Determining Components in XPE Image

[James]

Hello,

I am trying to create a copy of an existing XPE deployment. What is the
appropriate way to "copy" an existing computer running XPE, so I can create a
mirror XPE environment (exact same installed components etc...)?

I am trying to recreate a POS terminal running XPE in a Virtual PC for
testing. I do not have access to the original build information.

Would the TAS.EXE program do this? I thought it was more a hardware
analyzer than a OS Component analyzer.

Thanks

 

[Sean Liming]

Start with the major features like IE, Media Player, IIS, etc. Build the
image and compare the files. Any left over files, use the Filters built into
Target Designer to search for components via File Names.

Regards,

Sean Liming
www.sjjmicro.com / www.seanliming.com
Book Author - XP Embedded Advanced, XP Embedded Supplemental Toolkit

 

[James]

Thanks for the reply.

So the only way to accomplish recreating an existing XPE installation is to
do a manual file by file comparison? There is no way to identify which
components are installed on an existing XPE installation? And what about
components that are not tied to features mentioned below?

Is it possible to get the information from the registry?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Sean Liming]

Yes, you have to do a manual comparison. There is no way to tell from the
image what components are used, unless it is a big feature like Media Player.

Registry keys are a real challenge. You might try diff tools on the hive
files.

-Sean