How to add drivers to the Windows Defender Offline Tool

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 22:39:40 +0000

Back in January I wrote a post about how the Windows Defender Offline Beta Tool works and mentioned that the preparation wizard does not have an option to inject drivers. This can be a problem when WinPE does not recognize the disk or when you wish to have network connectivity. I had promised to explain how to add drivers to the Windows Defender Offline Beta tool, but actually forgot about writing a follow up post until I was kindly reminded by a blog reader to do so.

How the Windows Defender Offline Beta Tool works

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:21:02 +0000

In addition to the Microsoft Security Essentials software and the Microsoft Safety Scanner Microsoft just recently released another FREE antimalware removal product called the Windows Defender Offline Beta. While Security Essentials and Safety Scanner run within Windows, the purpose of the Windows Defender Offline Tool is to run offline from bootable USB or CD/DVD media.

In fact the tool isn’t really something new, those familiar with the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack Suite (MDOP) which includes the Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset (DaRT) have probably seen or used the Standalone System Sweeper tool before. Now when looking at the log files produced by the Windows Defender Offline tool, you’ll notice Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper tool entries rather than Windows Defender Offline.

Windows-Defender-Offline on Anything About IT

How to add drivers to the Windows Defender Offline Tool

How the Windows Defender Offline Beta Tool works