PID and MSDNAA

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Padu

I'm using the academic version of xpe (which is identical to full version I
believe). Yesterday I was able to finish the first tutorial and for my
surprise, when I booted the xpe, it displayed on the desktop that it was an
evaluation image valid for 90-180 days only.

I've searched for some information and I found out that it doesn't matter if
you have the full licensed product, in order to have a device running
forever, you gotta have a valid PID (and stick it to your product?)

It makes sense for commercial applications, but not for academic
applications. I cannot deploy my robot with an expiration date of 6 months,
my advisor would kill me. Especially because he was pushing linux and I
convinced him to use winxpe.

Anybody with some information on this matter? How do we obtain a PID? Is
there an academic PID?

Thanks

Padu
 
Hi Padu,

AFAIK, you need the full version of XPe.
In the full version of Target Designer there is a field where you enter the
PID from the license sticker (which you purchase from a reseller).

However, if you didn't tweak the run-time image too much, you could always
deploy the pre-FBA image again. The evaluation period starts at first boot
and you would get another 90-180 days to run it...

BR,
Rob
 
Hi Rob,

I am using the full version and I do see the PID field on TD. We got the
full version through our partnership with Microsoft (MSDNAA) and I was
wondering how can we get at least one PID.
I know that this question would be better answered from someone from MS that
deals with MSDNAA, but I don't know who to contact there.

Also, I've heard that individual PIDs are not that expensive (in the $100
order?), and if that's correct, we could purchase one. Although we wasn't
expecting that when we planned using winxpe on our robot.

Padu

"The Rob"
 
Send your question to the embedded academic folks: WEMAP at microsoft . com.
-andy
 
I did, no reply yet.

Is there a phone# that I can call? If yes, could you please send it to me to
my e-mail: padu (at) merlotti (dot) com

Thanks

Padu

"Andy Allred [MS]
 
I have been doing some poking around to see if I could get a response to
this, but all I have found the solution of purchasing a standard run-time
license (~$85).

I am really impressed that the MSDNAA includes the XPe tools. MSDNAA is a
great program for the academic side of things.

PrestonVW
 
I agree, $85 is a reasonable price and perhaps it would be too bureaucratic
to get it from MSDNAA.
It is a great thing that xpe is on msdnaa, otherwise I'd have to be using
linux right now. I can surely understand MS strategy. While I'm using (and
learning) winxpe at school, here at work I have already suggested my boss to
use it on our next product.

Now, Preston, where did you buy your run-time license?

Padu

"PrestonVW"
 
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