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* Updated 11/5/09 Installing the .Net 1.1 SP1 Security Update, KB953297, on Windows Embedded for Point of Service The MS09-061 , Vulnerabilities in the Microsoft .NET Common Language Runtime Could Allow Remote Code Execution update may fail to install
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If you have a WEPOS 1.x system and have turned on Automatic Updates or reviewed the Express Updates option on update.microsoft.com, you may have noticed that the only update you see offered is XP Pro SP3. In this article, we’ll give you some background
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If you follow the Windows Embedded blog , you may have seen a similar posting about the Embedded Windows products. This is a shameless knock-off of that blog article re-purposed to cover the WEPOS and POSReady products… What it is: Microsoft Support Lifecycle
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The next version of Windows Embedded for Point of Service is just around the corner. In addition to new functionality, this update carries a new name. Windows Embedded POSReady 2009. We are very excited to launch POSReady 2009 at NRF: Retail’s BIG Show
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If you use the management tools that are dependent upon WMI (such as posdm.exe), the WMI namespaces may need to be recreated after significant OS updates (such as applying SP3). A temporary fix, can be done by choosing the repair option from the installer;
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One common problem that arises when using SMS to manage WEPOS machines alongside XP machines is that there is no simple way for SMS to distinguish the two. Whenever a query is run that specifies XP machines, WEPOS machines will find themselves lumped
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SJJ Embedded Micro Solutions, one of our Windows Embedded Partners, announced that they have put together a new training course: “Introduction to Windows Embedded for Point of Service / POS for .NET”. Their webpage states that "the course covers the fundamentals
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An article on Windows For Devices talks about a new Panel PC from Belview Technologies that is available running WEPOS and substitutes a compact flash card for the standard slim-line disk drive. The device is called the PP6500 All-in-one Panel PC, and
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Those of you familiar with the WEPOS attended installation process may have seen the “Press any key for a command prompt” screen that appears during the setup initialization. Pressing any key on the keyboard while this message is visible will interrupt
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Here’s the scenario – you’re getting ready to do a trial installation of WEPOS 1.1 Update on a new machine before making preparations to deploy the image onto multiple identical machines. Should be a typical installation, right? Pop in the CD, go through
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The WEPOS development and marketing teams would like to congratulate IBM on winning the 2007 WEPOS OEM of the year award. In receiving the 2007 Americas Windows Embedded Excellence award, Microsoft recognizes IBM’s achievements and excellence in driving
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And now for the final tip of the week! Well, there is great saying that “the first step in solving a problem is to admit that there is a problem”. Despite the great effort that has been done by the WEPOS development teamon the latest WEPOS 1.1 Update
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The New Way: When dealing with localized user interface of the additional 25 languages that have just been introduced in WEPOS 1.1 Update your option is pretty much limited to follow the prescriptive instructions offered in the previous tips and to additionally
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Tip #2 about the language settings naturally brings us to the next tip. A great way to avoid most problems in the first place is to choose the default language settings of US English in setup when possible. Additionally, only install the language OCs
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WEPOS setup is known to not 100% correctly set the language settings specified during setup. Although the problem itself is usually rare, this is the root cause of most language support problems in WEPOS. So, if you have a problem with localization in
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