Today: Free Webinar: Introduction to Windows Embedded 8

Hi folks,

Don’t miss today’s free Webinar: “Create a dynamic business desktop using Windows 8 technologies”.

This is Webinar number 2 of a Series of 4 where Adeneo Embedded and Arrow Europe introduce Windows Embedded 8!

Date and Time:

March 28^th 2013, 3pm-4pm CET

Agenda:

1. Introduction
2. Connected and alive business desktop
3. Tiles
1. Tiles templates
2. Secondary tiles
4. Dynamic tiles
1. Locally
2. Via Push notifications
5. Notifications badges
6. LockScreen overview
7. Roaming
8. Device Access
9. Case Studies of business desktops

Registration:

Here

Have fun!

HW accelerated QT 4.7 on TI AM335x running Windows Embedded Compact 7

Hi Folks,

Good news: If you missed the opportunity to visit my presentation at this year’s Embedded World conference on the Texas Instruments booth, you can watch the video recording:

I am showcasing a hardware accelerated QT 4.7 application on the TI AM335x platform running on Linux, Android as well as Windows Embedded Compact 7!

Have fun!

Windows Embedded 8 availability

Hi Folfs,

Spring this year is starting with a new release of Windows Embedded Standard from Microsoft, the Windows Embedded 8 Standard. This product has the same modular phylosophy as the previous version, but it is based on Windows 8 operating system.

Different flavours of that OS are available :

• Windows Embedded 8 Pro : A full version of Windows 8, 8 Pro brings the welcome familiarity and full capabilities of Windows 8 to the embedded market to allow partners to quickly deliver exciting and differentiated industry specific solutions. Find out more.
• Windows Embedded 8 Standard : A componentized version of Windows 8, 8 Standard can be optimized for the specific needs of specialized and industry specific devices within an intelligent system, including embedded specific lockdown features for enhanced device security. Find out more.
• Windows Embedded 8 Industry : 8 Industry is a fixed platform solution based on Windows 8 that provides the capabilities that devices in Retail, Financial Services and Hospitality Industries require. Find out more.

For those who are looking for a modular version of Windows 8 RT... then sorry it is not in the Microsoft plans to provide such version of Windows 8.

- Nicolas

Free Webinar Series: Introduction to Windows Embedded 8

Hi folks,

mark your calendar: Adeneo Embedded and Arrow Europe present a series of 4 free Webinars introducing Windows Embedded 8 – don’t miss out!

Dates and times:

1.       March 21^st 2013, 3pm-4pm CET: “Modern UI in an industrial context”

2.       March 28^th 2013, 3pm-4pm CET: “Create a dynamic business desktop using Windows 8 technologies”

3.       April 5th 2013, 3pm-4pm CET: “Access to the Cloud with a strong authentication from Windows 8 based technologies”

4.       April 11th 2013, 3pm-4pm CET: “Windows 8 technical Strengths in industrial and business context”

Registration:

Here

Have fun!

Congatec QMX6 running Windows Embedded Compact 7

Hi Folks,

Jochen is doing a great job in porting the Freescale i.MX6 BSP from Adeneo Embedded onto the latest Congatec module based on the Freescale i.MX6 processor, the QMX6.
The demo shows that the system is up and running with the support of the OpenGL acceleration.

- Nicolas

Windows Embedded Compact QFEs for February 2013 have arrived!

Hi all,

the February updates for Windows Embedded Compact are available for download:

Windows Embedded Compact 7 Monthly Update February 2013:

Fixes made in this update:

Component: ASP

130228_KB2811873 - The ASP server may not run concurrent requests.

Component: Base OS

130227_KB2811864 - This update addresses an issue with the DOS Copy command erroneously deleting files.

Component: Browser

130228_KB2770052 - This update addresses an issue with IE not displaying Login prompt when accessing a FTP server.

Component: DirectX

130227_KB2811871 - When a user plays AVI Type 2 file using RenderFile API, it may return E_OUTOFMEMORY.

Component: Fonts

130227_KB2811883 - This update adds "Arial Narrow" font to Windows Embedded Compact 7.

Component: FSD

130218_KB2811856 - ScanVolueEx() API may not return corrupted disk information for some hard disks.

Component: GDI

130215_KB2811880 - PolyLine function may render incorrect results.

Component: Kernel

130225_KB2760989 - This update addresses an issue with WEC7 System Timer showing drift over long haul running.

Component: Networking

130214_KB2811713 - This update addresses an issue with a memory leak that may occur when the API 'GetAddrInfo' is called from a kernel level code.

130228_KB2794148 - This update addresses an issue with WEC7 device not sending NAT keepalive when connected to VPN Server via NAT.

Component: NTLM

130227_KB2811884 - Modified NTLM structure NEGOTIATE_MESSAGE to conform to more recent NTLM specification.

Component: RDP

130221_KB2811886 - Double-clicking on an icon within RDP session may not launch an application due to consecutive clicks not getting recognized as double clicks.

Component: Servers

130228_KB2811847 - This update addresses an issue a memory leak that may occur when loading an ASP page with the auto-refresh property set.

Component: Shell

130214_KB2787671 - This update addresses an issue with WS_EX_NOACTIVE style buttons not painting when pressed.

Component: Storage

130218_KB2811854 - This update addresses occasional buffer overruns.

130228_KB2811868 - The CD drive storage manager uses a fixed time of 2 seconds to poll for a newly inserted disc, This leads to a delay up to 2 seconds until an inserted disc is detected. This update allows polling time to be configurable via the registry. A new registry key "CDROMPollFrequency" is added under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\Profiles\CDProfile\CDRom in the registry file common.reg with the default value of 0x7D0(2s).

Component: USB HID

130218_KB2811866 - This update addresses an issue with USB HID MDD driver not including the report ID in the outgoing report payloads.

Component: UTILS

130227_KB2811879 - Cmd.exe's 'dir' command displays incorrect file size for the files larger than 2 GB.

Component: WSDAPI

130221_KB2800710 - This update addresses an issue with WEC7 WSD Server not being able to accept large block of data from a WSD client over SSL.

REMEMBER: It’s important to keep your system up to date!

Have fun!