Happy Easter!

Hi all,

Whether you are going skiing for one last time or enjoying the first rays of sunshine finally announcing spring: Enjoy the upcoming Easter holidays!
I am going to visit my parents in southern Germany, hopefully the “Autobahn” will not be too crowded…

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Windows CE 6.0 bare essentials

Here's a new video from Kurt Kennett, from Microsofts new Video Site, introducing "the fundamental concepts behind the Windows CE Embedded 6.0 Operating System and the reasons for it's use and basic structure".

Enjoy!




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Sparks will Fly Challenge - Microsoft announces winner.

Microsoft announced the winner of the "Sparks Will Fly" challenge during the Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) Silicon Valley 2009.

If you have been following the challenge, you will know that the 3 finalists had been invited to ESC where attendees could vote for the project of their choice. The finalists were:

• Doug Conn, with an intelligent medication dispenser project dubbed "The Smart Pill"
  
• Jason Hershkowitz, with a home control system dubbed the "Home Brain System"
  
• Scott Reed, with an intelligent picture frame dubbed the "Runcible Frame"

And the winner is ....

... Doug Conn and his "Smart Pill" device.

So congratulations Doug!

And if anybody is interested in having a closer look at the "Smart Pill" have a look on YouTube.

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News from ESC West

Microsoft - in person Kevin Dallas, WEB General Manager - made three anouncements during the keynote at the ESC West, which closed yesterday.

1. The probably most important announcement for developers is that Microsoft is now offering a MSDN Embedded Subscription which gives you access to all of the Windows Embedded development tools, Visual Studio, Desktop O/S, and Windows Embedded Server.
   Windows Embedded Server? That's right and it leads us to the second announcement.
   
   
2. Windows Embedded Server has joined the Windows Embedded family.
   As you know this family includes Windows Embedded Compact (Windows CE), Windows Embedded Standard, the Windows Embedded *Ready products as well as non embedded products with embedded licensing SKUs, such as Windows Embedded Enterprise and now Windows Embedded Server. I nicked this picture from Mike (Thanks Mike :-) which gives you the overall picture.
   
   
   I wonder when .NET MicroFramework will eventually become part of this family?
   
   
3. If you read Holger's post and if you are already working with Windows Embedded Compact, aka CE, then you know how tedious it can be to keep an overview of installed QFE's, Service Packs etc.
   In this case the third announcement is for you. Allthough not available yet, Microsoft will soon be delivering a Windows Embedded Developer Update Agent which will hopefully take some of the effort of your hands.
   Windows Embedded Developer Update will check your system for QFE's, Service Packs etc. and will allow you to update your System as you desire.
   From my point of view, all I can say is: About time, too!
   I'll let you know, as soon as the update agent becomes available.

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Free MS online Webinar on April 9th!

Hi Folks,

Register here for the free online Webinar on April 9th and win a ZUNE Digital Media Player!

Title:
Online Webinar Windows Embedded CE for Handheld Terminals

Date:
April 9th, 2009, 1:00-2:00 pm (PST)

Further Information:
http://www.microsoftembeddedseminars.com/about.aspx?seminarid=224

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Free Onsite Windows Embedded ½ Day Workshops Sydney, Australia on the 1st Thursday of every month

Hi Folks,

Don’t miss the next upcoming free Windows Embedded ½ Day Workshops held in Sydney, Australia on April 2nd 2009 and on the first Thursday of every month.

Location:
Ground floor-Microsoft
1 Epping Rd, North Ryd
NSW (Exit off Delhi Rd)
Sydney, Australia

Description:
Microsoft will be hosting a Windows Embedded Workshop on the first Thursday of every month. Join us and receive the latest information on Microsoft Windows Embedded products, with a special focus on Windows Embedded Standard. (Formally known as XP Embedded) This workshop is to help you better understand the features and benefits of Windows Embedded, and how you can deploy it on your embedded systems. This workshop sponsored by DSTA is held especially for Embedded Systems Engineers/Developers, Project Managers, Technical Decision Makers and others who are interested in using Windows Embedded in their current or future projects.

This is a great opportunity for you to learn how to integrate Windows Embedded technologies with your custom platform, and learn effective techniques to rapidly bring your products to market. We will demonstrate the process of Windows Embedded Standard image creation using Embedded Toolkit on a Virtual PC as well as on the real hardware.

Further information:
http://www.microsoftembeddedseminars.com/about.aspx?seminarid=230

Overview of MS seminars offerings:
http://www.microsoftembeddedseminars.com/Europe1.aspx

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ActiveSync and GuestOnly

or how to get rid of the "CreatePartnership" dialog.

This is something I always forget.

REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows CE Services]
"GuestOnly"=dword:00000001

If you set this registry key you will not see the dialog any more but can still connect to the device if you want to install software or just simply explore the device.

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