Windows Embedded 2009: The least bloated versions of Windows?
(25 December 2025) Ah, the holiday season, the time when we stuff ourselves with ungodly amounts of food and give each other gifts, and often a bit more. You know what was "released" around the holidays? Two versions of Windows: Embedded Standard 2009 and Embedded POSReady 2009. Oh, wait, my bad, only POSReady did, and it wasn't readily available until January 12th, 2009. Not to mention some version of Windows Small Business Server was released closer to Christmas day. Mehh, at least I'll be able to use this video as a 2025 finale and as a reflection of this awful year.
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Software used
- Paint.NET 5.1.11
- Audacity 3.7.5
- DaVinci Resolve 20.3
Music (in chronological order)
- "Eyes On You" by Network 415, YouTube Audio Library.
- "Synergy" by Geographer, YouTube Audio Library.
- "Midnight Sun" by Dyalla, YouTube Audio Library.
- "My Achy Heart" by Audio Hertz, YouTube Audio Library.
- "Hypnothis" by Kevin MacLeod, CC BY-SA 4.0, Incompetech.
Works Cited
- [1] "Embedded system", Wikipedia. Last edited 26 November 2025, accessed 22 December 2025. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embedded_system
- [2] "Windows XP editions", Wikipedia. Last edited 10 December 2025, accessed 23 December 2025. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP_editions
- [3] "Windows Embedded Standard 2009", BetaWiki. Last edited 12 April 2025, accessed 22 December 2025. https://betawiki.net/wiki/Windows_Embedded_Standard_2009
- [4] "Windows Embedded POSReady 2009", BetaWiki. Last edited 19 June 2025, accessed 22 December 2025. https://betawiki.net/wiki/Windows_Embedded_POSReady_2009
- [5] "Windows Embedded Standard 2009 CTP supports Intel's Atom CPU", Emil Protalinski, Ars Technica. 4 June 2008, accessed 22 December 2025. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2008/06/windows-embedded-standard-2009-ctp-supports-intels-atom-cpu/
- [6] "Microsoft Windows", BetaWiki. Last edited 26 November 2025, accessed 22 December 2025. https://betawiki.net/wiki/Microsoft_Windows
- [7] "Microsoft Released Windows Embedded POSReady 2009, Offering Retailers and Hospitality Organizations a Flexible and Connected Industry-Specific Operating System With Simplified Deployment", Microsoft Source (Company Press Release). 12 January 2009, accessed 19 December 2025. https://news.microsoft.com/source/2009/01/12/microsoft-releases-windows-embedded-posready-2009-offering-retailers-and-hospitality-organizations-a-flexible-and-connected-industry-specific-operating-system-with-simplified-deployment/
Media used
- Hypnothis by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100634
Artist: http://incompetech.com/
- Intel_Atom.png - The logo is from the following website: www.intel.com/personal/our-technology/mids/, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16179439
- OS2_1.3.png by TTDCZ, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
- Raspberry_Pi_2_Model_B_v1.1_front_angle.jpg by Multicherry, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
- Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png By Version 1 by Nohat (concept by Paullusmagnus); Wikimedia. - File:Wikipedia-logo.svg as of 14 May 2010T23:16:42, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33285413