14 DAY TRIAL // Although Microsoft has been offering a Windows 7-based embedded and componentized version for quite some time now, the company continues to tend to customers still running older versions of Windows Embedded.
According to the software giant, two new features are available to customers running predecessors of Windows Embedded Standard 7, namely Enhanced Write Filter Provider and File Based Write Filter Provider.
Lynda Allen, Microsoft Embedded program manager notes that the new enhancements are designed to kick up a notch Windows Embedded Standard 2009.
At the same time, customers still on Windows XP Embedded (Windows XPe) can also update their copies of the operating system, but only as long as they’re running the latest upgrade offered, Service Pack 3 (SP3).
“These new components provide access to the respective Write Filter API through the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) layer,” Allen revealed.
“The goal of each feature is to expose the full functionality of the Write Filter to all .NET languages as well as to the Windows Scripting Host. Furthermore, the Write Filter Providers enables remote management of the Enhanced Write Filter or File Based Write Filter.”
Customers will need access to the Microsoft ECE site in order to get the new features for their respective releases of Windows Embedded.
“The new features are rolled into the Window Embedded Standard 2009 March 2011 Feature Update and are also available for Windows XP Embedded SP3. These can be imported into the product database,” Allen added.
The current version of Windows Embedded is based on Windows 7 and as such it evolves alongside the Windows client.
This is important to note because, Microsoft release Service Pack 1 (SP1) RTM not only for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 but also for Windows Embedded Standard 7.