Comments on: Preparing and Installing Windows XP Embedded Images – Part II: Building Images

By: abbas alagha

abbas alagha — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:19:53 +0000

hi agustu

i created a image by minmum component for thinclient.and it is good.
i wanted to add some component on it. lke to control panel and add/remove program and…
but after copy image the system hasnt winxpe.and i computer will be reset everytime
i dont know are there conflict between components?

By: Manjunath.AV

Manjunath.AV — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 07:13:16 +0000

Hi Augusto ,

I have followed your step by step guide for building WES 2009 Image & Deployed image successfully in the device ..Its very useful ..

Do you have any materials like this for building an Image in WES 7 and WINCE 6.0 ..If its there , Please let me know where i can get those information to build an image as per our requirement ,,

Once again , its very useful information , which you posted here ..

Thanks & Regards ,
Manjunath.AV

By: Emre

Emre — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 12:52:26 +0000

Hi, i’m creating a image and successfully started first boot agent and windows. But i decide to go back and add some components in Target Designer. I’m open Target Designer and import my last configuration file and add some new componens then start Dependency Check with no error and build image again. Copy image files to the formatted another disk, but first boot agent does not start and “Operating system not found” message show in dos screen. How can we start windows successfully again?

Thanx.

By: Augusto Alvarez

Augusto Alvarez — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:35:34 +0000

Hello Kaiser,
Regarding your problems:
1 – Which design template are you using? As shown in the post, in the help file you’ll get a detailed description of the components included on each of them.
2 – Probably the USB driver in the machine was not installed, did you create the devices file from the same hardware? If you insert a pen-drive it does not work either?
3 – You will need to add the chipset and video drivers in the image previously. Or you can also add the CD drive files to use that device, you’ll need manufacturer information about the hardware.
Hope it helps,
Augusto

By: Kaiser

Kaiser — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 12:18:08 +0000

Hi Augusto

I have followed your step by step instructions and managed to install and boot XP Embedded .

But I having three problems . One is there is nothing in the start menu only shut down and restart icons

USB mouse is not working only ps2 mouse works
I need to install chipset and video drivers nothing happens when I put a cd in the cd drive i.e. there is no auto run

By: IRivera

IRivera — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 12:53:46 +0000

Saludos:

Ya pude resolver esa situacion, pero tengo un problema con la el video intergado, el chipset es un Mobile Intel 945 Express Chipset. La situacion es que la ventana de propiedades habre en una resolucion incorrecta, en vez de abrir cuadrada habre rectangular y las letras de la ventana se ven diferentes a como deberian ser, a demas de que algunas ventanas en ciertas aplicaciones habren incompletas, y esto lo se porque tengo este equipo instalado con Win XP Pro y veo como deberia ser la ventana. Sin embargo le instalo el driver del Chipset e instala bien y la resolucion de 1024 x 768 la acepta sin problema, y en el Device Manager todos los componentes estan instalados. He estado intentando sin exito anadir diferentes componentes de video y codes. Te agradeceria grandemente tu ayuda ya que es lo que me falta para tener listo el Embbeded.

Gracias por toda tu ayuda,

IRivera

By: Augusto Alvarez

Augusto Alvarez — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 18:22:41 +0000

Hola,
Perdon la demora. Pudiste comprobar si habia algun error en la sección de dependencias?
Saludos,
Augusto

By: IRivera

IRivera — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:51:46 +0000

Saludos Augusto:

Estoy creando un Windows Embedded Standard, pero me aparece el siguiente error en el log del Builder:

Error 1109: Component: “ACPI Multiprocessor PC [Version 5.1.2600.3333, R3333]” requires an additional enabled component not in the configuration

Espero me puedas ayudar.

Gracias,

IRivera

By: Arun

Arun — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:19:12 +0000

Hi Augusto,
I’m facing issues to load the Operating System without hardisk.
These are the steps i have followed..
1,I have build the image
2,Copied the files to another hardisk and booted it on the client machine.
3,FirstBootAgent was run successfully and the machine restarted
4,After the machine restarted FBReseal initiated automatically and i have found a message stating Machine resealed,Press ok to Reboot.
5.I have clicked ok.once the system got shutdown,i have removed the harddisk and collected the files in it and created a SDI file using those files.
6,i have given SDI file as boot image in the Remote Boot Manager for the client.
7.At the client side i have set to boot from Network.
8.RAMDISK image is loaded.
9.After the image is loaded i have seen a image written as “Windows Embedded”.
I’m stuck here,i don’t see any further progress…
but if i put the harddisk which i have used initially and boot the machine through network,i’m able to load the OS..
Please the solve the issue ASAP..
Thanks in advance

By: Arun

Arun — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:16:10 +0000

Hi Augusto,

I’m facing issues to load the Operating System without hardisk.

These are the steps i have followed..
1,I have build the image
2,Copied the files to another hardisk and booted it on the client machine.
3,FirstBootAgent was run successfully and the machine restarted
4,After the machine restarted FBReseal initiated automatically and i have found a message stating Machine resealed,Press ok to Reboot.
5.I have clicked ok.once the system got shutdown,i have removed the harddisk and collected the files in it and created a SDI file using those files.
6,i have given SDI file as boot image in the Remote Boot Manager for the client.
7.At the client side i have set to boot from Network.
8.RAMDISK image is loaded.
9.After the image is loaded i have seen a image written as “Windows Embedded”.

I’m stuck here,i don’t see any further progress…

but if i put the harddisk which i have used initially and boot the machine through network,i’m able to load the OS..

Please the solve the issue ASAP..
Thanks in advance

By: Arun

Arun — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:53:03 +0000

Hi,

I have build the image in to Windows Embedded image folder and copied all the files to another harddisk which is connected to my deployment server.Once all the files are copied i have removed the harddisk and connected it to the client.And when i booted the machine,First Boot Agent Started and ended with in less than 1 min without any error. From the FBA Log file i have found this

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

18:05:57 PM – [FBASetProgressText] Setting PNP Flag…

Could you please resolve the issue asap…

Thanks in Advance

By: MELVIN

MELVIN — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:31:09 +0000

my email is melvinng05@hotmail.com, thanks!

By: MELVIN

MELVIN — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:29:32 +0000

Anyone can tell me the product key of Windows Embedded Standard 2009? Thank Q so much for the helping :)

By: Augusto Alvarez

Augusto Alvarez — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:21:39 +0000

Hello Lisa,
The Windows Embedded Standard posts are made using virtual machines and I didn’t require to use any driver regarding the integration components in Hyper-V.
To add a driver into Windows XP Embedded or Windows Embedded Standard, you need to use “Component Designer”, “Import” and the save the new component. After that, import that file using “Target Designer”, it should now be available in “Hardware” > “Devices”.
Cheers!
Augusto

By: lisa toohey

lisa toohey — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:57:50 +0000

why is it you don’t add instructions for including drivers? In your windows standard instructions you just ignore the warnings and then never provide a solution.

By: Augusto Alvarez

Augusto Alvarez — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:17:00 +0000

Hello PB,
Which design templates did you use? You can check the components included on each by selecting “help”. You’ll see which one fits more into your needs.
Hope it helps,
Augusto

By: Pb

Pb — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:11:09 +0000

Hello Augusto,

I followed your instructions and able to run Windows XP Embedded.
However, it started up and showed me cmd.exe. I didn’t see user interface. I also set User interface core but I didn’t see GUI in Windows XP Embedded at all.
What did I miss?
Thank you,
Pb

By: AJ

AJ — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:14:18 +0000

Hi Augusto,

Thanks for your reply. So do you think individually adding each hardware component including chipset/audio/video/Lan drivers then using a template to add the OS files would work? So running tap.exe on my Windows desktop and importing that file will obviously not work. I’m confused! I have never created an image using these tools and I don’t have a system running with this SBC to be able to create an image. What do you suggest I should do?

Thanks,
AJ

By: Augusto Alvarez

Augusto Alvarez — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:09:45 +0000

Hello AJ,
I’m afraid that you won’t be able to actually manage to boot an image prepared in a completely different hardware; remember that Windows XP is a HAL dependant OS.
Still, the drivers can be imported using Component Designer, File > Import and select the INF files.
Hope it helps!
Cheers,
Augusto

By: AJ

AJ — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:03:04 +0000

Hi Aziz,

I have an atom based processor single board computer:http://www.portwell.com/pdf/embedded/NANO-8045.pdf

I have the WIN XP embedded and have installed the necessary components to create an image. But I am not sure how to go ahead and create the image considering the chipset is completely different to what I have on my PC on which I have installed the tools. So will running tap.exe actually work in my case? Also how do I add the drivers for the new chipset into the image? It has different Chipset, Audio, Lan and Video drivers.
Your help would be much appreciated. Also I have a SATA hard drive which I need to run the OS from.

Cheers!
Aj