This problem occurs because of a bug in Cedrmutil.exe. This bug prevents Windows Media Player from retrieving the Device ID from a custom embedded device.
RESOLUTION
Software update information
A supported software update is now available from Microsoft as Windows CE .NET 4.2 Core OS QFE 894259. To resolve this problem immediately, click the following article number for information about obtaining Windows CE Platform Builder and core operating system software updates:
837392 How to locate core operating system fixes for Microsoft Windows CE Platform Builder products
Prerequisites
This software update is supported only if all previously issued software updates for
this product have also been installed.
Restart requirement
After you install this software update, you must perform a clean build of
the whole platform. To clean the platform, click
Clean on the
Build menu. To build the platform, click
Build
Platform on the
Build menu. You do not have to
restart your computer after you apply this software update.
Software update replacement information
This
software update does not replace any other software updates.
File information
The English version of this software update package has the file attributes or
the later file attributes that are listed in the following table.
Date Time Size File name
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19-Feb-2005 00:12 7,354,880 Wincepb42-050218-kb894259-armv4.msi
19-Feb-2005 00:13 7,354,880 Wincepb42-050218-kb894259-armv4i.msi
19-Feb-2005 00:13 7,355,392 Wincepb42-050218-kb894259-mipsii.msi
19-Feb-2005 00:14 7,355,392 Wincepb42-050218-kb894259-mipsii_fp.msi
19-Feb-2005 00:14 7,355,904 Wincepb42-050218-kb894259-mipsiv.msi
19-Feb-2005 00:14 7,355,904 Wincepb42-050218-kb894259-mipsiv_fp.msi
19-Feb-2005 00:13 7,354,880 Wincepb42-050218-kb894259-sh3.msi
19-Feb-2005 00:13 7,354,880 Wincepb42-050218-kb894259-sh4.msi
19-Feb-2005 00:12 7,353,344 Wincepb42-050218-kb894259-x86.msi
The English version of this software update has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the
Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.
Date Time Size File name
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Path: Public\Datasync\Oak\Lib\Armv4\Debug
16-Feb-2005 00:41 24,010 Cedrmutil.lib
Path: Public\Datasync\Oak\Lib\Armv4\Retail
16-Feb-2005 00:41 17,352 Cedrmutil.lib
Path: Public\Datasync\Oak\Lib\Armv4i\Debug
16-Feb-2005 00:41 24,040 Cedrmutil.lib
Path: Public\Datasync\Oak\Lib\Armv4i\Retail
16-Feb-2005 00:41 17,424 Cedrmutil.lib
Path: Public\Datasync\Oak\Lib\Mipsii\Debug
16-Feb-2005 00:41 23,806 Cedrmutil.lib
Path: Public\Datasync\Oak\Lib\Mipsii\Retail
16-Feb-2005 00:41 17,952 Cedrmutil.lib
Path: Public\Datasync\Oak\Lib\Mipsii_fp\Debug
16-Feb-2005 00:41 23,814 Cedrmutil.lib
Path: Public\Datasync\Oak\Lib\Mipsii_fp\Retail
16-Feb-2005 00:41 17,958 Cedrmutil.lib
Path: Public\Datasync\Oak\Lib\Mipsiv\Debug
16-Feb-2005 00:41 24,086 Cedrmutil.lib
Path: Public\Datasync\Oak\Lib\Mipsiv\Retail
16-Feb-2005 00:41 18,086 Cedrmutil.lib
Path: Public\Datasync\Oak\Lib\Mipsiv_fp\Debug
16-Feb-2005 00:41 24,094 Cedrmutil.lib
Path: Public\Datasync\Oak\Lib\Mipsiv_fp\Retail
16-Feb-2005 00:41 18,092 Cedrmutil.lib
Path: Public\Datasync\Oak\Lib\Sh3\Debug
16-Feb-2005 00:41 21,916 Cedrmutil.lib
Path: Public\Datasync\Oak\Lib\Sh3\Retail
16-Feb-2005 00:41 16,594 Cedrmutil.lib
Path: Public\Datasync\Oak\Lib\Sh4\Debug
16-Feb-2005 00:41 21,916 Cedrmutil.lib
Path: Public\Datasync\Oak\Lib\Sh4\Retail
16-Feb-2005 00:41 16,600 Cedrmutil.lib
Path: Public\Datasync\Oak\Lib\X86\Debug
16-Feb-2005 00:41 20,752 Cedrmutil.lib
Path: Public\Datasync\Oak\Lib\X86\Retail
16-Feb-2005 00:41 15,452 Cedrmutil.lib