Windows Embedded Blog

A very common question that perhaps needs some explanation is the difference between Windows Mobile 5.0 and Windows Embedded CE 6.0 - so here's the explanation. Windows Embedded CE is a hard real-time, componentized operating system that can be used by...

CE based devices have a couple of options for booting applications at startup. 1. The Registry. The first option is to use the registry to launch processes during the boot process of the device, the registry key for launching applications is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE...

The CE 6.0 CETK (CE Test Kit) is now available as a stand-alone download . This means that testers can download the CETK and test devices (and device images) in development without needing the full Windows Embedded CE 6.0 product. This is the same CETK...

If you have Visual Studio 2005 and the CE 6.0 development tools installed you may have noticed that you have two versions of CoreCon installed - v1.0 and v5.01 folders are here C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\CoreCon - Visual Studio "application...

This week we have training companies from across the globe attending a "Train the Trainer" event for Windows Embedded CE 6.0 at Microsoft Campus in Redmond (see photo below). The CE 6.0 training materials have been developed by bSquare as a five...

It's Tuesday January 16th 2007 - we're in building 31 on Microsoft Campus running the Train the Trainer course for Windows Embedded CE 6.0 - here's a photo of the people from across the globe that are attending the Train/Trainer event. What is the Train...

Sean Liming (author of Windows XP Embedded and Windows Embedded for Point of Service) book fame has been hard at work coding up a useful utility for all of you Windows Embedded for Point of Service developers out there. You may be familiar (perhaps too...

you've decided you need to write some code, this could be for a real project (something that gets you paid at the end of the month) or might just be the equivelant of doodling on the back of a napkin, perhaps just trying something out to see what works...

SJJ Embedded Micro Solutions have announced an XPE development kit that fully supports Windows XP Embedded SP2 FP 2007 (uncluding USB 2.0 Boot). From the SJJ IDK Page : The Industrial Development Kit (IDK) for Windows XPe allows OEMs to create dedicated...

Late November 2006 we had a snow storm that pretty much brought the Bellevue/Redmond area to a stand-still. It's now January 2007 and we've had another snow storm - here's the view from the reception of building 117 (the building without any floppy disks...

I've been tasked with building a demo that will translate into an article for MSDN, this requires that I build a custom Windows XP Embedded operating system image and boot the image on a PC provided by MSDN, it would appear that someone has already been...

Interesting article written by Bill Gates talking about robotics - one of the comments in the article is " Although a few of the domestic robots of tomorrow may resemble the anthropomorphic machines of science fiction, a greater number are likely to be...

Event season is kicking off in a couple of weeks with Tech Days in Paris and Embedded World in Germany, other up-coming events include ESC West in San Jose , RTAS in Bellevue and of course the Mobile and Embedded Developers Conference ( MEDC 2007 ) which...

If you are involved in the Imagine Cup Embedded Invitational and have questions about Windows Embedded CE 6.0 operating system design/development, hardware/driver development, application development then you should post your questions to the Imagine...

The Mobile and Embedded Developers Conference 2007 (MEDC) is coming up in just a few months, the US event is being held at the Venetion Hotel, Las Vegas on May 1-3 - The MEDC Web Site is now live! - keep an eye on the site to get the latest information...

Note that this evenings WE-DIG meeting is taking place in the Mt Si room of Building 118 on Microsoft Campus, Redmond/WA. This evenings main topic is Windows Mobile Device Center in Windows Vista, the presenter will be Ken Lavering, Program Manager in...

No, this isn't what you were thinking, this is a super cool new MSR application called Group Shot . How often have you taken some photos and found that in one shot someone has their eyes shut, so you retake only to find that in the second shot someone...

The registration site for the Mobile and Embedded Developers Conference (MEDC) 2007 is now open! MEDC Las Vegas is one of nine locations we're going to be hitting this year (more information on locations/dates coming soon). Here's a link to the MEDC 2007...

Here's a couple of dates/times for your calendar. Windows CE 6.0 Online Chat - Jan 31st 2007, 9:00am Pacific - Add to Calendar Compact Framework Application Development Chat - Feb 13th 2007 10:00am Pacific - Add to Calendar - Mike