It has been reported that there are issues with upgrading to the August 2010 Security Updates on databases that have IE7 and WMP11 installed, and also have all other security updates installed. This is caused by an issue with versioning the in components in the list. The August Security Update inadvertently overwrites the components with an .. more »

The August 2010 Feature Update for Windows Embedded Standard 2009 is now available on ECE. This update is a collection of out-of-band features and tools and includes: Web Services on Devices API for .NET for Windows Embedded Standard 2009 The Microsoft Web Services on Devices API for .NET (WSDAPI for .NET) supports the implementation of .. more »

With more Embedded Developers running the Windows Embedded Standard 2009 Toolkit on Windows 7 development machines, we are seeing reports of SDI Loader failures with an error listing a path to an INF file. To resolve this issue and run SDI Loader on Windows 7 machines, you can configure SDI Loader to run in Compatibility mode with Windows Vista .. more »

Here's an issue we see every once in a while in product support and since I didn't see it documented very thoroughly anywhere else I thought I would do a quick write up in case you happen to see this some day on your WSUS box. Issue:  When the WSUS attempts to sync with the Microsoft update site, either automatically or manually, you may see the f.. more »

The August 2010 Security Updates are now available on the ECE site for Windows Embedded Standard 2009 and/or Microsoft Windows XP Embedded with Service Pack 2, Feature Pack 2007, Update Rollup 1.0 and Service Pack 3. This security update can be applied directly to runtime images. The August Security Updates include: 980436 Vulnerabilities .. more »

As we recently announced on the ECE and MOO sites, we have partnered with Windows Sustained Engineering to deliver Windows Embedded Standard 7 servicing updates. While July marked the first month that Security updates were delivered via Windows Update for Standard 7, August is the first release cycle delivering a significant number of updates. .. more »

According to the great WSUS product team blog there will be a new product category called Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime added under the product family called Developer Tools, Runtimes, and Redistributables.  So what is the Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime you ask?  To run solutions that are created by using the Mi.. more »

A new product category called Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime will be added under the product family called Developer Tools, Runtimes, and Redistributables.  The new category will include updates for the Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime Redistributables. For information about Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime, please s.. more »

Just a quick FYI that we just published revised detection logic for Microsoft App-V 4.5 Service Pack 2 (SP2) so that WSUS will not offer the if you do not have Microsoft Application Error Reporting installed on the Microsoft Application Virtualization client. To install Microsoft Application Error Reporting, follow these steps: 1. Locate the .. more »

Looks like another patch Tuesday is upon us and the Microsoft Security Response Center blog has a great write up on what to expect this month: Hello all. As part of our usual cycle of monthly updates, today Microsoft is releasing 14 security bulletins, addressing 34 vulnerabilities. Eight of those bulletins have a Critical severity rating, and we .. more »

The second set of language updates are available on the ECE site and also through the Windows Embedded Developer Update (WEDU) tool. There are seventeen Multilingual User Interface (MUI) Packs, for 64-bit and 32-bit. The MUI packs are: Arabic (Saudi Arabia) Language Pack – Windows Embedded Standard 7 Bulgarian Language Pack – Windows Embedded.. more »

This security update resolves a publicly disclosed vulnerability in Windows Shell. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if the icon of a specially crafted shortcut is displayed. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the local user. Users whose accounts are configured to have .. more »

are now available on the ECE site for Windows Embedded Standard 2009 and/or Microsoft Windows XP Embedded with Service Pack 2, Feature Pack 2007, Update Rollup 1.0 and Service Pack 3. KB2219597- fix to correct Flash6.ocx not registering correctly on UR1, SP3 and Standard 2009. KB22624005 - a configuration setting has been added to the User .. more »

Some of you might not know that Windows Server 2008 R2 has released an update that added new Best Practice Rules to various Server Manager roles, including one for Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). For more information on Best Practice Analyzer, please read  from our Windows Server colleagues. What is BPA you ask? Well, you can use the Best Pr.. more »

The Windows Embedded Standard 7 Compatible Applications website allows developers to quickly and easily ensure that applications will install on run on their target devices without having to do dependency analysis or any of that “hard work”.  Check out the following 2-minute video on why you should use the website and application templ.. more »

Looks like the Microsoft Security Response Team announced an update to 2286198: We've just updated Microsoft Security Advisory 2286198 to let customers know that we now have an automated "Fix It" available to implement the workaround we first outlined in our original posting on Friday, July 16, 2010. More information is available in the KB article .. more »

The July 2010 Security Updates are now available on the ECE site for Windows Embedded Standard 2009 and/or Microsoft Windows XP Embedded with Service Pack 2, Feature Pack 2007, Update Rollup 1.0 and Service Pack 3. This security update can be applied directly to runtime images. The July Security Updates include: 2229593 Vulnerability in .. more »

Just this past week, the Windows Embedded Standard 7 was completely re-launched with a new design, new documentation, new templates, and refactored templates. Gone is the static HTML view we had in the past; replacing it is a dynamic site that’s searchable and sortable and includes expanding rows to more easily view only the information on the te.. more »

We would like to notify you of a change you will see starting next week. If your WSUS settings are configured to synchronize the “Drivers” update classification then your server will start syncing drivers designated as “Important.” Important drivers are ones known to address a critical issue. Typically they fix a reliability issue that impacts .. more »

We would like to notify you of a change you will see starting next week. If your WSUS settings are configured to synchronize the “Drivers” update classification then your server will start syncing drivers designated as “Important.” Important drivers are ones known to address a critical issue. Typically they fix a reliability issue that impacts .. more »