January 2009 - Posts
Check out the new virtual lab that has gone live on the MSDN Virtual Lab site. This provides a way for you to play with the Windows Embedded Standard 2009 tools to build your own run-time image with some of the latest features, using the step-by-step
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I’m a Program Manager (PM) on the Windows Embedded team and am in the process of investigating how our customers use Component Designer to help the process of building their images. Component Designer is a very versatile tool and I’d love
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Nick has created the third video in our series on new features in Windows Embedded Standard 2009. You can view the rest of the series through the links, Part 1 & Part 2 . This screen cast focuses on enhancements to the VPC macro components, and the
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An MCP exam for Windows Embedded Standard 2009 has been in the works for some time now, and I am pleased to be able to say that this will become available in February. There has never been an exam for an Embedded Windows product up until now, although
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New users of our product might be interested in the final two screen casts in the series on navigating the tool suite of Windows Embedded Standard 2009. This blog talked about the first tool, Target Designer, and these latest screen casts will take the
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The January 2009 Windows XP Embedded and Windows Embedded Standard Security Updates - Product Download is now available on the ECE for Microsoft® Windows® XP Embedded with Service Pack 2, Feature Pack 2007, Update Rollup 1.0, Service Pack 3
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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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As I was browsing all things embedded this morning I stumbled across this video tutorial on Windows Embedded, in Russian. Coincidentally the Russian version of the Windows Embedded Standard 2009 MSDN content went live today as well. You can review the
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Back in the fall of 2007 (see the comments from ShermB and me on this blog ), or even earlier back in 2005 (see this blog from Andy), we were talking about making a Windows XP Embedded hobbyist SKU for our hobbyist community. It still hasn’t happened
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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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Windows 7 Beta (the next version of the Windows desktop operating system) is available! It was released on Friday and, if you are interested in taking it for a spin, you can download it from here . This blog link from the Windows 7 product team has some
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The December 2008 Windows XP Embedded and Windows Embedded Standard Out Of Band Security Update for KB960714 (MS08-078) is now available on the ECE for Microsoft® Windows® XP Embedded with Service Pack 2, Feature Pack 2007, Update Rollup 1.0,
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With Chinese New Year 2009 less than 3 weeks away, I am very pleased to announce that our team’s Chinese blog launched on 1/8/2009 (Beijing Time)! Number “1” and “8” together in Chinese means “good fortune to
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This video is the second in a number of screen casts giving a high level overview of the new features in Windows Embedded Standard 2009. This video covers .Net 3.5, SCCM 2007 Client, SCOM 2007 SP1 Agent, Sysprep and KMDF. Windows Embedded Standard- A
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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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Happy New Year Everyone! If you are still figuring out your new year resolution for 2009, here is one option for you - Compete in the “Sparks will Fly” 2009 Challenge with other Windows Embedded fearless hobbyists like you! The contest is part of the
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For all those just starting out with the Windows Embedded Standard product there is a new screen cast available that walks through all the options available in Target Designer, the main tool used to create and configure customized Windows operating system
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