Windows XP Embedded Secuirty Updates

I apologize if this is in the wrong place but I was unable to find a Windows XP Embedded category.
I believe support for Windows XP Professional regarding security updates will end this year April 2014. Support for Windows XP Embedded lasts beyond that time. My question is does this mean that Microsoft will continue to release security patches
for Windows XP Embedded? If so then how will one obtain these patches? If Microsoft will not release security fixes / patches for Windows XP Embedded after the Windows XP Professional support ends what does the extended "support" of Windows XP Embedded
mean exactly?
This must have been answered somewhere, but I have been unable to find a definitive answer anywhere.

Cor,
Thanks I'll try to find some answers there.
Barry Wang, can you also suggest an appropriate forum where I can post and receive an answer to my question?
Thanks.

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   Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : NP
   Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : ALT.COM
   Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
   IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
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Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
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   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-99-F2-5B-BC
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
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   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, July 08, 2014 8:02:23 AM
   Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, July 09, 2014 8:02:23 AM
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   DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.102.10.10
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   Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 10.102.10.10
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   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
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   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
===========================================
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   Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : ALT.COM
   Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
   IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
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=======================================================
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(See the images below)
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at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.TestTypes.Unit.UnitTestExecuter.Execute(Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.TestTypes.Unit.UnitTestResult result) [IL: 0x46][Native: 0xD1]
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.TestTypes.Unit.UnitTestRunner.ExecuteSingleTest(Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.TestTypes.Unit.UnitTestExecuter executer,Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.TestTypes.Unit.UnitTestElement test,Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.Execution.ITestContext
testContext,Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.TestTypes.Unit.UnitTestAdapterContext userContext,System.Boolean isLoadTest) [IL: 0x27][Native: 0x55]
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.TestTypes.Unit.UnitTestRunner.Run(Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.TestTypes.Unit.UnitTestElement test,Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.Execution.ITestContext testContext,System.Boolean isLoadTest,System.Boolean
useMultipleCpus) [IL: 0x109][Native: 0x32B]

Hi Jan,
Thanks for your response:)
I think it is a good feedback for this issue, but as far I know, it is by design now, we need to use the IE extension for test projects. My understanding is that it would find the accordant UI Test Controls with your app UI controls, so it would search all
test controls include the IE controls, and then use one real UITestControl to instantiate an object which is equal to the real UI control, so we could playback the recorded action.
WinButton uICloseButton = this.UISnippingToolWindow.UISnippingToolTitleBar.UICloseButton;
But I think you can submit this feedback to Microsoft Connect feedback portal:
http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/CreateFeedback.aspx,maybe
Microsoft engineers will share us a more plausible explanation.
Thanks for your understanding.
Best Regards,
Jack
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! dvi: Installing NULL driver!
dvi: Install Null Driver: Removing device sub-tree. 01:23:48.887
dvi: Install Null Driver: Removing device sub-tree completed. 01:23:48.890
dvi: Install Null Driver: Restarting device. 01:23:48.892
dvi: Install Null Driver: Restarting device completed. 01:23:48.892
dvi: Install Device: Starting device. 01:23:48.892
dvi: Install Device: Starting device completed. 01:23:48.893
dvi: Default installer: Exit
dvi: {DIF_INSTALLDEVICE - exit(0x00000000)} 01:23:48.894
ump: {Plug and Play Service: Device Install exit(00000000)}
ndv: {Update Driver Software Wizard exit(00000002)}
<<< Section end 2014/04/12 01:23:50.286
<<< [Exit status: FAILURE(0x00000002)]
It seems like 'update 1' as crapped all over my driver store.
What can I do to fix this - I have tried a raft of things such as pnputil commands to add the driver INFs manually (they fail saying 'element not found'), but still I am stuck without sound, network and camera.
This will be the last time I let Microsoft update automatically install - it will now be 100% manual, and done after a few weeks to ensure there aren't bugs.

espero y te sirva este link :)
http://blogs.itpro.es/octaviordz/2014/04/05/actualizar-de-windows-8-1-2012r2-a-windows-8-1-ws2012r2-update-con-script-de-powershell/
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