We finally managed to develop and test our custom Win CE 6.0 installation. Everything we made on trial version.Now want to buy the license per device and install it into the target Win CE OS.
Does anybody has the description of the procedure to follow?Is there any tool into Visual Studio 2005 to do that?
Does the final OS must be compiled with the license into the NK.bin or is it put somewhere else?
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After you get your NK.Bin, you can 'stamp' it with your Windows CE license using Platform Builder (AKA Visual Studio 2005 with Windows Embedded CE 6.0):
Look at this page in MSDN for more details: This other post describes how to automate the process using the command line tool stampbin:
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Simply build the device OS with ship build ( ctackectacke
WINCESHIP ) set to 1 and put the provided CAL sticker on the device.
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Microsoft dropped support for Windows XP. Is it legal to install Windows XP without any license?
Update:
As Wikipedia states 'Copyright is a legal concept, enacted by most governments, giving the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time.'
So is there any chance I can use Windows 2000 or any older OS without any license?
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No.
Buy Windows 10 License
End of support has nothing to do with the price or availability of licences.
Besides that, Windows XP support doesn't run out for another 2 years:
On April 8, 2014, all support for Windows XP, including security updates and hotfixes, will be terminated. Users will still be able to download old updates and hotfixes from Windows Update. Microsoft recommends that users upgrade to Windows 7.
Regarding the update in your question. Copyrights are protected only for a certain time period. However that period is not related to the support duration. The publisher defines the support duration themselves. The copyright term length is defined by the government.
For the United Stated of America, the duration that seems to apply is 95 years after release.
So, in the year 2087, you'll finally be able to use Windows 3.1 free of any charge!
But in all seriousness, no, there is no Windows version you'll be able to use for free in the way you might imagine.
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The lifecycle of Windows XP has nothing to do with its legal status. The product will be protected by copyright long after Microsoft has dropped support. However, this protection does not mean the software cannot be used without a license.
First of all, 'Can I use Windows without a license?' and 'Can I install Windows without a license' are two different questions. Let's start with the first.
Generally, yes, you may use software without a license. Microsoft may disagree, but has no absolute say in this. Copyright, by its nature, covers the copying and distribution of a work, not its use. Its use is not one of the exclusive rights the author has been granted and you do not need the author's permission (i.e. license) for this.
Likewise, you do not need a musician's consent to listen when his song plays in a restaurant and you don't need your own copy of a film when a friend invites you over to watch it.
Installing the operating system is a different matter. You are making a copy and you'll need the author's permission for that, but exceptions may apply if such a copy is required for the intended use. For instance, playing a CD will load chunks of music into an audio buffer, but does not constitute copyright infringement. Making such a copy without having a legitimate one to begin with, often does.
Note that while copyright is covered extensively through a number international treaties, no two countries are the same. The above explanation may differ from local copyright law. Besides, not everything you can or cannot do is directly governed by copyright law, however. You may be bound by terms of the license agreement, granting you rights you would not normally have, conditionally.
In short, end of support does not mean Windows XP is suddenly legally available for free, but the legal status of its use is all but trivial.
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The 'closest' thing to 'free' (as freedom) Windows might be ReactOS. It's very much in development and probably not suitable for anything beyond testing, but if and when it reaches a usable state, you should be able to use it with a free licence.
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