If you are trying to install the File Based Write Filter Management Tool under POSReady 7 with the unattended switch /q the setup will crash.

Microsoft has reached another stage in the development of Windows Embedded 8 Standard and they just published the Release Preview of the product on the Microsoft Connect Website.

Important changes in this release are the implemented Windows Activation, the removed USB Filter (introduced in CTP3).

To download the new Release Preview please visit the Microsoft Connect Website.

The Windows Offline Configurator is fully compatible with the new CTP3 version of Windows Embedded Standard 8.

DISMUI was already supporting the new version of Windows Embedded Standard 8 CTP3.

Microsoft has released a new version of the Community Technical Preview for Windows Embedded Standard 8. It provides additional features and support for Security and Lockdown, Custom Branding, Management and increases the modularity of the system itself and introduces the USB Filter for x86 based devices.

To download it please visit the Microsoft Connect website: https://connect.microsoft.com/windowsembedded

I have released a new version of Driver Extractor that fixes a bug when the tool was used on Windows XP systems. It prevented the driver extraction on these systems which is now fixed.

Also it includes an additional handler for the PMQ file export for drivers which are missing required flags. This prevented an import into the XPe or WES2009 tools.

We have launched a new service for our customers: You can now fill out your CLA online on our website – afterwards the system will allow you to download the pre-filled CLA.

Find out more about the services we offer specially for Windows Embedded products.

If you have configured your Windows Embedded system to have one user account that is used to run your embedded application and you would like to use another administrator account to service the machine via RDP you might have seen this message box:

Do you remember the last time when you were reading an article about specific product that contained many unknown abbreviations or unknown terms?