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XP Embedded Gets Its Second Wind

Feature Pack 2007 RTM'd!

The Eval version is available for download right now from the download center.

The Retail version is winding its way through the processes to be posted to the OEM Secure site. The bits are the same, the license wrapped around them is different, so if you can't wait you can at least preview the final build for Eval, but you'll have to uninstall and revert back to SP2 and then install Retail when it's up on the Secure site.

Over the last month, WindowsForDevices.com has hosted a series of whitepapers written by the product team regarding different important aspects of this feature pack. You can read these articles here:

  • Component Enhancements in Windows XP Embedded SP2 Feature Pack 2007
  • The Windows XP Embedded Command-Line Tool
  • Getting to know Windows XPe's new File Based Write Filter
  • Enabling desktop technologies on Windows XP Embedded SP2 Feature Pack 2007
  • Windows XP Embedded USB boot

    • If you have questions, problems, feedback you're welcome to respond here on the blog, or in the newsgroup or via our team feedback alias WECRT @ Microsoft.com.

    Watch the virtual launch Wednesday Nov 1 8AM Pacific time by registering here.

    Side note - you may have noticed recently posts from various members of the product team that may be new to you (Shweta, Steffen, Cuong, Shiv). We have been staffing the team with passionate, new blood recently and you can expect to see a whole lot more activity from the Embedded Windows product team moving forward. Not just on the blog, but in the newsgroups, at the conventions, in third party forums, on the phone with you!

    Don't believe we'll talk to you on the phone? Use that e-mail alias listed above (wecrt), tell me you want to talk to someone on the product team and tell me the subject, i'm happy to call you. The thing is, the Customer Strike Team (Wendy, Lynda, myself) or the Program Management team are going to have some questions for you as well <grin> We want to know what we can do better moving forward to meet your needs as a developer and meet your device & scenario needs.

    - Andy

    Posted: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 10:06 PM by Embedded
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    KRELER said:

    Finally! Waited and tested so long. Unfortunatly there is only an Evaluation version available,  I hope the rtail version will be fast up on the secure site!

    You did great work!

    Best regards,

    K.

    # November 1, 2006 5:37 AM

    Aaron Stebner's WebLog said:

    This morning, the Windows XP Embedded team announced that the final release of the Windows XP Embedded

    # November 2, 2006 1:39 AM

    Walter Shirey said:

    I've downloaded the Eval version of Windows XP Embedded (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=dacd1722-256b-48c5-91c1-af6062340efc&DisplayLang=en) and the Eval version of the Feature Pack 2007 (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9BDF1DEA-A37E-4D25-83DF-AABBAA78914F&displaylang=en) and I'm unable to install the Feature Pack 2007 Tools Update. I get the following error:

    "The upgrade patch cannot be installed by the Windows Installer service because the program to be upgraded may be missing, or the upgrade patch may update a different version of the program.  Verify that the program to be upgraded exists on your computer and that you have the correct upgrade patch."

    I have installed the Windows XP Embedded Eval version successfully, rebooted and still get this error.

    Any ideas?

    Thanks in advance.

    # November 2, 2006 12:05 PM

    Embedded said:

    Hi there.  This error will occur if you attempt to upgrade your XPe Tools from SP1 directly to FP2007.  You must install the SP2 Tools Update on Disk 3 before you can install the FP2007 Tools Update.

    Please let us know if you continue to have problems.  Thanks.

    -- MattK

    # November 2, 2006 12:49 PM

    Brian said:

    Can someone please explain how the FP2007 that is available for download right now is an "Evaluation" ?? Is there something different about the code that i should not use for deployment? What is going to be different about the pack when it is finally on the OEM Embedded web site?

    Thanks!

    # November 2, 2006 4:51 PM

    Embedded said:

    Brian,

    The bits in the "Evaluation" version are exactly the same as the one you'll later see in the OEM secure site.

    As Andy said in the blog article, what's different is the license. Again, note: "you'll have to uninstall and revert back to SP2 and then install Retail when it's up on the Secure site."

    -Wendy

    # November 2, 2006 5:23 PM

    Pellinore said:

    When will the non-evaluation version be on the "secure site"? Before or after Vista's public availability?

    Why is it necessary to uninstall the "evaluation" version and to revert back to sp2 when "the bits are exactly the same"?

    # November 3, 2006 6:28 AM

    Andy said:

    Hi Pellinore, i was expecting the download to be on the OEM secure site already, our release manager is investigating the issue. To download the eval version you're accepting a license that says you won't ship software based on the eval. Yes, i agree this seems odd because the bits are binary and windiff identical! Because of this I will continue to try to drive change in this process so that it makes more sense and doesn't affect you in the future.

    In the meantime, please accept my apology for any inconvenience or confusion this is causing.

    # November 3, 2006 12:28 PM

    Brian said:

    So in reality, the only difference between the "Eval" we can download now and the one that will be released to the OEM site is likely the EULA text file on the CD?

    There is no technical requirement to re-install it after the OEM version is available, but MS legal team wants you to say you downloaded it from the OEM site? This is classic.

    Also of note is that several places in the help files and read-me files link to the MS Connect beta site located on the current eval .ISO. I guessing this is a mistake for a final release product.

    Thanks!

    # November 3, 2006 1:33 PM

    Embedded said:

    To close the loop here, yesterday the bits were made live on the oem secure site as well, sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused you. You can link directly to it from here:

    https://microsoft.embeddedoem.com/content.asp?path=/downloads/winxp/qfe/OPKPackNov06  

    # November 8, 2006 8:40 PM

    Windows XP Embedded Team said:

    As we wrap up 2006 and move onward to 2007, it feels good to think about the XP Embedded Team’s achievements

    # December 25, 2006 1:28 PM
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