I've always wanted a minimal windows NT build . Sounds like one's already there : MinWin. Can anyone tell me the exact design or architecture of MinWin and is it used in Windows 7 ? Windows Server 2008 already has a minimal Core build available for deployment . Why not Windows 7?
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Windows Server 2008 R2 also has the same core build available for it.
Windows 7 is a client OS and it's highly unlikely that anyone would ever want to use a "core system" version of it. For instance the core server SKU doesn't have the ability to use any video cards beyond the basic VGA driver or have a shell - the only UI is cmd.exe. There's no .Net framework, no multimedia, etc. As I understand it from what I've seen on the web, Minwin has even less functionality than core server does - from what I've seen, it doesn't even support graphics.
Larry Osterman
2009-11-13 05:32:07
I'm not sure if Windows Server 2008 R2 also has the same core build. Technical Fellow Mark Russinovich(sysinternals) is the authority here. Charles Torres writes this : "Most people confuse MinWin with Windows Server 2008's ServerCore technology - the confusion stems from the incorrect assumption that ServerCore is a byproduct of the MinWin work"
iceman
2009-11-14 12:09:14
I got the answer to my second question as to why not one for Windows 7..."Windows 7 is a client OS and it's highly unlikely that anyone would ever want to use a "core system" version of it. ".... having something like Windows CE where you can build your OS would be interesting...atleast for some users..
iceman
2009-11-14 12:11:56
I never said that ServerCore was MinWin. You did. I was just pointing out that there's a ServerCore version of Windows Server 2008 R2.And Microsoft has something like Windows CE where you can build your own OS. It's called Windows Embedded (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Embedded). But it's not MinWin.
Larry Osterman
2009-11-14 16:45:27
iceman
2009-11-15 04:23:12
Are there any differences in the Windows 7 scheduler and Windows Embedded scheduler ? I last used Windows CE 5.0 (and XP Embedded) and it appears that since then MS has changed the embedded product lineup.
iceman
2009-11-15 04:28:28
WinCE is not Windows Embedded. But I don't know the details of the differences between the two, for that you'd have to ask someone like Mark Russinovich or David Soloman.
Larry Osterman
2009-11-16 07:44:36