The latest update for Windows Embedded Standard 7 Service Pack 1 is now ready to be downloaded from the ECE. Toolkit Update via ECE: https://ece.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/ece/Embedded/Products/ProductSupplements/Embedded/EmbeddedStandard7/DisOEM-WES7MnthlyUpdsandFeatures.htm Apart from the Service Pack 1 for the operating system the package also adds new features such as WMI layer for filter drivers, SKU Compliance packages, etc. For a full [...]

The new version introduces a new feature to display all the dependencies of a selected Feature Package. This will help you to find out why certain components are pulled into the image. Show Dependencies To display the dependencies just double click on a Feature Package or select it and click “Show dependencies”. The following dialog [...]

Matthew Tundo from the Microsoft Embedded Team has created an excellent how-to for recreating an answer file from an already deployed Windows Embedded Standard 7 image. This can be very useful in case you have only created the image with Image Build Wizard or in case you have created the image with Image Configuration Editor [...]

Microsoft has released the Service Pack 1 for Windows Embedded Standard 7. This includes all updates from Windows 7 Service Pack 1 plus additional benefits for the Embedded version of the operating system. Features which are new to the SP1 version Windows Embedded Standard 7 are: SKU Compliance Packages These packages allow you to make [...]

Microsoft has created an interface for the Windows Management Instrumentation for the Enhanced Write Filter and File Based Write Filter. This feature is available for Windows Embedded Standard 2009 and Windows XP Embedded SP3. With it you can control the state and poll settings and other values through WMI. Also the goal of this is [...]

The newest version of Windows Embedded Compact has been released and can already be evaluated. To download the evaluation version visit the new Windows Embedded website: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/downloads/download-windows-embedded-compact-ce.aspx   Windows Embedded Compact 7 is a small footprint, realtime OS for consumer and enterprise devices. For details about the new version visit: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/develop/windows-embedded-compact-7-for-developers.aspx

Internet Explorer 9 introduced a new feature called Site Pinning which allows users to pin websites directly to the taskbar. The Elbacom website also supports this feature now. The jumplist of the pinned site contains the most important links to specific places on our websites. To enable the new feature just drag the tab of [...]

The Driver Injector tool allows you to find suitable drivers for your target device automatically. The tool can be a great help if you have previously extracted all driver with Driver Extractor and want to inject them again automatically. Or if you have a driver CD/DVD and want to inject all drivers automatically to the [...]

DISMUI also works with the Windows Embedded POSReady 7 Community Technical Preview. So you can easily use the tool as a graphical wrapper to activate and deactivate Windows Features. However there are a few things needed to make it work. Here is a description which things need to be changed and why: Creating a Distribution [...]

Microsoft just released a tool for Windows Embedded Standard 7 (but also interesting for the upcoming POSReady 7) called CBS Package Inspector. The tool allows opening and inspecting Feature Packages, Updates, etc. These packages are delivered as CBS packages (Component-Based Servicing) and can be applied via DISM. Why is this tool useful?   See the [...]