Installation of Windows CE 4.2

Hi all,
I'm having WinCE 5.0 and WinCE 6.0 (With VS 2005 SP1) on separate
partitions with .NET 1.0 and 2.0 installed. Now i need to install Windows CE
4.2 in my PC. So i want to know, whether i can simply install it in a
separate partition or i've to do something before installing.

When reinstalling CE 5.0 some months back, i got some issues
regarding core con connectivity, but i have solved that.

Thats why i'm afraid whether i'll get some problems after
installation??? ( Then i've to reinstall all the three :( )What i've to do???

Regards,
Mekas :)

Dean
Mon Jul 09 08:44:22 CDT 2007

Put it on a different PC, or use a VirtualPC session. You'll run into lot's
of problems installing OS versions out of order (4.2 after installing 5.0 or
6.0), and it isn't supported. Even installing them in order causes
problems, most apparent between CE5 and CE6.

--
Dean Ramsier - eMVP
BSQUARE Corporation


"Mekas" <Mekas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:96CE0014-EB3F-4C8C-AE9E-7EEBD328649F@microsoft.com...
> Hi all,
> I'm having WinCE 5.0 and WinCE 6.0 (With VS 2005 SP1) on
> separate
> partitions with .NET 1.0 and 2.0 installed. Now i need to install Windows
> CE
> 4.2 in my PC. So i want to know, whether i can simply install it in a
> separate partition or i've to do something before installing.
>
> When reinstalling CE 5.0 some months back, i got some issues
> regarding core con connectivity, but i have solved that.
>
> Thats why i'm afraid whether i'll get some problems after
> installation??? ( Then i've to reinstall all the three :( )What i've to
> do???
>
> Regards,
> Mekas :)
>
>
>
>

Mekas
Mon Jul 09 09:00:02 CDT 2007

Thanks for the reply....

Actually i've to put 4.2 in the same PC in which 5.0 and 6.0 are installed.
Other than corecon connectivity problems, what are all the problems will
occur. Mostly i dont need corecon facility, since i'm using Compact flash for
booting the image.

Whether the .NET CF will malfunction???

Uninstalling 5.0 and 6.0 and then installing 4.2 will cause any effect???
But this the last option, since reinstalling all is the toughest one.

Regards,
Mekas :)

"Dean Ramsier" wrote:

> Put it on a different PC, or use a VirtualPC session. You'll run into lot's
> of problems installing OS versions out of order (4.2 after installing 5.0 or
> 6.0), and it isn't supported. Even installing them in order causes
> problems, most apparent between CE5 and CE6.
>
> --
> Dean Ramsier - eMVP
> BSQUARE Corporation
>
>
> "Mekas" <Mekas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:96CE0014-EB3F-4C8C-AE9E-7EEBD328649F@microsoft.com...
> > Hi all,
> > I'm having WinCE 5.0 and WinCE 6.0 (With VS 2005 SP1) on
> > separate
> > partitions with .NET 1.0 and 2.0 installed. Now i need to install Windows
> > CE
> > 4.2 in my PC. So i want to know, whether i can simply install it in a
> > separate partition or i've to do something before installing.
> >
> > When reinstalling CE 5.0 some months back, i got some issues
> > regarding core con connectivity, but i have solved that.
> >
> > Thats why i'm afraid whether i'll get some problems after
> > installation??? ( Then i've to reinstall all the three :( )What i've to
> > do???
> >
> > Regards,
> > Mekas :)
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>

Dean
Mon Jul 09 12:07:34 CDT 2007

I think it is mainly a tools issue. The OS itself should be fine. You'll
probably break the tools (all connectivity) for CE5 and CE6.

--
Dean Ramsier - eMVP
BSQUARE Corporation


"Mekas" <Mekas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:645E2891-D5DB-4116-BCCE-FA6E71F39106@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the reply....
>
> Actually i've to put 4.2 in the same PC in which 5.0 and 6.0 are
> installed.
> Other than corecon connectivity problems, what are all the problems will
> occur. Mostly i dont need corecon facility, since i'm using Compact flash
> for
> booting the image.
>
> Whether the .NET CF will malfunction???
>
> Uninstalling 5.0 and 6.0 and then installing 4.2 will cause any effect???
> But this the last option, since reinstalling all is the toughest one.
>
> Regards,
> Mekas :)
>
> "Dean Ramsier" wrote:
>
>> Put it on a different PC, or use a VirtualPC session. You'll run into
>> lot's
>> of problems installing OS versions out of order (4.2 after installing 5.0
>> or
>> 6.0), and it isn't supported. Even installing them in order causes
>> problems, most apparent between CE5 and CE6.
>>
>> --
>> Dean Ramsier - eMVP
>> BSQUARE Corporation
>>
>>
>> "Mekas" <Mekas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:96CE0014-EB3F-4C8C-AE9E-7EEBD328649F@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi all,
>> > I'm having WinCE 5.0 and WinCE 6.0 (With VS 2005 SP1) on
>> > separate
>> > partitions with .NET 1.0 and 2.0 installed. Now i need to install
>> > Windows
>> > CE
>> > 4.2 in my PC. So i want to know, whether i can simply install it in a
>> > separate partition or i've to do something before installing.
>> >
>> > When reinstalling CE 5.0 some months back, i got some issues
>> > regarding core con connectivity, but i have solved that.
>> >
>> > Thats why i'm afraid whether i'll get some problems after
>> > installation??? ( Then i've to reinstall all the three :( )What i've
>> > to
>> > do???
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Mekas :)
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>