September 2009 - Posts
Just a quick reminder that the first of the technical webinars on Windows Embedded Standard 2011 is tomorrow. Details are: Date: October 01, 2009 Event Start Time: 11:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time (UTC - 7 hours) Duration: 1 hour This session takes
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Between 9/28/09 and 10/11/09 if you enter a bug through the Microsoft Connect website related to the Windows Embedded Standard 2011 CTP you will automatically be entered to win* an Embedded “toolkit” prize pack valued at $100 USD. Prize pack consists
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While perusing some test code recently, I was thinking about data driven test automation. Data driven testing is a pretty simple concept, you write some test automation which takes input which can be configured to exercise a series of tests. So a test
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Windows Embedded Standard 2011 provides a tool called Image Configuration Editor (ICE) to help developers configure the components to be installed on the run time image. The configuration is stored in XML file format and is called an answer file. Before
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The September 2009 Security Updates and September 2009 Optional Update are now available on the ECE for Windows® Embedded Standard 2009 and/or Microsoft® Windows® XP Embedded with Service Pack 2, Feature Pack 2007, Update Rollup 1.0 and Service Pack 3.
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During Kevin Dallas’ (General Manager of the Windows Embedded Business) keynote at ESC-Boston yesterday he announced that the official RTM date for Windows Embedded Standard 2011 will be the first half of calendar year 2010. Which of course means
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* Update 9/23 – added pictures During the course of our development of Windows Embedded Standard 2011, we realized that our embedded customers have slightly different needs than Windows Client customers with regard to how devices are serviced. For instance,
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Want to get a quick ramp up on the latest product in the Windows Embedded Family, namely Windows Embedded Standard 2011? Besides getting “hand-on” with the CTP (download it from here ), you could register for one or more of the upcoming webinars, each
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[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. We’re providing this space
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There are several times when you may be challenged with a broken application, including: Migrating an application from one version of an OS to another Integrating with installation or un-installation of other applications Upgrading from one version of
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* 9/18/09 - removing the video to make improvements to the audio - Weijuan *9/17/09 - we are aware of the issue related to the video and are working to fix it. Thanks! In this interview video, Jim Medding, a Senior Software Design Engineer in Test on
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By now, hopefully you’ve read Part 1 of this article series, which introduced you to IBW and its basic concepts. In this article, we’ll be going slightly deeper to try out the more advanced route in IBW. Quick Refresher We’re going to jump right back
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* Updated Boot from USB section 10/5/09 With the next version of Windows Embedded Standard, we’ve focused heavily on making it as easy as possible to create the embedded operating system for your device. As mentioned in a previous blog article, the Windows
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While the CTP release of Windows Embedded Standard 2011 (“Quebec”) was already made available on Tuesday and we are happy to see lots of downloads, we’d like to announce the new forums created for the release. On the existing Windows Embedded Standard
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The toolkit for Windows 7-based Windows Embedded Standard 2011 (formerly code-named “Quebec”) comes with two components: Image Builder Wizard (IBW) and Image Configuration Editor (ICE). IBW provides a simplified interface to allow for quick and easy creation
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The August 2009 Windows XP Embedded and Windows Embedded Standard Security Updates - Product Download is now available on the ECE for Windows® Embedded Standard 2009 and/or Microsoft® Windows® XP Embedded with Service Pack 2, Feature Pack 2007, Update
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Have you been itching to get more information about what is coming next from the Windows Embedded Standard team? Well now is your chance! Earlier today we announced the release of a Community Technology Preview (CTP) for Windows Embedded Standard
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