Browse by Tags
All Tags »
Tools (RSS)
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 .
Read More...
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
Read More...
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
Read More...
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
Read More...
* 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,
Read More...
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
Read More...
By now, hopefully you’ve read Part 1 of this article series, which introduced you to IBW and its basic concepts. In this article, we’ll be going slightly deeper to try out the more advanced route in IBW. Quick Refresher We’re going to jump right back
Read More...
* Updated Boot from USB section 10/5/09 With the next version of Windows Embedded Standard, we’ve focused heavily on making it as easy as possible to create the embedded operating system for your device. As mentioned in a previous blog article, the Windows
Read More...
The toolkit for Windows 7-based Windows Embedded Standard 2011 (formerly code-named “Quebec”) comes with two components: Image Builder Wizard (IBW) and Image Configuration Editor (ICE). IBW provides a simplified interface to allow for quick and easy creation
Read More...
A while back I discovered that it was possible to do kernel mode debugging of an OS on a virtual machine (VM) running under Virtual PC using a single computer. Even if you are not concerned with debugging a device driver, kernel mode debugging can be
Read More...
I’ve been meaning to try out the WES 2009 Tools on Windows 7 for a while and today I finally had the opportunity to test the mix together. If you’ve installed the Windows Embedded Standard 2009 Tools and Database on Windows 7 we’d like to hear about your
Read More...
If you are using a complex filter in Target Designer, the following error message may appear. The CMI encountered the following error: 0x80042335 (-2147212491) A database error occurred within the CMI. What's happening is that the CMI connection to SQL
Read More...
If you haven't installed the Windows Embedded Standard Community Technology Preview (CTP) that was available on 6/2/08 then you're missing out on a lot of new stuff. New features have been added, existing features enhanced, improvements made to both the
Read More...
Virtual PC provides an amazing way to test XPe runtimes. We use it quite often to debug , test and demonstrate. However, deploying a runtime into a VHD is not that straight forward; you need either an Operating System in another partition of the VM or
Read More...
One of our Embedded MVP's, Sean Liming , has released a new tool to help make working with Device Update Agent (DUA)easier for administrators of the machine- see this article . As some may know DUA settings that are configured offline in Target Designer
Read More...
