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General Windows® Embedded Compact 7 Downloads
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WEC7 Datasheet | Quick Fact Sheet about Windows® Embedded Compact 7 in general. |
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WEC7 Overview | Good overview presentation about WEC7 with new features and tools. |
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WEC7 Product Training | Windows Embedded Compact 7 Overview Presentation, including marketing and business training as well as technical and feature training |
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WEC7 Runtime Comparison | License Runtime Comparison and a list of all components in Windows® Embedded Compact 7. |
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CE Shared Source Program | Information about the Shared Source Program for Windows® CE. Quantity limits, advantages and rights to use the Premium Shared Source. |
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CE Total Cost Of Development | Independent analysis about an Embedded System Total Cost Of Development. Windows® CE vs. Embedded Linux. |
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Windows CE Real-Time | Windows® CE 4.2 Real-Time analysis from 3SOFT, Germany. Attention: Memory model in CE 6.0 changed. Real-Time kernel data remains more or less the same. |
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.NET Compact Framework | Overview about the .NET Compact Framework inclusive Version 2.0. |
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Gateways Whitepaper | A whitepaper about network gateways built with Windows® CE 4.2. |
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IP SetTop Box Whitepaper | A whitepaper about IP SetTop Boxes built with Windows® CE 4.2 or XP Embedded. |
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Whitepapers about Windows® Embedded Compact 7
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A Sample Application Tutorial Using Windows Embedded Silverlight Tools |
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Add an Existing Window Control to a Silverlight for Windows Embedded Application |
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Bluetooth Architecture Overview |
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BSP Porting Guide for Windows Embedded Compact 7 |
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Build Porting Guide for Windows Embedded Compact 7 |
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Building Connected Devices in Windows Embedded Compact 7 |
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Deploying Applications on a Windows Embedded Compact OS with Security Loader |
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Developing an Operating System Design |
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Embedding Fonts in Silverlight for Windows Embedded |
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Expression Blend and Silverlight for Windows Embedded |
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Extending Windows Embedded Compact 7 Media Library with a Media Parser Plug-In |
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Getting Started with Virtual CEPC |
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Handling Events in Silverlight for Windows Embedded |
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High Confidence Computing With The New Windows Embedded Compact 7 |
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Implementing Your Device Driver |
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Improving Performance in Rich User Interfaces for Embedded Systems |
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Inside MTP Responder |
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MTP Responder Deployment Guide |
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Performance Tuning Guide for Silverlight for Windows Embedded |
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Planning Your Device Driver |
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Silverlight for Windows Embedded Developer's Guide |
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Silverlight for Windows Embedded Graphics and Rendering Pipeline |
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The Basics of Bringing up a Hardware Platform |
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What's New in Platform Builder |
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Window Compositor Developer's Guide |
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Window Compositor Graphics Performance Tuning Guide |
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Windows Embedded Compact 7 Build Process |
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Windows Embedded Compact 7 Extensible Platform to Power Dynamic User Experiences |
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Windows Embedded Compact 7 Improving Your Build Process |
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Windows Embedded Compact 7 Integrated Development Environment Build Process |
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Windows Embedded Compact 7 Multimedia Features |
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Windows Embedded Compact 7 Symmetric Multiprocessing Guide |
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Windows Embedded CTK User Guide |
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Windows® Embedded Compact 7 Licensing
There are several SKUs (licenses) available for Windows® Compact 7. The licenses are language independent.
A license stickers (COA) must be attached on every system. It can be sticked somewhere inside the system.
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