April 2007 - Posts
From searching back through the archives of the newsgroup it appears that there have been one-off asks since 2003 to improve the ability to set the default time zone in Target Designer to something other than GMT. We first addressed this by providing
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The File Based Write Filter for Windows XP Embedded (KB 929403) and Time Zone Settings for Windows XP Embedded (KB 934347) are now available on the Mobile & Embedded Communications Extranet (ECE). File Based Write Filter ยท The File Based Write Filter
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If your device fails to boot from a UFD and: 1) Your device is getting through NTLDR and you're getting into the NTOS but then failing with error 0x7B 2) You have verified that your BIOS is enumerating your UFD by using the XPE instrumented NTDETECT.
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In the 1993 movie Groundhog Day, Bill Murray plays the role of Phil Connors, a man who goes to sleep every night and keeps waking up on Groundhog Day, as if a capricious Creator keeps turning the hands of time back to the same spot each morning. The story
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I still vividly remember I was contacted by Derek Snyder, MEDC 2007 Content Owner, to be the XPe Track Owner, when I was in TechEd China last Sept. Now, MEDC 2007 is just 1.5 weeks away! WoW! (Check check: This year, all MEDC presentations need to have
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The April 2007 Windows XP Embedded monthly supplement Updates are now available on the Mobile & Embedded Communications Extranet (ECE) for OEMs who purchase through Distribution (OEMs with a direct license agreement with MS will continue to access
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Sun Microsystems' JRE ( Java Runtime Environment ) is one of the more popular third party software platforms for application developers and embedded device manufacturers, this includes XP Embedded as well. I've seen Sun's JRE on everything from XPe Set
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A recent post in the XP Embedded forum highlighted an issue related to running vb scripts on Embedded runtimes that I meant to blog about... so here it is! It seems a bug fix that was incorporated into SP2 was only a partial fix (for whatever reason).
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Having spent many years developing embedded applications, I'm well aware of the need for an embedded device to just work. At MEDC I'll be talking about some of the things I've learned over the years concerning testing. And, I'll be demonstrating some
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Target Analyzer contains a quirk when used on an OS that has seen hardware changes. Target Analyzer probes a target system for hardware-specific data to automatically generate a hardware inventory list that is stored in a PMQ file. The PMQ file can be
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I n Windows, if you want to remove a 3rd party program or a Windows optional component, one of the most frequently visited features would be the Add/Remove Programs control panel applet ( appwiz.cpl ). Sometimes developers of XPe devices may ask 'How
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Probably the second most common question I get from people starting to use XP Embedded is "Why can't I update my Embedded runtime directly from the Windows Update web site?" (the first question I get is "Are you Windows CE?" <grin>). Here are some
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