Microsoft-provided imaging tool, ImageX, used for creation and deployment of images
Ability to boot WindowsPE into RAM from WIM Image
Driver injection into WindowsPE Images
"Hot" PnP Support for WindowsPE
32-MB RAM Drive (writable scratch space)
New/additional optional components
New Launch Tool Called Wpeinit
New Build Tool Called PEImg
New Image Maintenance Tool -- Package Manager
New features in the OEM Preinstallation Kit (OPK) include:
Creation of the Windows System Image Manager Tool to author answer files
Inclusion of full end-to-end suite of preinstallation tools, including image creation and maintenance
Sysprep is now included in the operating system
Full support for the Windows Deployment Services, the successor to Windows Remote Installation Services (RIS)
