From searching back through the archives of the newsgroup it appears that there have been one-off asks since 2003 to improve the ability to set the default time zone in Target Designer to something other than GMT. We first addressed this by providing a tip article seen here ( http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/embedded/aa731221.aspx ), that walks you through the process of editing the registry settings...

The File Based Write Filter for Windows XP Embedded (KB 929403) and Time Zone Settings for Windows XP Embedded (KB 934347) are now available on the Mobile & Embedded Communications Extranet (ECE). File Based Write Filter · The File Based Write Filter (FBWF) Update (KB 929403) for Microsoft® Windows® XP Embedded with SP2 Feature Pack 2007 corrects three known issues with FBWF, including a...

If your device fails to boot from a UFD and: 1) Your device is getting through NTLDR and you're getting into the NTOS but then failing with error 0x7B 2) You have verified that your BIOS is enumerating your UFD by using the XPE instrumented NTDETECT. Then kernel mode PnP is probably failing to set up the critical device storage stack needed by the UFD. This could be related to your UFD and...

In the 1993 movie Groundhog Day, Bill Murray plays the role of Phil Connors, a man who goes to sleep every night and keeps waking up on Groundhog Day, as if a capricious Creator keeps turning the hands of time back to the same spot each morning. The story plot revolved around Phil’s frustrated attempts to return to normal time and a normal life. Windows XP Embedded Devices using EWF-RAM to protect...

I still vividly remember I was contacted by Derek Snyder, MEDC 2007 Content Owner, to be the XPe Track Owner, when I was in TechEd China last Sept. Now, MEDC 2007 is just 1.5 weeks away! WoW! (Check check: This year, all MEDC presentations need to have a WOW moment. This is one of my WOW moments:)) Looking back the last a few months as a first time XPe Track Owner, I got way too many things to...

The April 2007 Windows XP Embedded monthly supplement Updates are now available on the Mobile & Embedded Communications Extranet (ECE) for OEMs who purchase through Distribution (OEMs with a direct license agreement with MS will continue to access product downloads on MS OEM Online .) Other new supplements on the ECE include Microsoft .NET 3.0 Framework , Windows Media Player 11 , Remote Desktop...

Sun Microsystems' JRE ( Java Runtime Environment ) is one of the more popular third party software platforms for application developers and embedded device manufacturers, this includes XP Embedded as well. I've seen Sun's JRE on everything from XPe Set Top Boxes, Point of Sale, Kiosks and Gaming devices. The JRE link above is to the download location for the full installer. If you are footprint...

A recent post in the XP Embedded forum highlighted an issue related to running vb scripts on Embedded runtimes that I meant to blog about... so here it is! It seems a bug fix that was incorporated into SP2 was only a partial fix (for whatever reason). This fix affected the registry keys for the Windows Script Host component- basically some of the registry keys were all missing the "%1%" parameters...

Having spent many years developing embedded applications, I'm well aware of the need for an embedded device to just work. At MEDC I'll be talking about some of the things I've learned over the years concerning testing. And, I'll be demonstrating some of the great tools available for testing Win32 software. My goal is to send you home with an armload of resources that you can use to improve your confidence...

Target Analyzer contains a quirk when used on an OS that has seen hardware changes. Target Analyzer probes a target system for hardware-specific data to automatically generate a hardware inventory list that is stored in a PMQ file. The PMQ file can be used by Target Designer to automatically select the components that are necessary to support the hardware of the target system and to build the XP Embedded...

I n Windows, if you want to remove a 3rd party program or a Windows optional component, one of the most frequently visited features would be the Add/Remove Programs control panel applet ( appwiz.cpl ). Sometimes developers of XPe devices may ask 'How come the optional windows features like Games or FTP that I added to Target Designer aren't showing up in ARP?' The answer to that question is simple...

Probably the second most common question I get from people starting to use XP Embedded is "Why can't I update my Embedded runtime directly from the Windows Update web site?" (the first question I get is "Are you Windows CE?" <grin>). Here are some of the reasons I respond with. Windows Update has no knowledge of Embedded as an OS platform, therefore there is no built-in logic to assess what...