Known Issues

• 1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86)
  
  
• 1 GB RAM
  
  
• 4 GB available hard disk space
  
  
• DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or a later version driver
  
  

To reduce the Thin PC image size, Search functionality is not included in Thin PC. As a result, the Search bar does not exist on the Start menu. In addition, the File Open, Save, Save As, and Browse dialogs do not provide support for wildcard searches.

Due to the locked-down mode of the Thin PC image, adding and removing Windows features is not supported in Thin PC.

By design, Keyboard Filter may enable you to block certain features that may be important for accessibility. If your application scenarios require specific accessibility functionality, make sure that you verify those scenarios after enabling Keyboard Filter.

.NET Framework 3.5 is not a supported environment. The alternative is to download .NET Framework 4.x, then recompile and test your managed applications. Only .NET Framework 2.0 is shipped as part of Windows Thin PC.

Windows Thin PC does not support the following products and features:

• .NET Framework 3.5
  
  
• Premium codecs: Microsoft AC3 Encoder (Dolby), Microsoft DTV-DVD Audio Decoder (MPEG-2, AAC), Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder (MPEG-2, H.264), MPEG-2 Audio and Video Encoder, MPEG Layer-3 Audio Codec (MP3), MPEG-4 Decoders, Windows Media Video Codecs (VC-1)
  
  
• Microsoft Security Essentials
  
  
• Windows Live Essentials
  
  

When you use the Enhanced Write Filter Manager (ewfmgr.exe) or File Base Write Filter Manager (fbwfmgr.exe) with the /enable command and then reboot, your device goes to a screen with options to Start Windows Normally or in Safe Mode. This can be fixed by setting the Boot Configuration Data (BCD) store to ignore all boot errors, which is a default setting for write filter in the Thin PC image.

Type the following command to set the Boot Configuration Data (BCD) BootStatusPolicy to ignore faults:

bcdedit.exe /set {current} bootstatuspolicy ignoreallfailures

When in EWF RAM Reg mode, you cannot disable the write filter without committing changes. RAM Reg mode requires you to commit the overlay to disable the write filter. The settings are stored in the registry and the /disable command will not persist without a /commit command. This is a limitation of RAM Reg mode. The workaround is to restart the device before disabling write filter.