A client has asked if we can amend their application which runs on Windows CE 6 to write to a BitlockerToGo USB stick so the data is encrypted. Is this possible?
No, Windows CE doesn't support BitLocker (or BitLocker doesn't have a Windows CE version is maybe more correct).
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I have a single board computer running Windows CE 5.0 that's connected to a desktop via serial. I'm updating the desktop from Windows 2000 to Windows 7 and as a result need to update from ActiveSync to Windows Mobile Device Center. With WMDC, I am no longer able to make a partnership with the device or connect.
My question is - are there any known changes to how repllog.exe (device side) interacts with WMDC vs ActiveSync (host side)?
Maybe a better question - will WMDC even work with with Windows CE 5.0? The system requirements listed here don't show CE 5.0 as supported.
Nothing else in the setup has changed and the only thing I can guess is that the single board computer is no longer 'answering' or handling the connect event properly.
I don't have access to the build tools for creating the WinCE 5.0 image unfortunately, so I'm not sure if I can easily update to WMDC on the device side.
Also, the current registry values:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows CE Services]
"RasTimeoutResponseWait"=dword:00000032
"RasTimeoutPause"=dword:00000005
"ConnectTypesAllowed"=dword:00000008
"CheckPasswordTimeoutSeconds"=dword:00000014
"WaitV2TimeoutSeconds"=dword:00000004
"SerialPort"="COM1"
"HasUsbDevice"=dword:00000000
"SerialBaudRate"=dword:0001c200
"DeviceType"=""
"DeviceOemInfo"=""
"DeviceVersion"=dword:04401504
"DeviceProcessorType"=dword:00000000
"DeviceProcessor"=""
"DTPTNetworkType"="{0}"
"DisableIr"=dword:00000000
"GuestOnly"=dword:00000001
"InstalledDir"="C:\\Windows\\WindowsMobile"
"Dual-Home"=dword:00000000
"DisableCredentialSave"=dword:00000000
"MajorVersion"=dword:00000006
"MinorVersion"=dword:00000001
"CurrentPartnershipProtocol"=dword:00000003
"MinimumPartnershipProtocol"=dword:00000002
#=""
"BuildNumber"=dword:00001b35
"EulaRequired"=dword:06010000
My environment is Windows 7 Pro x64 + WMDC x64 + WinCE 5/6 and it works fine. So I believe that WMDC does support WinCE 5.0.
As I remember WMDC can conflict with MS Outlook, try to google this, this is probably your case.
If connecting through a serial port, you may have to modify the registry on the host PC to allow serial connections.
Change this key to the name of the serial port, e.g. "COM1". Then reboot your PC and do not change anything in the WMDC settings dialog after that.
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows CE Services\SerialPort
I am developing Qt application for Windows CE 5.0 device.
My setup is:
Qt 4.7.3 compiled with Visual Studio 2005 using Windows CE 5.0 Standard SDK.
Everything works OK on real device, though I would like to test software "locally" in an emulator.
Visual Studio 2005 provides Pocket PC 2003, Windows Mobile 6 emulator images but no Windows CE 5.0.
Windows Microsoft CE 5.0 Emulator does that, but its sample device is based on i486, so this doesn't work for me...
I found some kind "Plaftorm Builder" and "ARMV4i BSP for Windows CE 5.0", but I am not building device or it's SDK, and I am not interested in specific device at all. All i need is "generic" AMRv4 WinCE 5 image for basic testing...
So what is possible outcomes for me?
Microssoft stopped providing Windows CE OS images for the emulator after the x86 emulator was abandoned, and for good reason. Windows CE is a modular OS so it's not possible to create an Emulator OS image that matches what all devices are and my guess is that there were too many support calls and complaints about how the emulator either contained something unwanted or didn't contain something that was wanted. The point being that there is no "generic Windows CE device" so there's no way to create an emulator of one.
The response from Microsoft was to provide the ARM-based Device Emulator 3.0 (available as a Standalone Release) and a BSP for the emulator so developers can create their own OS images that match their actual target hardware OSes.
So your options are to either create an OS yourself or find an OEM that provides an emulator image for their device (I'm not aware of one offhand, but I very, very rarely use the emulators so I've never bothered to look).
I have a Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Device that I want to use to remote IN to a big Windows client. Is there any tool/app/utility that would basically make the CE device a Remote server and connect to a big windows client?
Thanks
Rishi
Sure, contact the OEM and have the RDP client included as part of the OS image.
I've Motorola Symbol Handheld Model MC3090 (from symbol MC3000 series), having Windows CE 5.0.
Is it possible that i can upgrade the Handheld OS from CE 5.0 to CE 6.0?
In Short - NO.
To be able to do so you need to have the BSP (board support package) to build an image for Windows CE. Each OS is built specifically for each device. When you say Windows CE 6 it means nothing since it is a componentizied OS and your OEM (Motorola) decides what to put inside.
According to device's specs I think it has Windows Mobile. A different beast than Windows CE, but based on Windows CE 5. There is no Windows Mobile based on Windows CE 6.
In any case you cannot change the OS version without the OEM.
As i just need the hard RT capabilities, can I install and run Windows Embedded CE 6.0 on a regular PC ? (dell or so ?), and UDP out some data ?
You can install Windows CE in a PC, but you would need to create your own image. See this tutorial in MSDN. Also google for CEPC.
Finally visit Mike Hall's blog. I remember reading a related article there, but I can't find it now. Anyhow, this blog is a great resource for Windows Embedded.
(From working with Windows CE 5.0, so there may be some differences, YMMV.)
You should be able to run Windows CE both in an emulator and installed on the device itself as the host operating system.
In the first case all you need is an emulator, which is provided with the development kit and in a more expensive version of Visual Studio. This will run the OS fine, albeit a bit slow depending on the architecture you choose to build the Guest OS for.
In the second case you will actually need to find or write drivers for the hardware that you want to run on and use. This will require the Platform Builder application (I believe it's a plugin to Visual Studio now) and knowledge of the hardware that you are running on. Windows CE itself does support x86 processors, although I don't remember if it supports all x86 processors (instruction sets) or just 486's.
If you want to go down the second route you also may be able to get an Intel Atom or AMD Geode board support package (BSP) which will help you develop the drivers.