Windows Embedded CE QFEs for February 2010 have arrived!

Hi all,

The February updates for Windows Embedded CE are available for download:

Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Monthly Update February 2010:

Fixes made in this update:

By Component:

Component: DirectX
• 100203_KB979285 - CEplayer may fail to seek WMV file when there is only one index item in the index object of the media file.
• 100209_KB979120 - Some MPEG1 files cannot be played.
Component: Filesys
• 100217_KB979165 - Diskcache.dll may ignore errors when writing to a read-only device. Users may think they successfully added, deleted, modified files, when in fact they have not.
• 100217_KB979815 - Operating system may hang when it fails to read a volume's boot sector.
The file(s) with the new source code changes for this component can be found in the directory %_WINCEROOT%\:

private\winceos\coreos\storage\diskcache\cache.cpp
Component: Internet Explorer
• 100202_KB977718 - This update addresses some Internet Explorer issues.
• 100202_KB978573 - This update addresses an Internet Explorer issue.
• 100208_KB979002 - This update addresses an issue with IME always being ON.
• 100209_KB980228 - This update addresses an issue with the scrolling not working smoothly.
• 100210_KB979736 - Window.open in webpage may not close the browser but invoke go back action. Under certain circumstances webpage dialog may not pop up.
• 100210_KB959877 - A deadlock may occur when two threads with different priority share the lock.
Component: WININET
• 100209_KB968548 - This update addresses the issue with WININET using AcquireCred/FreeCred APIs incorrectly.


Windows CE 5.0 Monthly Update (February 2010):

Fixes made in this update:

By Component:

Component: Internet Explorer
• 100208_KB977717 - This update addresses some Internet Explorer issues.
• 100208_KB978572 - This update addresses an Internet Explorer issue.
• 100208_KB979518 - Under certain circumstances the browser may hang.

Remember: it’s important to keep your system up to date!

Have fun!