Windows Embedded CE6 R3 Setup Experience
Everyone in the Windows Embedded CE community, I would like to say hello from the Setup team! I have recently joined the CE team and have been able to get my feet wet with the CE6 R3 release. It is my goal to help improve the developer’s experience around the setup process. This is going to be even more important with the next full release of our product. After reading a few comments on Mike Hall’s blog I noticed some people already having problems with Setup in one shape or another. I would like to get some general feedback for your current issues with the CE6 installation at this point.
Help me help you!
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Anonymous
October 14, 2009
Well... For one if you have multiple machines with CE 6.0 an offline installation would help... Maybe the msi installer can do that with a switch, but I wasn't able to find it, that's why I created a tool to do that (also did that for the R2 release). Maybe worth mentioning as a tip for other people. See http://guruce.com/blogpost/offline-installation-of-ce-60-r3Anonymous
October 14, 2009
@Michel We have provided the ISO via MS Download. The steps you have taken should not be necessary for R3. This was not provided on the first day of RTW, admittedly. However, we have put it up and it contains the R3 content. Look for the CE6R3.iso listed in the download section. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=bc247d88-ddb6-4d4a-a595-8eee3556fe46Anonymous
October 14, 2009
That's great, but why on earth was this not announced? Could've saved me some time adjusting that tool for R3...Anonymous
October 15, 2009
I will place the blame on myself. This was a last minute action and the update channels were not considered. I am very intersted in other feedback you have on this topic. Especially with how you work with the CE repository if you care to share.Anonymous
February 01, 2010
it would be nice to have a documented administrative install for WinCE (or platform builder). not mistaken, similar technique (slipstream?) exist on Office/XP/etc ...Anonymous
February 02, 2010
@Jason is there a particular reason you need an administrative installation? Is this mainly for the WINCEROOT or do you want this Platform Builder itself?Anonymous
February 02, 2010
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February 02, 2010
@Jason This is a great request and I would like to know more about how you would like to see this work. Currently, we are doing a lot of work to our installation process to help streamline the installation. My question would be on how you would like to validate developer configurations to enable your requirements around Software Configuration Management? Would a good scenario be to go to the maintenance window of the installer itself, push a button and have it list the current features on the machine? Are you looking to intergate the machine remotely to discover the status of the environment?Anonymous
February 02, 2010
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February 03, 2010
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February 04, 2010
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February 18, 2010
I think installation should be 2 step process. Step 1. Analyze the PC and produce sort of report with multiple use cases. 1.1 new installation 1.2 existing PB/VS . 1.3 W7 64, W7 32, WXP, WXP mode on W7. The user selects the options or provides custom configuration. Step 2. Automated Installation based on report. Handling of errors during auto installation. if possible accurate description of the problem with possible solutions.Anonymous
April 19, 2010
I would like more instruction on how to get started initially. I have a new hard drive, clean, that I wish to put CE on. I downloaded CE6R3.iso and burned it to a DVD. However, this is not bootable. So how am I going to install CE on this clean drive?Anonymous
April 19, 2010
@Jeff The CE6R3.iso is just an upgrade to the Developer Tools. You need to install all the content for developers for 6.0 first. You can then put build, using Visual Studio 2005 and Platform Builder, a Windows CE image. That image can then be loaded to a hardware device or tested with the ARM emulator.Anonymous
April 21, 2010
Can you advise on where to get VS2005 with Platform Builder? I am having all kinds of trouble finding it. (Alot of MSFT links point to VS2008 or VS2010 now, which I am told does not have it. I tried VS2010 Pro actually and it doesn't have it.) Let me describe what I am doing. The goal is to make our hardware product work in Windows CE. The product is a PCI card. We have a driver so it will work with XP, 2000, etc. Now, we want a situation where a standard desktop PC can have Windows CE running as it's OS. Our PCI card will be inserted into the machine. Our driver will then allow a CE application program to operate our PCI card. Then perhaps a different CE developer can develop their own application to operate our card, etc. Or put our card in a different hardware configuration with CE as the OS.Anonymous
April 21, 2010
@Jeff Please follow this link to the download location and steps to get up and running with Windows Embedded CE 6.0 (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/products/windowsce/getting-started.mspx). From what I understand of your development effort it sounds like you are working to develop a Board Support Package (BSP) for your hardware. Or, at least, some common driver to run your PCI device. If you email me I can find you a resource to help you throug this (http://blogs.msdn.com/icumove/contact.aspx).Anonymous
April 21, 2010
Thanks. One thing though, and I'll post it here before I email you, in case someone else runs into this. I've been to that link before and I can't get the VS2005 file to run. It is an IMG file and no matter what I do, I can't install. Any thoughts?Anonymous
April 22, 2010
@Jeff I am sure others will want to know this response. Although I don't know of all the tools (WinImage is one) out there used to read a .img file, there are some such as Nero which allow you burn the .img to a DVD for use. If you are familiar with ISOs then an IMG is much the same http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.img. I hope that helps.Anonymous
May 03, 2010
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May 04, 2010
Ok, in regards to my last post...the drive needs to be FAT (aka FAT16) and not FAT32. The docs should be updated to reflect this. However, I'm still not out of the woods yet. When I boot I get an error that says "nk.bin: Error opening file - No such file or directory" even though I can clearly navigate to C: and do a 'dir' command and see NK.BIN right there. What gives?Anonymous
September 20, 2011
I have the Windows Embedded CE 6.0.....and am unable to connect to the internet. Help !!Anonymous
September 20, 2011
@FriedaJ unfortunately I am not the right person to help you out. Please check out the CE forums at the following location for help to your issue. social.msdn.microsoft.com/.../threadsAnonymous
December 02, 2011
Hi i recently got a net-book with Windows embedded CE 6.0 the problem is that my USB wireless device will not work with this OS. Can I upgrade and what is embedded 7 is it an embedded version of Win 7 ?Anonymous
December 05, 2011
@Tom Hadley Windows Embedded CE 6 is not a regular OS like Windows and cannot be "updated" the same way Windows can. In addition adding device drivers is something that is not made the same way as in Windows. The manufacturer of the device would be the one providing resources and information on support for external peripherals, firmware upgrade and so forth. I recommend you contact the device manufacturer. To your question about version 7 of Windows Embedded, the response can be a bit long... :-). I recommend you take a look at the www.windowsembedded.com web site that provides extensive information on what Windows Embedded is about and that gives you a good overview of what the differences between the different products. -OlivierAnonymous
December 27, 2011
helló! gyors segítségre lenne szükségem! A VirtualDj programot nem tudom beállítani, hogy megfelelően USB külső hangkártyával a keverőn külön külön szóljanak a csatornák.