Can XP emdedded do this?

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CaptRR

Hello all,

I am trying to see if xp embedded is the best solution for my problem.

I am running a bunch of little windows 2000 computers all over the country.
These computers only mission in life is to start up, run a no-ip.com client
and then run windows media encoder.

Thats it, the problem is that the comptuer needs to have a user input from
the keyboard and mouse in order to shut down (i.e. the user has to shut down
the system via the start menu, and then windows media encoder will not shut
down without the user confirming it). This means the computer has to have
keyboard, mouse, and Monitor in order to run. This makes the entire system
much more bulky than it has to be, and also opens the door to users messing
up the system by chaing the setting.

What I would like to do is have a boot cd, or write only flash drive to run
the system, running xp embedded. That would mean when the time comes to
shut the system down all they would have to do is kill the power, and not
have to worry about currupting the hard drive. But, I do not know if the
software (no-ip.com client, and windows media encoder) will even run on
windows xp embedded, or if my solution is even a good idea.

Any advise is appreciated.

Thanks,

Rob
 
CaptRR said:
Hello all,

I am trying to see if xp embedded is the best solution for my problem.

I am running a bunch of little windows 2000 computers all over the
country. These computers only mission in life is to start up, run a
no-ip.com client and then run windows media encoder.

Thats it, the problem is that the comptuer needs to have a user input
from the keyboard and mouse in order to shut down (i.e. the user has
to shut down the system via the start menu, and then windows media
encoder will not shut down without the user confirming it). This
means the computer has to have keyboard, mouse, and Monitor in order
to run. This makes the entire system much more bulky than it has to
be, and also opens the door to users messing up the system by chaing
the setting.
What I would like to do is have a boot cd, or write only flash drive
to run the system, running xp embedded. That would mean when the
time comes to shut the system down all they would have to do is kill
the power, and not have to worry about currupting the hard drive. But, I
do not know if the software (no-ip.com client, and windows
media encoder) will even run on windows xp embedded, or if my
solution is even a good idea.
Any advise is appreciated.

Thanks,

Rob
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That should work just fine. You'll use EWF (Enhanced Write Filter) to allow
the OS to run without having "writes" actually hit disk. This allows for
CD-ROM. As long as the application works under XP Pro, it'll work under XP
Embedded.
 
Thanks Gordon,

That's mainly what I needed to know, now I just have to find some
information on the licensing requirements for XPe.
 
While this is more a technical NG, we can answer questions on Licensing as
well. OL contact is best for this... Gordon, who posted earlier, or myself
can surely help with this.

at a high level, the starting point is to sign the OEM Customer license
agreement with Microsoft, and then refer to the Additional License
Provisions surrounding XP Embedded. There are 4 distributors of Runtime
licensing, and any one of them can help out with that process.

Here's the link to the MS Partners directory
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/embedded/plan_partners.mspx



HTH,
JC

--
John Coyne
eMVP
Windows Embedded Black Belt
Arrow Electronics, OCS division



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CaptRR said:
Thanks Gordon,

That's mainly what I needed to know, now I just have to find some
information on the licensing requirements for XPe.
Click to expand...
 
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