In which of these cases would you be most likely to use a PXE?
A) Adding a storage device to an existing Windows server
B) Updating Windows 7 video drivers
C) Connecting to a Windows Media Center server
D) Replacing a motherboard
E) Installing Windows from a network server
F) It’s the pixie that turns of my wireless network at the worst times
The answer: E) Installing Windows from a network server
The Windows Preboot Execution Environment, or “pixie,” is a bootable version of Windows that is commonly used to start a very basic version of a Windows environment. This is the Windows environment that’s used during the Windows setup, and it’s also useful if you need to boot a workstation just enough to have it grab installation files from a central server.
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