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Introduction During the planning phases of Windows Embedded Standard 2011, we invested considerable effort to make Windows Embedded Standard 2011 customizable to the point where our customers will be able to create a custom experience – from the moment
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Introduction When using Enhanced Write Filter (EWF) in RAM or RAMREG mode several customers might assume the EWF overlay is limited solely by the availability of physical memory. Consequently, many assume they will be able to achieve an overlay twice
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Note: The content in this blog is for users who are familiar with using Image Configuration Editor (ICE) to create a fully resolved answer file. If you would like to learn how to create a fully resolved answer file, please refer to this blog article .
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In this blog article I will be talking about a new security feature in Windows Embedded Standard 2011 (“Quebec”). This security feature has been part of Windows Operating System since Vista timeframe. I will touch upon the usefulness of this feature.
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This is a reminder that on Monday, Oct 19 the third technical webinar in our series on Windows Embedded Standard 2011 will be held. The details are: Date: October 19, 2009 Event Start Time: 11:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time (UTC - 7 hours) Duration: 1 hour
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One of the nice features of Windows Embedded Standard 2011is that we have the same drivers available as Windows 7. That means that we have a wide range of drivers available (500+), and the drivers have gone through extensive testing with the Windows team.
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PLEASE NOTE: The settings described in this article apply to Windows Embedded Standard 2011 CTP. The required settings may change slightly for the release to manufacturing (RTM) version of Windows Embedded Standard 2011, but for the most part the approach
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In Windows Embedded Standard 2011, the Distribution share (DS) is a critical element in creating customized Windows images. If you have used Image Configuration Editor (ICE), you would have noticed that packages are well organized into a tree structure
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As PC users & developers, we are faced with situations where we want to save the current state of the operating system along with its applications. One such situation is when developers have to reproduce a bug in the system/application that is hard
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This is a reminder that on Monday, Oct 5 the second technical webinar in our series on Windows Embedded Standard 2011 will be held. The details are: Date: October 05, 2009 Event Start Time: 11:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time (UTC - 7 hours) Duration: 1 hour
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Just a quick reminder that the first of the technical webinars on Windows Embedded Standard 2011 is tomorrow. Details are: Date: October 01, 2009 Event Start Time: 11:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time (UTC - 7 hours) Duration: 1 hour This session takes
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Between 9/28/09 and 10/11/09 if you enter a bug through the Microsoft Connect website related to the Windows Embedded Standard 2011 CTP you will automatically be entered to win* an Embedded “toolkit” prize pack valued at $100 USD. Prize pack consists
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Windows Embedded Standard 2011 provides a tool called Image Configuration Editor (ICE) to help developers configure the components to be installed on the run time image. The configuration is stored in XML file format and is called an answer file. Before
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* Update 9/23 – added pictures During the course of our development of Windows Embedded Standard 2011, we realized that our embedded customers have slightly different needs than Windows Client customers with regard to how devices are serviced. For instance,
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There are several times when you may be challenged with a broken application, including: Migrating an application from one version of an OS to another Integrating with installation or un-installation of other applications Upgrading from one version of
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