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HORM Manager Pro for XP embedded

Hibernate Once Resume Many (HORM) together with write protection of the Enhanced Write Filter (EWF) is not always an easy going thing under XP embedded.
This seems odd, because the fast boot time as well as the protection of e.g. the OS partition are able to yield an enormous benefit for embedded systems. Devices relying on these functionalities excel all other devices with respect to reliability and robustness. They are unsusceptable against viruses or operator errors and can be brought up to full operation, depending on the configuration, in under seconds after a power failure.

With HORM Manager Pro Wechsler Consulting has developed a tool that enables easy system development as well as smooth handling of EWF and HORM under rough field conditions. Complete device groups can now be handled consistently regarding the write filter and the boot mode configuration leveraging HMPro.

The HORM Manager Pro Admin Pack enables administrators to create scripts used on XP embedded devices right on their Windows XP Pro or VISTA desktop PC. Just unzip the download package and start creating valuable HMPro scripts, right away.

HORM Manager Pro

Create HMPro command files on Your desktop and deploy them via SMS Server or Device Update Agent onto the field devices. One can also maintain several different command Files for recurring tasks on each device.
HMPro can as well flexibly be used in maintenance scripts or applications via command line and without user interface leveraging its logging capabilities to check results.
Even more interesting for OEM's: HMPro can be customized to fit into the corporate identity using a logo and caption string.

HORM Manager Lite
User Interface for XP embedded "Hibernate Once Resume Many" (HORM) and the Enhanced Write Filter

HORM Manager Lite [1] version 1.0

HORM Manager Lite (HML) is a graphical user interface for the EWF and HORM APIs provided by Microsoft. It also enables the user to mount an dismount volumes, which are not protected by the EWF. Doing this the is no danger of arising inconsistencies between the one time recorded hibernation file and the systems view on the unprotected volumes. Normally a system booting from an always identical hibernation file requires that all partitions have a read only protection. If the there are any unprotected partitions that changes during the systems uptime the data data consistency on the file system is not reliable.
By dismounting the unprotected partitions before the hibernation file is generated, HML takes care that only protected information is persisted for hibernation. It also re-mounts the not protected volumes after booting from the hibernation file.

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