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New Features Automated Offline Servicing POSReady 7 does not support online servicing of the operating system. Therefore DISMUI offers the "Service image offline" option which will automate the offline servicing for you. The configuration can be done online but all the servicing operations will be done in an on-the-fly created Windows PE environment! This method can be used for Windows Embedded Standard 7 too. DISMUI needs two files from the Setup media to create the Windows PE system. Please ensure that you have a setup media connected when choosing this option.   Footprint Calculation DISMUI will calculate the estimated OS [...]

The second issue of our Elbacom Embedded Magazine is now available online. It covers the following topics: Embedded News Unique Tools from Elbacom Windows Embedded Standard 7 – Service Pack 1 Windows POSReady 7 Windows Home Server 2011 Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 – Essentials Windows Embedded Compact 7 Tutorial: Configuring Dialog Blocker To read the newest issue online go to https://www.elbacom.com/magazine        

Kevin Dallas, General Manager of Windows Embedded, has unveiled Microsoft’s plan for the next versions of Windows Embedded products. To read the complete press release please visit http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/Features/2011/nov11/11-14RoadMap.mspx

The KB2607560 which is available on the Microsoft ECE fixes an issue within the POSReady 7 OS. In POSReady 7 the license allows to have up to 5 language packs installed – however the control panel allowed to select only 4 languages. The mentioned KB will fix this issue. The KB is available to download at the following URL: https://ece.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/ece/Embedded/Products/ProductSupplements/Embedded/POSReady7/OEMDownloads/DISTOEM-Sep11OptUpdWEPOSRdy7-ProdDownld.htm

DISMUI has been updated to fix some issues when installing Feature Packages in Offline Mode. For bigger packages there was a need to create a scratch directory. DISMUI 1.4.2.1 is now creating a temporary scratch directory to solve the issue. This directory will be removed afterwards. Other improvements: DISMUI detects if it is running under Windows PE (e.g. POSReady 7 Setup) and switches to Offline Mode and searches for the Windows installation automatically Logfiles are now saved in the correct location Scratchdir handling

A new version of DISMUI is now available. The new version features enhanced support for POSReady 7. The following features have been added: Language Pack OPK DVD is now supported as Distribution Share Directory By selecting the DVD drive that contains the language pack DVD from the OPK you can easily add and remove language packs from your POSReady installation Language Pack directory of POSReady 7 OPK DVD added automatically DISMUI now adds the LangPacks directory of the POSReady 7 DVD automatically. Minor bug fixes

Windows Embedded POSReady 7 allows you to add and remove features at any time. Feature Packages must be added while the system is offline – therefore the easiest way to do this is to boot from the POSReady 7 DVD. Here is a short guide how to add feature packages very easily. Alternatively you can use our free tool DISMUI to complete these steps automatically via a graphical user interface. Add Feature Packages to POSReady 7 Boot from the Windows Embedded POSReady 7 Setup DVD Press Shift+F10 to open a command prompt when the language selection screen appears. Run diskpart.exe [...]

DISMUI can be used as an easy to use replacement for the DISM command line. Since version 1.4.1 DISMUI also support POSReady 7. Why should I use DISMUI instead of DISM? DISMUI takes care of dependencies which means that if you add a new feature DISMUI will also include other needed feature packages automatically. DISMUI checks for conflicts which means that you cannot destroy your image by adding a component that conflicts with another. DISMUI checks for minimum image requirements which means that you cannot remove features that are needed by the system. DISMUI reapplies installed languages packages automatically. This [...]

We have launched our new version of Server Wizard on our new embeddedserver.eu website. Server Wizard is a tool that allows you to find an embedded server that suits your needs very easily and quick. To find your server all you need to do is answer a few questions and the application will show you matching server results.   If you choose features that one server alone cannot fulfill you will get multiple suggestions. These multiple results are grouped so that you can easily see that you need more than one server. If you get more than one item within [...]

Find out more about Windows Embedded Servers on our new dedicated embeddedserver.eu website. The sites target is to help you to find the correct server product and give you basic information about what embedded servers are and for what purpose you can use them.