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Windows 8.1 Shell Launcher (Embedded Lockdown Manager) Not Launching Shell

I'm trying to set up the Windows 8.1 Shell Launcher within Embedded Lockdown Manager (ELM) to use my custom app as the windows shell. Currently, I have it set up like this: When logged on as '...
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HORM with a writable partition

To achieve faster boot/shutdown times, as well as securing the data of the operating system, I wish to utilize UWF with HORM (Hibernate Once, Resume Many). However, a requirement for HORM is that ...
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Add WCF To Windows 8 Embedded Standard

I have got a Windows 8 Embedded Standard machine that has IIS installed. However, WCF-HTTP-Activation is not installed. Get-WindowsOptionalFeature yields: I've tried running the command below (...
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Is there a WannaCry patch for Windows 8 Embedded?

MS17-010 doesn't appear to support Windows 8 Embedded. The patch that came out with Windows Updates in March supports Windows 8.1. There are links to manually downloading the patch KB4012598 for ...
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Windows 8.1 Embedded - OS folder grown to 14gb and takes entire drive

I'm running Win8.1 Embedded on a small board computer, with a 16gb drive (it's built-in, can't replace it). It's an almost clean install, and the Winodws folder just keeps growing and is now 14gb. I'm ...
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Windows 8.1 embedded on desktop autolocks

Update: I mistakenly wrote Win RT instead of Embedded, corrected it. Update: Added a bullet list to make it easier to see how the computers are configured. I manage 13 computers running Win 8 ...
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Why is the .NET Framework 4.5.1 not installing properly on Windows Embedded 8 Standard?

I've created an application which targets the .NET Framework 4.5.1 and has been running on quite a few Windows 7 Professional systems with no problems. We recently purchased a few Windows Embedded 8 ...
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How to disable lockdown features for administrators/specific users?

Using ELM you can disable modifier keys (such as Win, Alt, etc), but this seems to affect all users, including me. Is there a way to allow logged-in admins to bypass lockdown features?
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Hide "Please Wait" during Windows 8.1 Shutdown

I'm trying to find out how (if?) to hide the "Please Wait" screen during a shutdown/reboot of Windows 8.1. Being able to show a black screen or custom screen would be ideal. Specifically, this ...
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Embedded Lockdown Manager shows no items under device

After installing Windows 8.1 Embedded Industry Pro, and ELM, no lockdown options are listed under the local device (IDEAL-TEST): How can I access the lockdown options?
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Boot directly to audit mode

I'm playing around with Windows Embedded Standard 8 here, and haven't quite gotten a hang of it all yet. My question is: how would I setup my answer file (in ICE), to go directly to audit mode after ...