Windows XP Embedded Tutorials

Mike Hall, Technical Product Manager, introduces the Windows XP Embedded operating system and associated tools in a lightning-fast tour (5:00 minutes)
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The Target Designer Tool provides an intuitive build environment that makes it easy for you to pick and choose the rich embedded operating system features and services you want for your embedded device. Access to thousands of components, rich component search capabilities, and point and click simplicity are just a few of the reasons why you'll love this tool. See Target Designer in action. (5:18 minutes)
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With the Target Designer Tool, you can check your image and resolve any dependency issues with your embedded device. By checking your configuration and all of your chosen components for the necessary dependencies, Target Designer can make your workflow easier. Includes a demo of an embedded configuration validation and build. (3:59 minutes)
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With the Windows Embedded Studio tools, building a Windows XP Embedded image is easy. In less than 30 minutes this tutorial takes you through the steps for analyzing the underlying hardware, creating a custom component and configuring, building, deploying and testing the Windows XP Embedded image. (27:50 minutes)
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An overview of application development options for Windows Embedded operating systems. This demo-heavy tutorial walks you through the development process for a "Scribble" application written in Win32, MFC, and C#. It also explains the advantages and disadvantages of each method of embedded application development. (1:07:45 minutes)
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Windows Embedded operating systems are used in a range of devices you already interact with. Watch this video to see how Windows Embedded operating systems are used in everyday devices to entertain and communicate. (6:28 minutes)
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A demonstration of how to configure, build, and boot a Windows XP Embedded operating system, including adding custom components and taking a hardware snapshot using Target Analyzer. (31:42 minutes)
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An overview of the Windows XP Embedded operating system and tools. This tutorial explains the differences between the Windows XP operating system, Windows XP Embedded operating system, and Windows Embedded CE operating system, and walks you through the typical steps you need to configure, build, and boot a Windows XP Embedded operating system image. (44:57 minutes)
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Watch this video to see a demonstration of how to configure, build, and boot a Windows XP Embedded SP2 operating system in a Virtual PC environment. This demonstration includes adding custom components and taking a hardware snapshot using Target Analyzer. (39:34 minutes)
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Watch this video to get an overview of Windows XP Embedded SP2 Embedded Enabling Features (EEFs), including the updated Enhanced Write Filter, Hibernate Once/Resume Many (HORM) and more. (17:32 minutes)
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Watch this video to get an overview of the security enhancements in Windows XP Embedded with SP2. This session focuses on Buffer Overruns and No Execute. (56:30 minutes)
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The Component Designer tool assists you in turning your specific applications, drivers, and services into components that can be easily integrated into your embedded design. This demonstration shows how the Component Designer converts a file into a component. (5:50 minutes)
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One of the most challenging areas for embedded developers is analyzing and understanding their target hardware. With the Target Analyzer tool, you can build a custom operating system configuration to your designated hardware. Discover how, by choosing from the list of component features and tools, you can make the process of building your target device easier. (3:18 minutes)
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See how Windows XP Embedded devices can be managed and updated using Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003. (41:47 minutes)
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This video tutorial demonstrates how to write and debug native applications written in Visual Studio 2005 on a Windows CE 5.0 based device. The tutorial also covers how to configure the Windows CE operating system to work with Visual Studio.
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A demonstration of building and debugging a Windows XP Embedded operating system. This tutorial includes the configuration and use of the Device Update Agent (DUA) to update a running Windows XP Embedded operating system image. (37:48 minutes)
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