October 2008 - Posts
The October Security Updates for XP Embedded SP2, FP2007 and UPR1 are available on the ECE site. This month's updates for the component database are listed below. 938464 Vulnerabilities in GDI+ Could Allow Remote Code Execution. 956390 Cumulative Security
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While a number of people on the team have gone out of office enjoying the fall of Boston at ESC East , I have, as Andy said, "made it cross the pond" and arrived at TechEd China 's 1st stop Guangzhou City late last night. This is my 3 rd year presenting
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Yesterday at the Embedded Systems Conference Boston the General Manager of the Windows Embedded Business, Kevin Dallas, announced that the next generation of Windows Embedded Standard (code named "Quebec") will be built on Windows 7. The
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**Updated 3/26/09 with preface [The following article is authored by one of the Windows Embedded MVPs (Most Valuable Professionals). Our MVPs have a heavy background in Embedded systems and are a great repository of information on Windows Embedded products.
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Many years ago (I like saying that) before I joined Microsoft, I was working on a prototype embedded system which in our wildest dreams would be sold worldwide. Having never developed international code, I thought it would be a good idea to make sure
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Our team is starting to use screencasts (aka video tutorials) as a method of demonstrating features and tips/tricks as opposed to the old and busted method of text with a few graphics sprinkled in for good measure. In the next couple of weeks we'll be
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Have you been participating in the Windows Embedded Standard Community Technology Preview over the past few months? Are you anxiously awaiting the final release of the product? Well, no need to wait any longer! Microsoft has officially released
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A new white paper on how to develop bus drivers are now available at Windows Hardware Developer Central (WHDC) website: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/driver/wdf/KMDFBusDrv.mspx . If you are leveraging Kernel Mode Driver Framework (KMDF) that is included
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**Updated preface on 3/26/09 This is the first in a series of articles on a variety of topics from our guest blogger, Alexander. He is an MVP for Windows Embedded- check out the link to his bio at the bottom of this article.Our MVPs have a heavy background
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