[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 community.] In my upcoming...

The first post in the Windows Embedded Installer Testing series discussed a detailed level of the testing process that the installer undergoes. The purpose of this second post is to give a higher-level view of this process by introducing the automation test framework used in testing the installer along with many features of Windows Embedded Tools. Implementing automated tests has many advantages which...

Componentization is always tricky so my next set of screen casts will take a look at how Component Designer can automatically create a driver component for you. This first video uses a sound card driver as an example and walks through how to resolve some of the common issues that you may encounter when componentizing drivers. Componentizing a Sound Driver for Windows Embedded Standard 2009 - Lynda...

Just a brief note to let you know that there will not be a Security DVD released for Microsoft® Windows® Embedded Standard 2009 or Microsoft® Windows® XP Embedded this month. There were no Embedded Windows applicable security updates released in May. You may have also noticed that we have not published Optional Updates recently. We are reviewing the frequency of the Optional updates at this time, and...

[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 community.] It is not an easy task...

I never made it to TechED in Los Angeles this year (sadly), but I saw this article today in PC World that talks about some of the Microsoft products that were featured, and are poised for release within the next year. These include: Windows 7 Quebec (the next version of our embedded OS product, based on Win7!) Windows Server 2008 R2 Office 2010 Forefront (codename "Stirling") It's going to...

This is my final video (for now!) in my screen cast series of top tips and tricks for Windows Embedded Standard 2009. This one focuses on setting a default time zone in Target Designer, and using the registry to suppress system and application messages and popup balloons. See it here... Windows Embedded Standard 2009 Top Tips- Part 3 - Lynda Technorati Tags: XPe , Embedded , Standard 2009...

[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 community.] Debugging applications...

[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 community.] This post is...

The Windows 7 Release Candidate is now available for download here:  http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/download.aspx The release candidate milestone is great opportunity to evaluate the product as it is intended to be the feature complete release of the product with only major bugs being fixed before RTM. As you may be aware, the next release of Windows Embedded will be based on Windows...

Software product installation is a critical part of the product usability and experience. Here at the Windows Embedded Team, we strive to make the process of installing the Windows Embedded suite of tools as seamless as possible for the product’s users. The purpose of this blog is to give a quick overview of the testing methodology that is used to ensure that the Windows Embedded tools installer...

The April 2009 Windows XP Embedded and Windows Embedded Standard Security Updates - Product Download is now available on the ECE for Windows® Embedded Standard 2009 and/or Microsoft® Windows® XP Embedded with Service Pack 2, Feature Pack 2007, Update Rollup 1.0 and Service Pack 3. These are the DQI updates that can be applied directly to runtimes that include the dependencies necessary...