The Windows Embedded POSReady 7 December 2011 Feature Update is available to OEMs on the ECE site. This update contains the following out-of-band features: Silverlight 5 for Windows Embedded POSReady 7 The Silverlight 5 runtime allows rich media and graphics...

The November 2011 Optional Updates are now available on the ECE site for Windows Embedded POSReady 7 . This month’s .img contains just a single master update- KB2637530 – Fraudulent Digital Certificates could allow spoofing. This KB solution is comprised...

Customers have reported issues installing KB2572067 on some of their devices –Windows Update keeps installing the package over and over again, and installing it manually produces  a System Exception error window displayed, Error Code: 65535, Error...

OEMs can now get Internet Explorer 9 from the ECE site for POSReady 7 for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. Internet Explorer 9 features the following: Performance improvements New Tab page Notification Bar One Box Pinned Sites Tab enhancements Web...

The September 2011 Optional Updates are now available on the ECE site for Microsoft® Embedded POSReady 2009 and Windows Embedded POSReady 7 . Fixes include: The list below applies to Windows Embedded POSReady 2009: KB2487305 – This update fixes the following...

  The July 2011 Optional Updates are now available on the ECE site for Windows Embedded Point of Service 1.1 SP3 , Windows® Embedded POSReady 2009 and Windows Embedded POSReady 7 . The list below applies to WEPOS 1.1 SP3 and Windows Embedded POSReady...

A new feature, File Based Write Filter Management Tool, is now available for download for POSReady 2009. This out-of-band feature provides an application to monitor and configure the "File Based Write Filter (FBWF)". By default the application...

A new feature, File Based Write Filter Provider, is now available on the ECE site. This new feature provides access to the File Based Write Filter API through the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) layer. The goal is to expose the full functionality...

The November 2010 Optional Update for POSReady 2009 is now available for download on the ECE.  This update includes utilities for use with Windows® Embedded POSReady 2009: ARP.exe - Address Resolution Protocol for TCP/IP NETSTAT.exe - Displays Device...

Microsoft® Silverlight™ 4 for Windows® Embedded POSReady 2009 is now available for download on the ECE.  Silverlight is a powerful development platform for creating engaging, interactive user experiences for Web, desktop, and mobile applications...

We wanted to remind you, as noted on the Lifecycle page , support for Windows Embedded Point of Service RTM ends with the October 12, 2010 Patch Tuesday release. To continue receiving updates, Service Pack 3 for Windows Embedded for Point of Service ...

Some WEPOS 1.1 SP3 users have reported that .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 may fail to install successfully on WEPOS 1.1 SP3. And, the user may see the error “Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 has encountered a problem during setup. Setup did not complete correctly...

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 for Windows® Embedded Point of Service 1.1 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...

Windows Embedded for Point of Service RTM is a SKU based on Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2, and has utilized XP SP2 updates for servicing. Support for Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 retired after the July, 2010 updates, however Windows...

The July 2010 Optional Update is now available on the ECE for Microsoft® Windows® Embedded Point of Service and/or Windows® Embedded POSReady 2009. This update includes additional Japanese fonts, namely the "Meiryo Collection Version 5.00 for Windows...

MS10-041 , Vulnerability in Microsoft .NET Framework Could Allow Tampering may fail to install on a Windows Embedded Point Of Service Minimum configuration.  Extracting the package and then running the .msp manually will successfully install this...

Microsoft .NET 4.0 Framework is now available on the ECE site for Windows Embedded POSReady 2009. Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 for POSReady 2009. The Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 redistributable package installs the .NET Framework runtime and associated...

If you are a user of the Point of Service newsgroup you might have seen the announcements in the newsgroup that they are to be discontinued in June. Here is the essence of the announcement which supplies answers to some common questions- What is Happening...

Internet Explorer 8 MUI is now available on the ECE site for Windows Embedded POSReady 2009. Internet Explorer 8 MUI is a set of language-specific resource files that may be added to the English version of Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 with Internet...

A new update for Microsoft® POS for .NET 1.12 Runtime and SDK is now available on the ECE site. This update includes: 980087 - This update for Microsoft® POS for .NET 1.12 corrects situations where POS for .NET fails claims for a device that is...

The out of band Internet Explorer security update released in March for full Windows is now available on the ECE site for Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 and WEPOS. In addition the March 2010 Optional Updates are now available for Windows® Embedded Point...

January 2010 Optional Updates are now available on the ECE site for POSReady 2009 and WEPOS. Included are the following: GB18030 is a Chinese character encoding standard. Products sold in China must conform to this standard. The GB18030 Support package...

Previously the ECE team announced upcoming maintenance to the ECE site. This date has now changed- it will now occur on Friday, February 5, 2010 at 5:00p.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST) and will last until Monday, February 8, 2010 at 8:00 a.m (PST). The...

A number of new updates are now available on the ECE for Windows® Embedded Point of Service and\or Windows Embedded POSReady 2009. These include: An Internet Explorer Out-of-band Security Update 978207 Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer...

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