If you are using WEDU (Window Embedded Developer Update), you will not see any updates on Windows Embedded Standard 7 currently. That is because all Standard 7 updates are temporarily being turned off by Microsoft Update. [Updated: 9/21/2010, 9:45PM PDT] However the updates are still available through our other regular channels, e.g. ECE and MOO. The updates being turned off are for developers...

It has been reported that there are issues with upgrading to the August 2010 Security Updates on databases that have IE7 and WMP11 installed, and also have all other security updates installed. Symptoms: After installing the August 2010 Security Update open a .slx file that has any of the following components in it- “Primitive: vbscript.dll” “Windows Media Format...

The August 2010 Feature Update for Windows Embedded Standard 2009 is now available on ECE. This update is a collection of out-of-band features and tools and includes: Web Services on Devices API for .NET for Windows Embedded Standard 2009 The Microsoft Web Services on Devices API for .NET (WSDAPI for .NET) supports the implementation of client-controlled devices and services and device...

With more Embedded Developers running the Windows Embedded Standard 2009 Toolkit on Windows 7 development machines, we are seeing reports of SDI Loader failures with an error listing a path to an INF file. To resolve this issue and run SDI Loader on Windows 7 machines, you can configure SDI Loader to run in Compatibility mode with Windows Vista (Service Pack 1) selected. Please see the detailed steps...

The August 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 August Security Updates include: 980436 Vulnerabilities in SChannel could allow Remote Code Execution 981852 Vulnerabilities...

As we recently announced on the ECE and MOO sites, we have partnered with Windows Sustained Engineering to deliver Windows Embedded Standard 7 servicing updates. While July marked the first month that Security updates were delivered via Windows Update for Standard 7, August is the first release cycle delivering a significant number of updates. You may have noticed that the August .Net and Internet...

The second set of language updates are available on the ECE site and also through the Windows Embedded Developer Update (WEDU) tool. There are seventeen Multilingual User Interface (MUI) Packs, for 64-bit and 32-bit . The MUI packs are: Arabic (Saudi Arabia) Language Pack – Windows Embedded Standard 7 Bulgarian Language Pack – Windows Embedded Standard 7 Chinese (Hong Kong...

The July 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 updates include: KB2219597- fix to correct Flash6.ocx not registering correctly on UR1, SP3 and Standard 2009. KB22624005 - a configuration setting has been added to the User Interface...

The Windows Embedded Standard 7 Compatible Applications website allows developers to quickly and easily ensure that applications will install on run on their target devices without having to do dependency analysis or any of that “hard work”. Check out the following 2-minute video on why you should use the website and application templates. What, Where, and Why? Using the Standard...

The July 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 July Security Updates include: 2229593 Vulnerability in Help and Support Center Could Allow Remote Code Execution....

Just this past week, the Windows Embedded Standard 7 Compatible Applications website was completely re-launched with a new design, new documentation, new templates, and refactored templates. Gone is the static HTML view we had in the past; replacing it is a dynamic site that’s searchable and sortable and includes expanding rows to more easily view only the information on the templates that you want...

The License Assessment Tool for Windows Embedded Standard 7 is a new tool that is developed to help you determine whether your image built with Windows Embedded Standard 7 can be licensed under a selected license SKU: WS7P, WS7E, or WS7C (more info here ). The tool is now available to OEMs on the ECE/MOO websites. We are also working on to make it available at the recently launched Windows Embedded...