If you don’t want to enter the PID in XP Embedded Builder all the time you can have XP Embedded Builder to do this for you. For this please do the following: Create a textfile named PID.txt Enter the Product Key in this file including the dashes (e.g.: AAAAA-BBBBB-CCCCC-DDDDD-EEEEE) Save the PID.txt to the root [...]

Before beginning with the image creation or deployment – please download the WAIK tools from Microsoft (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=C7D4BC6D-15F3-4284-9123-679830D629F2&displaylang=en) and create either a bootable DVD or bootable USB stick which contains imagex. For this please follow the documentation that comes with the WAIK tools. Preparation Please follow the preparation steps for both – image creation and image [...]

With every license order you will receive an envelope containing the licenses. In this envelope you will also find a yellow paper containing one product key. You can use this product key to create full versions of the ordered product. This video will show you how to enter the product key in Target Designer. http://go2.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=124807

No, you do not need to enter a separate license for each cloned image. Why? The licensing of Windows Embedded works different than for normal Windows versions. A image is fully licensed if you put a license sticker onto the device. If you need more details you can contact us any time! For more details [...]

XP Embedded Builder v2 allows you to create your own components very easily. To create a component you just need to create the correct file structure, export your registry entries and build a configuration file. I'll show you how to build your component here and use the MsConfig component as example. Create a folder for [...]

Symptoms If you have XP Professional Embedded with an MUI package – e.g. German installed and applied and you try to change the Product Key via the Telephone activation window (msoobe /a) the window will just hang after you click “Change Product Key”. Solution Contact us and we will send you a tool which fixes [...]

View the MVP Profile Wolfgang Unger received the Microsoft MVP Award 2013 Microsoft is pleased to recognize and award its Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs). The MVP Award is given to thank individuals for their exceptional contributions to technical communities worldwide. When a community participant sees an MVP in a technical community, whether in a [...]

Due to the ongoing popularity of Windows XP Professional as a robust and stable operating system, the inventory of product keys has been reduced to the point where it is necessary to add more keys in order to avoid impacting end users of Embedded Systems. These are the product keys that are printed on the [...]

Windows Server® 2008 without Hyper-V™ for Embedded Systems, in multiple editions, will be available on April 1, 2008. Windows Server 2008 for Embedded Systems, with its smaller footprint, new virtualization and security technologies, and low acquisition cost, is the most robust and reliable foundation on which to deliver dedicated solutions and appliances offered by Microsoft to-date. [...]