The SP1 download page notes that although substantial effort was invested to ensure backward compatibility in Vista, some enhancements -- such as User Account Control, changes to the networking stack, and the new graphics model -- behave differently in Vista than in previous versions of Windows, and the differences happen to impact the Windows Embedded CE 6.0 toolkit. The SP1 update helps addresses areas of the CE 6.0 toolkit impacted by Windows Vista enhancements, the company said.

Other features in SP1, according to Microsoft, include support for eXDI hardware debugging, plus a variety of bug fixes.

Platform Builder requires Visual Studio 2005 with Smart Device. Additionally, according to Windows CE developer Sue Loh, running under Vista requires the following:

• Visual Studio 2005 SP1
  
• Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista

Loh also cautions that when running under Vista, VS2005, and many of the remote tools, if they're run separately they must be run as Administrator.

Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Platform Builder SP1 is available for download from Microsoft's download site, here. The download size ranges from 186 KB to 56.5 MB depending on selected components.

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