802.11b+g Wireless LAN Adapter

Uploaded SLD for 802.11b+g Wireless LAN Adapter in Download under Hardware SLD section

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TouchKit Touchscreen version

Uploaded a SLD for Touchkit touchscreen both USB and Serial in downloads under Hardware SLD section.

SLD files avalilable in my blogs are not fully tested. Please make sure to test.

Magesh

Broadcom Netxtreme Gigabit Ethernet Adapter

Uploaded SLD for Broadcom Netxreme gigabit ethernet set of SLDs under Downloads --- Hardware section.

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VIA Rhine Network Component

Uploaded SLD for VIA Rhine Network Adapter under Hardware section in Downloads

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VIA RAID Component

Uploaded SLD for VIA RAID under hardware section in downloads.

Mags

MSDN Chat on Windows XP Embedded Service Pack 2

MSDN Chat Reminder


This is just a reminder that there is a Windows XP Embedded Service Pack 2 chat today morning, from 10-11a.m.(Pacific Standard time. Come join the product team in the MSDN Chat room, and send us your questions, as we talk about all aspects of XPe SP2.

Information derived from MSDN blogs

http://blogs.msdn.com/embedded/archive/2006/02/07/526847.aspx

Elo Touch Monitor Support (USB)

Uploaded Elotouch Monitor USB SLD file in Downloads area under Hardware Section.

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Elo Touch Monitor Support

uploaded Elo Touch Monitor(Serial) SLD file in download section under Hardware.

Mags

Transmeta TM 8000 AGP Controller

Uploading a small SLD for Transmeta TM 8000 AGP Controller. This is also called WinXP gart miniport driver. This AGP driver provides support for GART memory mappings and setting the AGP transfer rate.

If anyone like to have this SLD, they can download from this link

http://www.savefile.com/files/1527282

Kind Regards,

Magesh

Disabling Prefetch

EWF performance can be improved by disabling Prefetch. Prefetch is a utility that loads commonly used applications to RAM when the system starts. This can degrade EWF performance.

To disable prefetch

Update the EnablePrefetcher registry key in your run-time image:
Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters
Name: EnablePrefetcher
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0

The following list describes the different possible values for the EnablePrefetcher key. To disable Prefetch, set the Value to 0.

0 = Disabled

1 = Application launch prefetching enabled

2 = Boot prefetching enabled

3 = Applaunch & Boot enabled


This article is published in MSDN library. For more information go to this link http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/xpehelp/html/xetskdisablingprefetch.asp

Disabling Prefetch

EWF performance can be improved by disabling Prefetch. Prefetch is a utility that loads commonly used applications to RAM when the system starts. This can degrade EWF performance.

To disable prefetch

Update the EnablePrefetcher registry key in your run-time image:
Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters
Name: EnablePrefetcher
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0

The following list describes the different possible values for the EnablePrefetcher key. To disable Prefetch, set the Value to 0.

0 = Disabled

1 = Application launch prefetching enabled

2 = Boot prefetching enabled

3 = Applaunch & Boot enabled


This article is published in MSDN library. For more information go to this link http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/xpehelp/html/xetskdisablingprefetch.asp

Realtek AC'97 Audio for VIA (R) Audio Controller

I'm posting the SLD for Realtek AC'97 Audio for VIA (R) Audio Controller.

You can download the file from the link below

http://www.yourfilelink.com/get.php?fid=19854



I have not tested this SLD.
Please post your comments.

Kind Regards,

Magesh

Preventing 'Last Access' Chatter

Preventing 'Last Access' Chatter


The NTFS file system comes with some way cool features. Unfortunately, not all of these features are beneficial in some embedded systems. When used with EWF, one NTFS feature that is typically not desirable is "Last Access" logging. This feature keeps track of when a file or folder was last accessed as a result of either a read or a write operation. The NTFS file system keeps a Last Access Time attribute for each file and folder on the volume. When a file is access, this attribute is updated in memory and then later the attribute is written, with a delay of up to one hour, to two places on the disk. In addition to writing this value to the file's attribute, it is also written to the Master File Table (MFT) record. For a flash based volume, one would like to minimize the number of writes made to the volume so that the life of the memory is maximized. In many systems a RAM based EWF overlay is used for this purpose. But with the NTFS file system logging every access to every files and folders on a volume, the RAM overlay could be quickly consumed. Not to worry, there is a way to disable the Last Access logging. And, it's not particularly painful.

All you need to do is to create the following registry key on your run-time image:
Key Name: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM \CurrentControlSet \Control\ FileSystemName: NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdateType: REG_DWORDValue: 1

Although disabling this feature will significantly "quiet" the NTFS file system driver, this isn't the only performance enhancement you should consider


I have created a small SLD file for this, if anyone intrested they can download from this link below

http://www.yourfilelink.com/get.php?fid=19704


You can find the above article under Microsoft XP Embedded blogs.

XGI Volari Display driver (Transmeta) SLD file

Hello All,

I'm posting my first SLD component for XP Embedded.

This is Display SLD XGI Volari-XP5 SE v1.08.03.ECS_532 from Transmeta.

This component will not add any help files when you add this to your runtime.

You can download the file from the link below

http://www.yourfilelink.com/get.php?fid=19689

I have not tested this component fully, so please give your sugesstions.

Please post your comments, good or bad anything.

Kind Regards,

Magesh

XP Embedded

XP Embedded