That differs from any other Microsoft program. The rules for embedded products are that once they go EOL, you cannot buy or sell them any longer. There are a few other part numbers for this product, but this is the part used most often at Arrow.
Windows XP Pro For Embed Sys SP3 EMB ESD OEI 1-2CPU SCENARIO #1Įmbedded Appliance using XP Pro For Embedded Systems and you want to keep selling and shipping XP for many more years. Choose the scenario that best fits your situation. Now is the time to make those choices.īecause we are talking about three products - XP Pro, XPe, and Win7-and two programs, OEM System Builder and OEM Embedded, I’ll break things down go through each option. So as we approach these major milestone dates, many of our system builder and embedded OEM’s have decisions to make. I’ll cover your options to migrate to WES 2009 in the scenarios below. Product is the componentized edition of Windows XP with a newer version called Windows Embedded Standard 2009. So that’s two versions of XP going EOL within one month of each other. Windows XPe goes EOL on 1/30/17, just 30 days after the XP Pro FES product. Let’s add the third product that really makes things interesting. That means you cannot perform a last-time buy, stock up The big difference with embedded is when an embedded product goes EOL, you cannot purchase or ship it anymore. But now after 15 years of life, it comes to an end. Windows XP came to an end way back in 2009, but customers that qualified for Embedded continued using XP via the EmbeddedįES XP Pro product. On the embedded side, the Windows XP Pro for Embedded Systems went EOL on 12/31/16. Most distributors should have stock lasting well into 2017. So maybe you are buying Windows 7 Pro, but loading XP Pro, which is fine.
This OEM product also has end-userĭowngrade rights, so it is very common to have OEM’s purchase this license and then downgrade back to Windows XP if needed. However, Microsoft allows you to stock up on the product, perform a last-time buy and then keep on selling and shipping it. EOLįor the OEM System Builder Channel means it will no longer be manufactured. In the OEM System Builder Channel, the Windows 7 Professional product, which launched October 2009, has lasted a long time. Let’s start with Windows 7 Pro as the 10/31/16 EOL date has already passed. One of the dates has already passed, and the other two are quickly approaching. If you are a customer that ships Windows 7 Pro or Windows XP systems, take this blog as the Emergency Broadcast System letting you know that you are in an End of Life (EOL) and should make course adjustments now, so your business isn’tĪffected. OEM Windows XPe Embedded Componentized End Of Life 1/30/17 OEM Windows XP Pro For Embedded Systems End Of Life 12/31/16