Can LabVIEW DSC Run on XP Embedded

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Hi
Does anyone knows if LabVIEW DSC works on XP embedded?
These two posts are interesting: WinCE post cRIO post
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JG
Message Edited by jg code on 03-04-2009 07:16 PM
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Hello jg-code,
XP Embedded is not a supported Operating System for running LabVIEW developement environment or the DSC Module. This does not mean that it will not work, only that we do not guarantee that it will work. One reason for this is that XP Embedded can be made into any variety of installations. The following link may provide some useful information.
Running LabVIEW on Windows XP Embedded
http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/4011
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Charlie Piazza
Staff Product Support Engineer, RF
National Instruments

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