We’re pleased to announce that a Technical Preview of Windows Embedded Standard 7 Service Pack 1 is now available for download at https://connect.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/ . This download delivers all the updates and notable changes in Windows 7 SP1 to Windows Embedded Standard 7, including RemoteFX, with an expected RTM/General Availability in Q1, CY11. A Service Pack already? You...

Silverlight 4 is now available on the ECE site for both Windows Embedded Standard 2009 and Windows Embedded Standard 7. Silverlight is a powerful development platform for creating engaging, interactive user experiences for Web, desktop, and mobile applications when online or offline. Silverlight is a free plug-in, powered by the .NET framework and compatible with multiple browsers, devices and operating...

The November 2010 Optional Updates are now available on the ECE site 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. The November Optional Updates include: KB 2393904- this fixes three issues: Using File Based Write Filter, a protected volume may show duplicate entries for files and/or directories...

*Updated 11/29/10 - removed sentence about images created with Terminal Server that was incorrect* A customer reported that Windows Movie Maker is not correctly displaying a storyboard in the player. To reproduce this behavior, drag and drop pictures to create a storyboard. There is no Preview, and when Saving there is an error. This is because the incorrect registry data from an earlier version...

The Microsoft All-In-One Code Framework is a free service offered by the Microsoft Community team in order to assist developers by providing sample code to tackle common problems for all Microsoft Development technologies. We think this would be a useful service to leverage for our Embedded Developer community as well. Here are some more details about the project from the owners of the project: ...

Are you a good developer who has a passion on quality and interested in working for the Windows Embedded Team? We have positions available for Developers in Test for the following teams: - Componentization - Embedded Enabling Features - Connected TV - POSReady If you think have any interest, let's talk. E-mail us at ewjobs@microsoft.com . What's this about? We’re hiring Software Development Engineers...

*Updated 10/24/11 with new link* Application templates for both Microsoft .NET Framework 4 and .NET Framework 4 Client Profile, for use with Windows Embedded Standard 7, are now available on the Windows Embedded Standard 7 Compatible Applications website. You use templates with ICE. You can download a template from the Web site and use the XML Merge functionality in ICE to combine the application...

The October 2010 Security Updates are now available on the ECE site 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. This security update can be applied to the database. The October Security Updates include: KB 979687 Vulnerability in COM validation in Windows Shell and Wordpad could allow remote...

Since we launched the Windows Embedded Standard 7 Compatible Applications website a couple of months ago, we have received very positive feedback from the community and customers. Thank you for the support! Meanwhile, we have been diligently evaluating customer requests, embedded technology trends, and business needs to prioritize what applications we should be looking into next and delivering the...

Sami, the fearless Test engineer on the Windows Embedded Standard 7 team who authored this blog article about using Import Package has also created a screen cast on the same topic. The video focuses on using Import Package in ICE and also through commands in a command prompt. Check it out here ! - Lynda Technorati Tags: Embedded Standard Format: ??? Duration: --:--

The September 2010 Security Updates are now available on the ECE site 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. This security update can be applied directly to runtime images. The September Security Updates include: KB981322 Vulnerability in Unicode Scripts Processor Could Allow Remote Code...

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 for Windows® XP Embedded Service Pack 3 is now available on the ECE. This update should not be used with any other operating system. On March 25, 2010 Microsoft announced a revised policy around support for .Net framework 3.5 SP1. With that change the support for .Net Framework 3.0 and 3.5 ends on April 12, 2011 - customers are strongly recommended to migrate to .Net...