The Windows Offline Configurator is fully compatible with the new CTP3 version of Windows Embedded Standard 8. However you will need to download the new package to get the new license file to run build images for the CTP3. With Windows Offline Configurator you can build Windows Embedded Standard 7,Windows Embedded POSReady 7 and Windows [...]

DISMUI was already supporting the new version of Windows Embedded Standard 8CTP3. The new version however extends the capabilities for the new CTP by enabling you to remove Modules at any time. This is not possible by the integrated DISMcommand!DISMUI does this in a safe way because it is checking for packages that are used [...]

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 [...]

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. All you need to do is print the CLA, sign it and send it to us. To start the CLA Wizard please go [...]

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: Administrator wants to connect to this machine. Click OK to disconnect your [...]

Do you remember the last time when you were reading an article about specific product that contained many unknown abbreviations or unknown terms? We know that there are many term that need explanation – therefore Elbacom has launched a new service: ALECk - The Glossary for Windows Embedded. The new service will highlight specific terms [...]

The new version of Windows Offline Configurator now supports the CTP2 version of Windows Embedded Standard 8. The evaluation version of the tool can be used to install Windows Embedded Standard 8 CTP1 & CTP2 for free. The benefits of the tool are that you can configure and install your Windows Embedded Standard 7, Windows [...]

I have released a new version of DISMUI that enables support for Windows Embedded Standard 8 CTP2. It also contains several small changes mostly related to the new CTP.

I have added a new feature to Driver Extractor that allows you to export the device information of your current device to a PMQ file. The file format is identical to the TAP (Target Analyzer Probe) output. Additionally I have added command line arguments so you can easily export all drivers from the command line. [...]

Microsofts Approaching Embedded Intelligently blog features the current version of DISMUI. J.T. Kimbell has written a fantastic post about the tool that also includes a demo video showing DISMUI in action. You can read the whole blog post here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windows-embedded/archive/2012/05/24/dismui-an-awesome-community-created-tool.aspx The video can be seen on Youtube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0i86F-XClI4