\deploy.cab.
Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools. Note! This kit is 12MB! Extract it from rktools.msi\Cabs.winrk.cab\deploy.cab (nested cabinet files!).

You can get the latest netcfg.exe version from:

Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) 1.2.

Some older version netcfg.exe can be found from:

Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) OEM Preinstallation Kit (OPK).
ERD Commander 2002.
avast! BART CD.

The home or end users may not have these products so they cannot use netcfg.exe. But... they can use snetcfg_wxp.exe.
Download link: snetcfg_wxp.exe (Windows 2000 DDK). More info.

Copy the following files into the plugin\network directory:
factory.exe (or x86factory.exe), netcfg.exe (or x86netcfg.exe, or snetcfg_wxp.exe)

PE Network Configurator is included with PE Builder with permission from the author.