XPE Query

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Hi,

My application should probably be launched as the windows desktop so that
user cannot get to standard windows desktop or other features. I am using
Explorer shell in my image. Are there any options in this area??

And I wanted to block the standard windows messages that popup based on
calls from my application (Printer out of paper, Effort message with memory
location, etc.). Is there any option available in XPE Image itself??

User should not be able to use F7 or F8 typical keys for OS boot selection
for XPE. Is it possible to block this when we define the OS image itself??

Thanks and Regards
Hussain
 
Hussain,

You may find some of the information you need by searching this newsgroup.

This question has been asked in many different forms before and some, if not
all, of the answers are available in this forum. Search for the messages on:

Disable the "low resolution balloon"

It references the following links as a source of additional information.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;30772
http://msdn.microsoft.com/embedded/community/community/tips/xp/popball/default.asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/embedded/community/community/tips/xp/popups/default.aspx

Slobodan, KM and others have been very helpful offering their advice and I
thought I'd chip in and respond on some of these messages where I've noticed
the questions being asked before.

Joe
 
Hussain,
Hi,

My application should probably be launched as the windows desktop so that
user cannot get to standard windows desktop or other features. I am using
Explorer shell in my image. Are there any options in this area??

And I wanted to block the standard windows messages that popup based on
calls from my application (Printer out of paper, Effort message with memory
location, etc.). Is there any option available in XPE Image itself??
Click to expand...

Joe gave you the links you should read info from to fix this issue.
Nothign to add there except the fact that the tip exists in the official SP2 docs now.
User should not be able to use F7 or F8 typical keys for OS boot selection
for XPE. Is it possible to block this when we define the OS image itself??
Click to expand...

There is no off-the-shelf solution in XPe to fix this that I know of.
But keep in mind that in XPe the F8 menu is almost useless to end user (almost nothing will from from there).

Unlikely you will be able to fix this unless you want to rewrite NT loader. (or, theoretically, you can write new MBR/boot sector
code to prevetn using keyboard through BIOS).
 
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