October 2007 - Posts
A big thanks to everyone who joined us for our last chat session on October 16th! If you weren’t able to make it, you can now read the full transcript of the chat on the MSDN site here . We were happy to have one of our MVP experts, Brad Combs , join
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In August we blogged about a new process we were implementing of releasing optional updates in the same month as the componentized security updates. The October 2007 optional supplement update is now available on the ECE site for Microsoft® Windows® XP
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Got 1 minute to waste? Good. Below is a screenshot from a Live Image search using a popular set of words or phrase without quotes, that is well known to XP Embedded users . As you can see, almost none of those pics returned looks like anything related
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If you're a Raymond Chen fan and enjoy hearing about Windows lore, did you know he's compiled some of his best stuff into a book ? It's almost time for the holidays, you know...(hint hint). The nice thing about Raymond is he speaks the truth, especially
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The Microsoft Developer Division has unveiled a web site for the software testing community. The site, found at http://msdn.com/testercenter , is intended to “provide a community where software testers can share knowledge and learn from each other”. Cool,
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Here's a great anecdote " Larry and the Ping of Death " from Larry Osterman, if you're not subscribed then I recommend it, he's up there with the likes of Raymond Chen when it comes to 'old school' with great stories to tell. - Andy Technorati Tags: Xp
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Technorati Tags: Xpe Recently, a coworker asked if there were any “resources to help high-school students to develop their skills and passions” for computers. Some time ago, I had come across the book Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and
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The October 2007 Windows XP Embedded Monthly Security Updates are now available on the Mobile & Embedded Communications Extranet (ECE) for Microsoft® Windows® XP Embedded Service Pack 2, Feature Pack 2007, and Update Rollup 1.0. This supplement includes
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Our XPe Forums have been running well since its launch last Nov. Thank you for contributing and sharing. Here I’d like to take a moment to remind you to mark the post as “helpful” or “answered”. - When you read through the posts, if you think the post
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A number of partners and customers have expressed confusion over knowing how to ensure their database is up to date with the latest security updates- especially if they are installing the product from scratch. Often communications refer to updates as
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Great presentation by Herb Sutter at Northwest C++ User’s Group (NW CCP) October meeting on latency & hardware architectures. He starts out talking about Apollo space hardware; I think you will enjoy and get a lot out of watching the video. The slides
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Last week Microsoft announced the winners of the 2007 Microsoft Vendor Program (MSVP) Excellence Awards. There is the Service Award, Diversity Award, Quality Award, Value Award, Technology Award and more. This year’s six winners — Grubb & Ellis Management
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Start compiling your questions / comments, because the Windows Embedded team is hosting our October MSDN online chat session on Tuesday, October 16 th at 10am PST . For this month’s chat we are lucky to have one of our XP Embedded MVPs, Brad
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The Response Point team within Microsoft has been using XP Embedded in one of their projects that has now turned it into a fully-fledged product called "Response Point". This is a custom XP Embedded configuration that is licensed, along with their application
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