Introduction

Platform builder was used to generate Windows CE image for a HCL Win Bee 4000JS Thin Client which is having the following hardware details:

1. 
   266 MHz National Geode Processor.
   
2. 
   On board VGA controller up to 4.0 MB shared VRAM.
   
3. 
   64 MB RAM upgradeable to 256 MB.
   
4. 
   16 MB flash memory.
   

Peripheral support:

1. 
   104 key PS/2 keyboard.
   
2. 
   PS/2 and serial mouse support.
   
3. 
   Audio : 16 bit stereo sound output
   
4. 
   Microphone output
   

Communications:

1. 
   TCP/IP with DHCP support.
   
2. 
   10/100 Mbps Ethernet Twisted pair (UTP RJ45) Interface.
   
3. 
   Full PPP(Point to Point Protocol) support
   

Server Operating System compatibility/support:

1. 
   Citrix Win-frame and other Citrix compatible Operating system.
   
2. 
   Windows NT server 4.0,Terminal Server Edition and Windows 2000 server family with CITRIX
   

Optional Support:

1. 
   Smart card reader
   
2. 
   ISDN support
   
3. 
   LCD Display
   
4. 
   USB ports
   
5. 
   ISA and PCI Expansion slots
   

For the hardware description of the Thin Client given above a Windows CE image had been made and the first step was to choose an appropriate configuration. Platform builder provides two different configurations for Thin Clients which are the following:

1. 
   Windows Thin Client – Minimal version of Microsoft Windows CE that includes Core Operating System and features necessary to support Microsoft terminal services.
   
2. 
   Windows Thin Client with browser- This configuration supports the features of Windows Thin Client along with a browser.
   

Windows Thin Client configuration provides the starting point for remote desktop terminals, including those features necessary to support terminal services client. This configuration provides functionality for Remote Desktop Terminals through support for Microsoft Terminal Services client. It also has SNMP and local browser capabilities along with the possibility to adding additional Windows CE Operating System features.