The free Microsoft utility Windows SteadyState can be used on Windows XP Professional for Embedded Systems to prevent the OS from any changes. It offers a write filter which will redirect all writes to a cache file which can be reset on a reboot. This will generate a fresh system on every boot. Windows Updates [...]
Windows Server 2008 allows you to brand the OOBE and Server Manager. To brand both you can use the following: Install the x64 Compiler for Visual Studio 2008 Run Visual Studio 2008 Create a Visual C++ / Win32 Project Select DLL Click Finish Create a new Resource Add a String Table Resource Enter all the [...]
Windows Storage Server 2008 ships with Single Instance Storage – this will enable Storage Server to save space because it will save duplicate files only once. SIS will check all the files on the harddisk for duplicate ones – if they are found it will be saved only once in the Common Store. All files [...]
Per default user accounts will expire in Windows XP Embedded and Windows Embedded Standard. To avoid this you can run the following commands for each user created: net accounts /maxpwage:unlimited net users Username /expires:never net users Username /active:yes
Windows Embedded Standard 7 supports booting from a VHD file. Installing the OS into a VHD can be very easy. Boot IBW (Image Building Wizard) Before starting the setup process press Shift+F10 Run diskpart Type in the following commands in this sample the file is located on drive C: with the filename win7emb.vhd and a [...]
If you like to use BGInfo on POSReady you will notice that the Gateway information and other network information is missing from the output. The lack of this information is caused by a missing DLL file which is not included inPOSReady 2009. To enable this output copy over the "inetmib1.dll" file from an English XP [...]
Windows Embedded Standard 7 allows you to add and remove features on your existing image. This can be done very easily by using the Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) tool. The tool allows you to either online or offline edit your image. The online option enables you to add or remove features while the [...]
This video demonstrates you the usage of imagex together with either Windows Vista AIK or Windows 7 AIK. A detailed command description can be found here. The video shows the capturing of an installed “ready-to-clone” image where it will be saved to an external harddrive. The second part will show the deployment to a fresh [...]
Easy installation The setup (IBW - Image Build Wizard) can be run directly on the target device with an easy to use setup environment. If you would like to create unattended setup templates for your machine you can use the Image Configuration Editor (ICE) tool. Componentized Windows Embedded Standard 7 will be componentized, meaning as [...]