The October Security Updates for XP Embedded SP2, FP2007 and UPR1 are available on the ECE site. This month's updates for the component database are listed below. 938464 Vulnerabilities in GDI+ Could Allow Remote Code Execution. 956390 Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 954211 Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel Could Allow Elevation of Privilege 953155 Vulnerability in Windows Internet...

While a number of people on the team have gone out of office enjoying the fall of Boston at ESC East , I have, as Andy said, "made it cross the pond" and arrived at TechEd China 's 1st stop Guangzhou City late last night. This is my 3 rd year presenting in TechEd China, but first time to cities other than Beijing – the major venue. It is also the first year that the whole Windows Embedded Business...

Yesterday at the Embedded Systems Conference Boston the General Manager of the Windows Embedded Business, Kevin Dallas, announced that the next generation of Windows Embedded Standard (code named "Quebec") will be built on Windows 7.  The announcement included details that Quebec will deliver Silverlight 2, Windows Presentation Foundation and interoperability with Visual Studio 2010...

**Updated 3/26/09 with preface [The following article is authored by one of the Windows Embedded MVPs (Most Valuable Professionals). Our MVPs have a heavy background in Embedded systems and are a great repository of information on Windows Embedded products. We’re providing this space on our team blog as a service to our readers by allowing MVPs to share some of their knowledge with the rest of the...

Many years ago (I like saying that) before I joined Microsoft, I was working on a prototype embedded system which in our wildest dreams would be sold worldwide. Having never developed international code, I thought it would be a good idea to make sure all of my strings were in string tables. Well, I was only partially right and I realized this a few weeks later. Internationalization ain’t so easy...

Our team is starting to use screencasts (aka video tutorials) as a method of demonstrating features and tips/tricks as opposed to the old and busted method of text with a few graphics sprinkled in for good measure. In the next couple of weeks we'll be releasing more of these screencasts. This video is an overview of some of the new features in Windows Embedded Standard, such as the Enterprise macro...

Have you been participating in the Windows Embedded Standard Community Technology Preview over the past few months?  Are you anxiously awaiting the final release of the product? Well, no need to wait any longer!  Microsoft has officially released to manufacture (RTM) Windows Embedded Standard 2009, the next generation of Windows XP Embedded!  You can now download an evaluation version...

A new white paper on how to develop bus drivers are now available at Windows Hardware Developer Central (WHDC) website: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/driver/wdf/KMDFBusDrv.mspx . If you are leveraging Kernel Mode Driver Framework (KMDF) that is included in Windows Embedded Standard 2009 release, you can take a look. Writing a bus driver is never an easy task. You may ask: When to write a bus driver...

**Updated preface on 3/26/09 This is the first in a series of articles on a variety of topics from our guest blogger, Alexander. He is an MVP for Windows Embedded- check out the link to his bio at the bottom of this article.Our MVPs have a heavy background in Embedded systems and are a great repository of information on Windows Embedded products. We’re providing this space on our team blog as a...