Installing Windows XP Empeded .NET framework 2.0

[Guest]

Hi,
I have been trying to instal Windows XP Empeded .NET framework 2.0 on a XPe,
after accepting the License agreement; an error message appears saying:
"QFE Installer -- Error"
"Cannot connect to the database - please check the database
Setup cannot continue"
and it quits the installation.
what can i do to solve this problem?

 

[Sean Liming \(MVP\)]

Are you installing the .NET Framework 2.0 on an XPe image? Or on the
development machine with the XPe database?

What version of Windows XP Embedded are you using? The most recent versions
ahve .NET Framework 2.0 already in the database?

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Regards,

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

 

[Guest]

Dear,
I'm using XPe SP2 (version 2002); and i'm installing it on an XPe Image.
what can i do to install the .NET Framework?

Thanks,
Yousef

 

[Sean Liming \(MVP\)]

You can install the run time, yes. If you are installing the update for .NET
Framework 2.0 for XPe, than this can only be installed into the database for
the XPe tools. This update for XPe is to add a .NET Framework 2.0 component
to the database.

You might want to look to update you tools to Feature Pack 2007 and Update
Rollup 1.0. These include support for .NET 2.0 and 3.0.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...ea-a37e-4d25-83df-aabbaa78914f&displaylang=en
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...6F-CE42-45C7-ADD2-52F57959ECF2&displaylang=en

Regards,

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

 

[Guest]

Hi Sean,
I'm reading the site and trying to find out how to get the .net installed as
well. So in this post you say to install the Feature pack but is that a full
version or just a evel copy that will time out? Further it says you have to
have something called Windows Embedded Studio Tool Suite installed as well?
Is that the case?

Cheers'
Dave Cason

 

[Sean Liming \(MVP\)]

FP 2007 is another addition to the tools. You have to have the Windows
Embedded Studio Tool Suite already installed up to SP2 - there is the 120
time bomb version or the full release, which cna be purchased from a
distributor.

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Regards,

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

 

[Guest]

OK, so to get .net working I can install the Feature Pack 2007 and then the
Rollup 1.0 and that will give me the .NET I need .... right ?

So when we bought this mini PC from Adventech should we have had them load
it with a XPe that had the .net in it or does the XPe world work like that?

I'm brand new to XPe and I see that it looks like you have to build your XP
OS install with all the elements of XP that you need before you can use it ?
Is that correct? Is that something anyone can do fairly quickly or should we
look at getting some assitance?

We are a digital sign company looking to move away from traditional XP Pro
workstations that are quite large to something smaller. I have a feeling
that the guys who brought these two boxes in for eval didn't look to close at
XPe or the requirements for the OS and how it works.

Is there anything you can suggest that I might use to try to get these
running ?

Thanks again for your help BTW !

Cheers'
Dave Cason

FP 2007 is another addition to the tools. You have to have the Windows
Embedded Studio Tool Suite already installed up to SP2 - there is the 120
time bomb version or the full release, which cna be purchased from a
distributor.
Regards,
Sean Liming

 

[JS]

If you don't need the XPE features (like headless operation, running from
USB flash memory, etc.),
then I would say stick with XP Pro.
If you are going to use XPE, you should use the embedded tools from
Microsoft because this
will give you the flexibility to customize and update your platform.

If your hardware vendor will not provide the hardware profile needed for the
tools,
you can generate your own with the Target Analyzer (TAP.EXE).
TAP.EXE runs on your hardware and gives you a file you can import into the
Target Designer,
from which it is fairly easy to generate a bootable image.

I will plug Sean's book "Windows XP Embedded Advanced" (by Sean Liming)
which has lots of good detailed info on doing this.
There is also "Windows XP Embedded Step by Step" by James Beau Cseri

There is a different approach where you attempt to install software into an
existing XPE image
(just like you might install software into XP Pro).
Where this fails is when the software you are installing depends on some
component or dll
that is not included in your XPE image. That is when you need to go back to
the
Target Designer program and add that missing component or dll to your image.
That is why you are best off generating your own image rather than relying
on the hardware vendor's image.

 

[Sean Liming \(MVP\)]

The idea of XPe is to build custom XP images. XPe is XP Pro broken down into
11,000 + components. XPe also has some additional features that are unique
to embedded systems such as teh Write Filters and the ability to run
headless.

Hardware vendors may supply hardware devices driver components for their
hardware. Not all of them do this.

There are companies that can help you build the image to get going. my
company provides training and support for XPe:
http://www.sjjmicro.com/Services.html.


Feel free to contact me off line if you want to discuss further.

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Regards,

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