windows-embedded

What advantages does Windows Embedded Enterprise give you?

My company has built a machine that measures wedge and roundness of lenses by reading and interacting with very precise indicators, motors, and a switch panel. The interface for the machine is a WPF application and it runs on Windows Vista on a normal PC bought from the store. I've never worked with Windows Embedded, but it sounds to me...

Registering every Windows login try

I want to keep a log with the attempted log-in to a machine. The OS is Windows Embbeded Standard. Is it possible to make Windows execute an application or a script after every login attempt to enable me to save that information in my database? EDIT: Extract from Superuser: "Here, you can set auditing to all types of events. I believe ...

Windows 7 process scheduler and Windows Embedded scheduler

What are the differences in the Windows 7 scheduler and Windows Embedded scheduler ? I last used Windows CE 5.0 (and XP Embedded). As mentioned here : "Microsoft has announced that the next version, Windows Embedded Standard 2011, will be based on Windows 7". What components are based on Windows 7, because it also mentions that Windows E...

How to connect to MySQL Database from eMbedded Visual C++

How can I connect to a remote Mysql database, from Cpp code using Microsoft eMbedded Visual C++ (which is configured for a special board running WindowsCE)? I have downloaded the source files for Mysql C and C++ Connector/APIs but; their 'make' or installation process is pretty complicated and valid only for Visual Studio. ...

What real world projects based on Windows Embedded do you know?

What real world project based on Windows Embedded do you know? Please provide some details such as description, project domain, key feature and why Windows Embedded is used? ...

Configuration management for Windows Embedded Studio 2009?

I have had some success using WES2009 and svn to control an XPECMD script, SLD files and their dependencies. What's the best way to apply configuration management to Windows Embedded Studio projects? ...

Remote debugging in Windows Embedded

Hi, I'm moving from Windows CE 6 to Windows Embedded Standard 7 for a project and am wondering how remote debugging of .Net apps works with Windows Embedded target devices. In CE with VS2008 and ActiveSync (USB), I can hit F5 and my app is automatically deployed to the target device and executed so I can step through my breakpoints jus...

Real Silverlight Support on Windows Embedded Compact 7?

So Windows Embedded Compact 7 (another classic from the naming department) supports Silverlight for Windows Embedded. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/products/windowsce/compact7.mspx But this is a C++ only stripped down version of Silverlight 2 XAML. Does anybody know if Windows Embedded Compact 7 will support real Silver...

Broadcasting message to multiple processes (Point-to-Point Message Queue with multiple readers)

I want to share a data with multiple processes. My first attempt is to use Point to point message queue with multiple readers since I read that P2P Msg Queue is very fast. During my test, it seems like multiple readers are reading from the same queue and once a message is fetched by one reader, other readers will not be able to fetch th...

Cheap development board for Windows CE

Hi, I'm looking for a development board for WinCE, preferably with the following connectors: VGA/DVI for screen USB for kb/mouse Ethernet (10Mbit is OK, 100 would be even better ;-) ) Storage (eg: SD/MMC/CF cards) I'm looking for this, because I want to attend the Imagine Cup , Embedded Systems design. And I'm looking for a challeng...

What is the development experience for Windows Embedded Handheld?

With the release of Windows Phone 7 almost upon us, I was wondering if anyone had details of the other successor to Windows Mobile - Windows Embedded Handheld? The roadmap had release in the 2nd half of 2010 but I have yet to see or hear anything about the platform and what it's development experience will be. As it's built on Windows M...