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Why develop a smart, connected device with Windows CE / Compact 7?

A lot of people contact us looking for basic information about Windows CE 6.0 and Compact 7, probably because we are a Windows Embedded Gold Partner – maybe we are more approachable than Microsoft? Or perhaps it’s because we don’t just do Microsoft. Anyway, if you’re thinking about Windows CE, but undecided, hopefully this post [...]

Compact 7 Update 3 now available

The Microsoft Embedded Compact 7 team have released the third update to Windows Embedded Compact 7 (previously named Windows CE). You can get the update via WEDU in your Platform Builder or it can downloaded from here. This update provides new tools, application updates and bug fixes for Windows Embedded Compact 7: The Compact Test Kit (CTK) has [...]

Windows Embedded Compact 7

Direct Insight was recently involved in running a Windows Embedded Compact 7 event at the UK Microsoft Campus. From which an article has been written including information and quotes from me and colleagues. You can find the article here at MTEMAG web site. Please have a read and let us know what you think. > [...]

Visual Studio 2005 deploy error after downloading a managed code application to a Windows CE6 R3 device

After deploying a managed code application to a windows CE6 R3 device you get a deployment error something like: Deploying ‘C:\will\VBProjects\CEApp\bin\Debug\HelloWorld.exe’ Deploying ‘C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SmartDevices\SDK\CompactFramework\2.0\v2.0\windowsce\diagnostics\System_SR_enu.cab’ Post-deploy error 0×00000001 returned after calling ‘\Windows\wceload.exe /noui \Windows\System_SR_enu.cab’. ========== Build: 1 Visual Studio 2005 will attempt to download the .NET CF 2.0 cab file (System_SR_enu.cab) and automatically [...]

Windows Embedded CE System Components

A regular question we still get asked, “What Microsoft Windows Embedded CE License do we require?” Well presently in Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3 there are 4 variants. These being Core, Core Plus, CID (C6G) and Professional. Obviously which one you need to purchase will depend on the components included as part of the Platform Builder [...]

Platform Builder: Remember to enable Multiprocessor Build

Multiprocessor Build support in Platform Builder 6.0