Legacy Update: Get back online, activate, and install updates on your legacy Windows PC

This update adds support for RemoteFX to Windows Embedded Compact 7 for use in Thin Client devices.

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  RemoteFX enables high performance with hardware assist to Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) 7.1 clients connected to VDI hosts within a Thin Client environment.
  
  

Files

Status: Deleted This download is no longer available on microsoft.com. The downloads below are archives provided by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine from the Microsoft Download Center prior to August 2020.

File	Size
WindowsEmbeddedCompact7.exe SHA1: ff3dc94dfffcdaf11e9489b07822997a66ab1058	1.67 MB
WindowsEmbeddedCompact_7_ReleaseNotes.htm SHA1: df2fd1ccba0b02f31dbd75addc72a9d4f256b8bf	33 KB

• Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP Service Pack 3
  
  Your computer must have the following software installed:
  
  • Windows Embedded Compact 7 or
  • Windows Embedded Compact 7 Evaluation Edition
  
  • Visual Studio® 2008 Professional or Team Edition (including the Smart Device Programmability for Visual C++)
  • Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
  
  To develop with Windows® Embedded Compact 7, your computer should meet the following hardware requirements:
  
  • Approximately 100 GB of free hard disk space
  • 2.4 GHz or higher CPU, 1024 MB or more RAM, 1280x1024 display, 7200 RPM or higher hard disk
  
  

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  1. Click the file you want to download.
  2. Do one of the following:
  • To start the installation immediately, click Open or Run this program from its current location.
  • To copy the download to your computer for installation at a later time, click Save or Save this program to disk.