Windows Embedded Standard (Standard 7, Standard 2009, XPe...)
Hives and *.SAV hives
If you ever look in the pre-FBA runtimes under the .\windows\system32\config folder where the...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 05/14/2005
Use VPC and live longer
To date I have never installed, used or touched Virtual PC. I know some customers have said that...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 05/13/2005
Windows Embedded Partners of the year - 2005
Windows For Devices has a good breakdown of the winners of the North American Partners of the Year...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 05/13/2005
Common questions of XPe during MEDC
I haven't compared notes with Lynda, Nandini and Joe or any of the PMs yet that came to MEDC with...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 05/12/2005
MEDC Day 3
Man, I'm tired. But I'm satisfied we're making our customers happier. I've got lots of pics to post...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 05/12/2005
Fun in the Sun- MEDC2005
The fun of MEDC 2005 has well and truly started. The anticipation began yesterday with Sean Liming’s...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 05/10/2005
Mike Hall’s presentation during the keynote address
Mike Hall kicked butt. He was the second presenter after BillG to demonstrate technologies from MED....
Author: Embedded Team Date: 05/10/2005
Didn't come to MEDC? Don't fret, the keynote will be a live Webcast!
Bill Gates is giving the keynote speach to Mobile and Embedded Developers Tuesday. If you couldn't...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 05/10/2005
Reporting from MEDC, Las Vegas
This is the first day of the Mobile and Embedded Developer’s Conference(MEDC) 2005 at Las Vegas. I...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 05/09/2005
MEDC 2005, finally!
Most of our team arrived Sunday while a few stragglers are still flying in today. That’s ok because...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 05/09/2005
Support home page for XP Embedded
Mark Chamberlain pointed our team to a new resource for our Embedded customers - a Help and Support...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 05/07/2005
Componentizing Winamp – Pt 4
When we last left off, in Part 2 of this series we had installed Winamp while monitoring all the...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 05/06/2005
A Running list of CF devices used by customers
Based on a thread in the WFD forums, Sean Liming started keeping track of CF devices "that just...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 05/05/2005
April Security Updates for Embedded
The following April security updates for XP Embedded have been released and can be downloaded from...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 05/04/2005
Cabs with a view
Found this story on ITWorld about cabs in metropolitan areas being outfitted with Windows XP...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 05/03/2005
Embedded Systems and Linux
I'm too tired to type up the Winamp Pt 4 article tonight, so I'll reach into my bag of saved stuff...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 05/03/2005
XPe Resource Guide from PSS
Our cohorts in PSS that are dedicated to XP Embedded are constantly thinking about our customers and...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 05/01/2005
New XPe Glossary
Based on feedback received through the blog, I've posted a first stab at an article with a glossary...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 04/30/2005
New Arcom SBC
Found this press release/article on Arcom’s latest offering of Single Board Computers at...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 04/30/2005
Scoble interviews JimAll
Scoble interviewed Jim Allchin again for Channel 9 this week, this time they talk about TabletPC,...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 04/29/2005
Why the Monster QFE Packages?
In January we released the Beta version of the new QFE format. “Oh no!” I hear you say, “What do I...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 04/28/2005
Componentizing Winamp – Pt 3.1
Here’s a thumbnail pic to a screenshot of Ashampoo’s Uninstaller. This is the screen that shows me...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 04/28/2005
Componentizing Winamp – Pt 3
Now that we have captured the file and registry changes on an XP-Pro system from installing Winamp...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 04/27/2005
Componentizing Winamp – Pt 2
In this post I’ll walk you through the first phases of componentizing an application, in our case...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 04/27/2005
Windows Embedded Glossary, Acronymns, Abbreviations
Glossary, Acronyms, Abbreviations: • BOOTPREP - a utility that enables FAT16-formatted media to boot...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 04/26/2005
Componentizing Winamp - Pt 1
I'm going to teach you how to componentize third party applications. I'm all about the 'baby steps',...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 04/26/2005
FBA Regmigrate Key
There exists a key under the FBA key (HKLM\System\ CCS\ Control\ WindowsEmbedded\ FBA) called the...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 04/25/2005
USB Flash Drive Round up at Ars Technica
Found this in-depth round up comparison article of USB Flash Drives by Ars Technica via /. They put...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 04/24/2005
What does FBA taste like?
First Boot Agent (FBA) is Embedded's version of XP setup. It performs runtime tasks like PNP...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 04/23/2005
Nandini's Bio
I have been working on the Embedded test team for the past two years. My test involvement has mostly...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 04/23/2005
Networking tips for your runtime
Here are some common networking issues that come up every now and then in XPe runtime. Most...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 04/23/2005
Surgical removal of Q890175
In January we released the Beta version of a new QFE format (Q889402). This format was basically a...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 04/22/2005
Get your snakeoil here and fix all your Codepage problems
Same thing I discussed yesterday about the Fonts issue applies to CodePages as well. Click this link...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 04/22/2005
Lotsa Fonts
If you follow the XPe newsgroup you’ve seen the issue again and again. A company has a custom app or...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 04/22/2005
New Downloads section of the blog
A new section on the left of the blog has links to the downloads we'll be providing. Called...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 04/22/2005
Bargain Basement prices for 1GB CF
This is for the hobbyists out there. I found an advertisement for CFs through GeekNews. Apparently,...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 04/19/2005
Get VS2005 Beta 2!
In case this is your only source of information off of MSDN (yeah right) or you haven't seen the...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 04/18/2005
Microsoft Tips Plans For Longhorn Embedded?
"Tips Plans"? Um, whatever; here's an article from TechWeb that tries to decipher some of our...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 04/15/2005
EWF errata
#1. In the Help documentation released with XPe SP2 and on the MSDN web page there is a typo in the...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 04/14/2005
I'll show you mine if you...
How did you think that title would finish? Anyways, as i mentioned the other day I've got components...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 04/14/2005
MSDN Chat Reminder for Thursday
This is just a reminder that there is a "Windows XP Embedded Service Pack 2" chat tomorrow morning,...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 04/13/2005
Got OSS embedded components?
What's the coolest app or driver package you've componentized? I've done some AntiVirus programs...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 04/13/2005
Novell jumps on the POS bandwagon
Looks like Novell is jumping on the Point of Sale bandwagon with a new offering, it's called Novell...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 04/11/2005
Component VSGuids and VIGuids
If you’ve ever created a component in Component Designer you may have seen in the Advanced...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 04/10/2005
Preparing an Embedded Runtime with both System Cloning and El Torito
This question came up in the Embedded newsgroup a while back, and since then I've been interested in...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 04/09/2005
Interview with an XPe customer considering a switch to Linux
David Berlind is an editor at ZDNET (links to his blog) and he’s posted a podcast interview of one...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 04/08/2005
Longhorn LUA Links
As you're probably aware there's lots of goodness going into Longhorn, it's far from being a minor...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 04/08/2005
Wind River’s Linux transformation
Stephen Shankland over at CNET has good article/interview, this one on “Wind River’s Linux...
Author: Embedded Team Date: 04/07/2005