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Installing VS2005 or VS2008 redistributable files on Windows Embedded Standard 2009
There have been several forum posts about including the redistributable files for Visual studio 2005 or Visual Studio 2008 in a runtime image so that applications built using these versions can run. Windows Embedded Standard 2009 database does not have Read More...
Dynamic Dependencies Unveiled
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 Read More...
Meet Lynda Allen in an interview video
We are experimenting making short interview videos to add another type of resource to engage and assist our Windows Embedded Standard product community. This video posted here is a pilot one in which Lynda Allen, a Program Manager on the team, was interviewed. Read More...
Component Tales: A Window to a Remote Embedded Device –Terminal Services
[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 Read More...
Preparing for Windows 7
With all the buzz around Windows 7 in the last week or two, this is a good opportunity to look around at resources available to Developers and IT Pros to get ready. Here’s two resources that can help you – “Windows Related On-Demand webcasts for Windows Read More...
Running an MSI during FBA on Windows Embedded Standard 2009
Perhaps you need to launch an msi to install an application during FBA, and you create and FBA Generic Command in a custom component or in the Extra Resources node of Target Designer to do so. It could look something like this: Name : MyMSI Type : FBGenCmd Read More...
Component Tales: Safe and Reliable Communication using Message Queuing
[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 Read More...
Component Tales: 10 Cool Uses for Group Policies on Windows Embedded Standard
[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 Read More...
Component Tales: Active Directory Scripting Interface - ADSI
[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 Read More...
Component Tales: DirectX
[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 Read More...
Component Tales: COM+ Services
[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 Read More...
Mixing Business with Pleasure
As a member of the Windows Embedded team, my business is embedded devices. For fun, I spend way too much time playing video games and following the video game industry. Whenever I can combine the two is always a bonus (this might be a stretch so you will Read More...
Component Tales: Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
[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 Read More...
A Review of 3 Engineering Books
I’ve recently read a few books on engineering and thought it might be worth sharing what I thought of some of them with our community. So here are my reviews of three books; hopefully you’ll find the reviews useful. The Pencil by Henry Petroski is commonly Read More...
Component Tales: Microsoft Internet Explorer
[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 Read More...
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