Questions about Windows Embedded & XP Embedded
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I've recently gotten interested in the embedded variants of Microsoft Windows. As a Windows XP user I edit a lot of settings both user-wide and service wide. If I have understood correctly then using Windows XP Embedded (which is not the same as Windows Embedded right?) then I can change more settings, edit which components and services get installed (smaller footprint) and edit low-level settings (like optimizing the OS to run of a CF card). I've been searching for information on what I need, how the setup works, how configuration works, and other nifty options. But I haven't found anything really useful. Can anyone shine some light on this? Thanks,
//Johannes
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I've recently gotten interested in the embedded variants of Microsoft Windows. As a Windows XP user I edit a lot of settings both user-wide and service wide. If I have understood correctly then using Windows XP Embedded (which is not the same as Windows Embedded right?) then I can change more settings, edit which components and services get installed (smaller footprint) and edit low-level settings (like optimizing the OS to run of a CF card). I've been searching for information on what I need, how the setup works, how configuration works, and other nifty options. But I haven't found anything really useful. Can anyone shine some light on this? Thanks,
//Johannes
Embedded XP is basically XP that you've tailored as you want it by choosing which OS components you want in your build. You can download the evaluation edition from Embedded XP SP2[^]. The "120 days from installation" refers to the XPe images you create, not the tool itself. Basically, it creates a set of files that reflect the component choices you have made and those files are placed on your target system and then "installed" to create your OS on the target. The included documentation is pretty good, as MS docs go. Judy