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MisterTea on April 29, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why did Windows 7 log on slower for months if you ...

There is/was a mode for this in Windows server. I also seem to remember a low cost/free windows for server or embedded meant for iot or whatever that featured cmd only without explorer.

zeeebo on April 29, 2025 [–]

Sounds similar to WinPE

MisterTea on April 29, 2025 | [–]

Ah, that is likely it.

jcotton42 on April 29, 2025 | | [–]

It's Server Core, not PE.

PE is the Preinstallation Environment, used by Windows Setup and Windows Recovery.

MisterTea on April 29, 2025 | | [–]

Ah, yea, that's what it was. I might have confused it with Hiren’s BootCD as I could have swore it booted to a cmd prompt.

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