You perform a Pre-Boot Execution Environment (PXE) boot on a client computer that connects to a Windows Deployment Services server that is running Windows Server 2008 R2. The client computer downloads the Pxeboot.com binary file.

Learn about Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) features and how to access them on Surface Pro 4, Surface Book, and Surface Studio.

Devices that start up using Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) images from Windows Deployment Services or System Center Configuration Manager may fail to start with error "0xc0000001". Windows Server, version 1903, all editions More...

Fixes a problem in which the PXE boot process runs very slowly on a UEFI computer that's running Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2.

Solution 1: Check the configuration. Solution 2: Force restart. Solution 3: Reset your Surface using a USB recovery drive. Solution 4: Request service. There are steps you can take if you turn on a Surface device and see "Couldn't find a bootable operating system."

Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) boot. If the mitigation is deployed to a device and you attempt to use PXE boot, the device will not start unless the mitigations are also applied to the network boot sources (root where bootmgfw.efi is present).

If something goes wrong while applying the mitigations and you are unable to start your device or you need to start from external media (such as a thumb drive or PXE boot), try the following suggestions: Turn off Secure Boot. This procedure differs between device manufacturers and models.

After updating to Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager current branch, version 2002, operating system deployment task sequences fail during the PXE boot process. This occurs more frequently in environments with a large volume of packages in the task sequence.

Fixes a problem in which UEFI-based computers cannot start because the WDS PXE program requires you to press F12 on the computer that is running Windows Server 2012 as a Windows Deployment Services (WDS) server. Provides a resolution.

When using System Center Configuration Manager 2007 to PXE Boot bare metal clients across subnets, the process may fail with the following errors: PXE-T04: Access Violation. PXE-E36: Error Received from TFTP Server. PXE-M-F Exiting PXE Rom.