Windows CE QFEs for month of February 2009 arrived

Hi Folks,

the latest Windows CE updates have been recently released and are available for download. Some critical issues (especially the fix in kernel at Windows CE 6.0) have been resolved so get them now! More information for each update is provided in the Readme document available after the individual update(s) has been installed.

Windows CE 5.0 Platform Builder Monthly Update (February 2009)
Download Link: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=6be9dd64-2e06-4fc4-8a2d-4a9121c112f2

Download this set of updates for Windows CE 5.0 Platform Builder released during the period of February 1 - February 28, 2009. These updates are fixes for Windows CE operating system problems you run into during the development and maintenance of your custom platform.

Fixes made in this update:
Component: COMM
090216_KB967347 - There is a race between the async notification thread timing out and exiting, and a new async notification getting queued. Under certain circumstances the new async notification may get ignored.

Component: Drivers
090212_KB967335 - Memory size returned by SD bus driver is less than actual size.

Component: Security
090224_KB963672 - This update addresses the issue with Schannel authentication.

Component: WININET
090216_KB967751 - In cache, if index.dat is corrupt or there are no cached files in a cache folder, the old cache folder may not be deleted.

Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Monthly Update (February 2009)
Download Link: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=8ff9994f-9562-4b01-ac7e-8de9f5bd8336

Download this set of updates for Windows Embedded CE 6.0 released during the period of February 1 - February 28, 2009. These updates are fixes for Windows Embedded CE operating system problems you run into during the development and maintenance of your custom platform.

Fixes made in this update:
Component: Credential Manager
090226_KB967334 - This update addresses the issue with the memory being freed up multiple times after a warm boot.

Component: DirectX
090226_KB960707 - This change would allow a display driver to override the built-in table with one of its own.

Component: Drivers
090216_KB967106 - This update addresses some issues with MSFlash driver.

Component: Internet Explorer
090226_KB968092 - This update addresses an issue with incorrect handling of XML tags.

Component: OSTools
090209_KB963076 - When running makeimg tool on Windows Vista, cenlscmp.exe may stop working.

Component: Kernel
090212_KB961933 - Calling LoadLibrary for an executable may result in successful return code even though load fails.

Component: RDP
090211_KB963681 - Serial Redirection in RDP session may not work properly.

Component: Security
090224_KB963674 - This update addresses the issue with Schannel authentication.

Component: URLMON
090212_KB961074 - Internet Explorer may not recognize certain registered file extensions even after the plug-ins have been installed.

Keep your OS up to date!