Windows XP Embedded Questions?

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Chris Lanier

I have been reading up on Windows XP Embedded and still have a few questions
not answered on the site.

1) I know Windows XP Embedded enables you to have a small footprint (i'm
guessing this means overall size of the OS image) but would this enable
faster boot times? since it is geared towards set-top boxes and other
applications like this. Would i still be wanting 40-50 seconds to boot?
(assuming this does not included BIOS boot time)

2) Will any program that runs in Windows XP Pro run on a Windows XP Embedded
setup. say i was building a set-top DVD player, would i still be able to
use my current software to play DVD/AVI's/VCD's? (Also would video and audio
codec's still install?)

Any help would be great!
 
1) When you remove a component that plays some part in the
bootup process you will see your boot time decreased.
The amount of time to boot is dependent on what components
you have in your system. (and of course hardware) The more
you have in your runtime, the closer to XP's boot time you will get.

2) With the proper components in your runtime you will be able
to use your current XP application on XP Embedded.

-Bill
 
Chris said:
I have been reading up on Windows XP Embedded and still have a few
questions not answered on the site.

1) I know Windows XP Embedded enables you to have a small footprint
(i'm guessing this means overall size of the OS image) but would this
enable faster boot times? since it is geared towards set-top boxes
and other applications like this. Would i still be wanting 40-50
seconds to boot? (assuming this does not included BIOS boot time)

2) Will any program that runs in Windows XP Pro run on a Windows XP
Embedded setup. say i was building a set-top DVD player, would i
still be able to use my current software to play DVD/AVI's/VCD's?
(Also would video and audio codec's still install?)

Any help would be great!
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1. It can have smaller boot times depending on how reduced of a feature set
you have. I wouldn't expect HUGE savings here though.

2. Yes. You'd have to go through the effort of ensuring that all of the
app's OS dependancies are included in your image.
 
Thanks for your help guys! :)

Bill said:
1) When you remove a component that plays some part in the
bootup process you will see your boot time decreased.
The amount of time to boot is dependent on what components
you have in your system. (and of course hardware) The more
you have in your runtime, the closer to XP's boot time you will get.

2) With the proper components in your runtime you will be able
to use your current XP application on XP Embedded.

-Bill
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