Can you show the start menu?

[Carlos]

Under the Windows XP Embedded licensing terms, is it ok to show the
"Start menu"? I know there is a limitation regarding making XPE be a
general purpose OS however we just want to have one Application on
that Start menu and we are actually more interested on the task bar
functionality of it.

Thanks,

--Carlos

 

[Sean Liming \(MVP\)]

There is no legal restrictions that I am aware of. You cannot install
products like Office. I have seen a few products that have the Explorer
Shell as the shell - ThinClients for example. You should contact your local
distributor for more information.

--
Regards,

Sean Liming
www.sjjmicro.com / www.seanliming.com
Book Author - XP Embedded Advanced, XP Embedded Supplemental Toolkit

 

[Carlos]

There is no legal restrictions that I am aware of. You cannot install
products like Office. I have seen a few products that have the Explorer
Shell as the shell - ThinClients for example. You should contact your local
distributor for more information.

--
Regards,

Sean Limingwww.sjjmicro.com/www.seanliming.com
Book Author - XP Embedded Advanced, XP Embedded Supplemental Toolkit

What if my program uses the COM interface of Office to do something,
can I install it then? the user won't be using office to do document
creation or editing.

Thanks,

--Carlos

 

[Sean Liming \(MVP\)]

There might be pieces of Office that can be installed for the dedicated
application. Once again, you need to talk to a Microsoft ditributor for more
information on this legal matter.

--
Regards,

Sean Liming
www.sjjmicro.com / www.seanliming.com
Book Author - XP Embedded Advanced, XP Embedded Supplemental Toolkit

There is no legal restrictions that I am aware of. You cannot install
products like Office. I have seen a few products that have the Explorer
Shell as the shell - ThinClients for example. You should contact your
local
distributor for more information.

--
Regards,

Sean Limingwww.sjjmicro.com/www.seanliming.com
Book Author - XP Embedded Advanced, XP Embedded Supplemental Toolkit

What if my program uses the COM interface of Office to do something,
can I install it then? the user won't be using office to do document
creation or editing.

Thanks,

--Carlos