New Hardware after Image is deployed

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Brian

My image has:

Kiosk
My Custom Shell (application)
Add/Remove Programs
Add Hardware

Does anybody know what needs to be done when building a XP
image so that my deployed runtime can do the following:

Boots up into my custom shell (i know how to create the
shell). Add and remove hardware in the field. Add and
remove device drivers in the field.

The point here is to prevent our customers from getting
into windows but allow our techs in the field all the
controls they need to manage the system. Some of our
devices are not embedded types so their end of life will
come quickly thus needing replacement.


I have created my custom shell, image and ran FBA. Image
boots up as expected. But when I go and install a new,
for example, sound card it appears to install correctly
(shows up installed in the device manager) but the
applications that I run dont find any sound card to work
with. Same thing happens with a external USB storage
device. It appears to install correctly but I can never
shows up as a drive.

I feel that I am close...but thats not cutting it. Any
help here would be a huge help. Thanks Much!

Brian
 
Hi there,

I think you're missing the device drivers from the image.
in your Target Designer add the additional HW drv's that you believe should
be used,
and then when the Tech guy will try to install, the drivers would already be
in the INF folder of Windows.

hope it helps.

Yaron Maor
 
Thanks for the quick post Yaron,

But the scenario will most likely be that at the time I
build the image I wont have the drivers. For example 2
years from now when a component fails (soundcard) the tech
will buy a new one and install it. The image needs to
have that ability and so far I havent been able to get it
to work properly. Again the devices I install after
deploying the image appear installed in device
manager..but they just dont work.
 
Brian,

You may want to check the previous post in NG : "EWF and Custom shell". Very
close topic and ideas for you...

KM

B> My image has:

B> Kiosk
B> My Custom Shell (application)
B> Add/Remove Programs
B> Add Hardware

B> Does anybody know what needs to be done when building a XP image so
B> that my deployed runtime can do the following:

B> Boots up into my custom shell (i know how to create the shell). Add
B> and remove hardware in the field. Add and remove device drivers in
B> the field.

B> The point here is to prevent our customers from getting into windows
B> but allow our techs in the field all the controls they need to
B> manage the system. Some of our devices are not embedded types so
B> their end of life will come quickly thus needing replacement.


B> I have created my custom shell, image and ran FBA. Image boots up
B> as expected. But when I go and install a new, for example, sound
B> card it appears to install correctly (shows up installed in the
B> device manager) but the applications that I run dont find any sound
B> card to work with. Same thing happens with a external USB storage
B> device. It appears to install correctly but I can never shows up as
B> a drive.

B> I feel that I am close...but thats not cutting it. Any help here
B> would be a huge help. Thanks Much!

B> Brian

With best regards, KM. E-mail: (e-mail address removed)
 
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