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

Download this set of updates for Windows Embedded Compact 7 released during the period of February 1 - 29, 2016

• This is a set of updates for Windows Embedded Compact 7 released during the period of February 1 - 29, 2016. These updates are fixes for problems you may run into during the development and maintenance of your custom platform. To qualify for consideration for an update, a problem needs to cause an excessive amount of work and not have a reasonable workaround.
  
  For complete details regarding the updates in this release, please download the HTM file.

Files

Status: Live This download is still available on microsoft.com. The downloads below will come directly from the Microsoft Download Center.

File	Size
Windows Embedded Compact 7_Update56.htm SHA1: 4fe5c827e27e126c0ede453e894e1e14ad19bb90	31 KB
WindowsEmbeddedCompact7.exe SHA1: 948b90d9cc909f20ac726d07ef83675066f10eae	3.29 MB

File sizes and hashes are retrieved from the Wayback Machine’s indexes. They may not match the latest versions of files hosted on Microsoft servers.

• 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

• Click on the Download button and follow the instructions.