Hikari PE Changelog (English)

X64 64-bit

Update Intel VMD Driver to 19.2.0.1003

Internal Components update

Edgeless plugin changes

Microsoft Edge is now removed, you can only use Google Chrome
Latest version will be downloaded automatically
Telegram Messenger is now removed
Request Remote Support: ToDesk has been added.
(AnyDesk and TeamViewer are unusable, sadly)
Just like Google Chrome, latest version will be downloaded automatically whenever you use

Miscellaneous changes

Under UEFI mode, now you can choose boot into Hikari PE at max resolution (by default) or 1024 by 768 resolution (for VM)
Virtio Driver has been added.
Those who want to install Windows on QEMU based virtual machine (e.g. Proxmox VE) can also use this WinPE Environment.
Regarding to Hikari PE V9, we may discard this version and jump to Hikari PE V10 directly.

Build version update to 20348.169
Now REFS 3.7 partitions can be read
Dism updated to 22000.1
Edgeless Plugin loading procedure optimized
Display settings – DPI configuration enabled
Keyboard layout options – you can change your keyboard layout for most of European languages
Support of displaying Chinese, Japanese and Korean characters implemented
Change PECMD tray icon into “8.5”
If PENetwork loaded, your computer name will be HiPEV850-???+++ (random 3 characters and random 3 numbers, e.g. HiPEV850-AQZ132)
Integrated I2C GPIO drivers for PCs equipped with Intel Tiger Lake-based CPU
Integrated VMD drivers for PCs equipped with Intel Tiger Lake-based CPU (Does not support ES)
Update overall icons to Windows 11 design
Update DiskGenius to 5.4.2.1239
Update AOMEI Partition Assistant to 9.1
Update VirtualHere Client to 5.1.5
Update WinNTSetup to 4.6.2
Added guidance of getting BitLocker Recovery Key
Added WinFR (Windows File Recovery)
Added GPT Fdisk (GDISK). You can run it by executing “gdisk \\.\PhysicalDrive0” under command prompt
Edgeless Plugin: Update Microsoft Edge to 90.0.818.39
Edgeless Plugin: Awesun added into Remote Control Suite