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New CTP Available for Download

As we previously promised on the blog, we released the Windows Embedded Standard Community Technology Preview (CTP) for download! Please download this build and help us improve the quality and reliability of Windows Embedded Standard with your valuable feedback. You can submit bugs and suggestions directly on the Connect site, and if you have any questions please post a thread on the Windows Embedded Standard MSDN forum. The product team will be monitoring the forum and responding as quickly as possible.

Don't forget to join us tomorrow (June 3rd) for the Windows Embedded Standard Launch Event to hear all about this new release and get ready to build the next generation of smart, connected devices. And if you want a chance to win an Xbox 360 Elite console, simply register for the Launch Event AND download the CTP then you will be automatically entered in to win one of ten Xbox 360 Elites! For more information and official rules, click here.

Try out the CTP and let us know what you think!

- Shayna

Comments

  • Anonymous
    June 05, 2008
    Where can you download the CTP? Every link I've found takes you to: https://connect.microsoft.com/windowsembedded?wa=wsignin1.0 There are no links here to download the software.

  • Anonymous
    June 06, 2008
    You need to follow the instructions on that page and register for the program:

  1. go to http://connect.microsoft.com
  2. sign in with Windows Live ID
  3. click on Connection Directory and search for "Windows Embedded Standard"
  4. click Apply
  5. you should then be able to go to https://connect.microsoft.com/windowsembedded and download the CTP. Thanks,
  • Shayna Begun, Microsoft
  • Anonymous
    June 08, 2008
    I had done this but doing it again showed the full page. Thanks.

  • Anonymous
    June 16, 2008
    As announced at the Tech Ed Developers' conference in Orlando - the Name for Windows XP Embedded Will