Lynda's Bio
I have been part of the Embedded team since 2003. My main area of responsibility has been the testing of component integration- this involved verifying the integrity of the components authored by the Windows team that owns the feature, ensuring that the components can be deployed on a minimal Embedded runtime without any errors and that the various components "play nicely" together. My work included testing components on a number of customer scenarios like RPOS, Kiosk etc., and also integrating components and scenarios with the different Embedded Enabling Features.
In June 2007 I switched roles within the team and I am now a PM (Program Manager), focusing on the Embedded community and generally finding ways to improve the overall developer experience.
Before working on the Embedded team I had various testing contracts with different teams at Microsoft (Windows Media Player 9, Encarta Language Learning) for a total of about 3 years. I am originally from South Africa where I worked in the cell phone industry, among other things, and have been in the USA since 1998.
My husband, Will, is a flight instructor and I enjoy flying aerobatics with him. However, my real passions are ice hockey and travel in any form.
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April 10, 2005
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April 13, 2005
This is just a reminder that there is a "Windows XP Embedded Service Pack 2" chat tomorrow morning, from...Anonymous
April 14, 2005
#1. In the Help documentation released with XPe SP2 and on the MSDN web page there is a typo in the section...Anonymous
April 22, 2005
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May 10, 2005
The fun of MEDC 2005 has well and truly started. The anticipation began yesterday with Sean Liming’s...Anonymous
June 06, 2005
To wrap up my theme of setting policy through registry keys I’ve listed a selection of policy settings...Anonymous
June 09, 2005
If you have ever had problems with trying to give different permissions to your Embedded database to...Anonymous
June 13, 2005
One of the frustrating things when multiple user are connecting to a single SQL Server Embedded Database...Anonymous
June 23, 2005
Footprint is often a major concern to Embedded customers, and some of the changes made to enhance security...Anonymous
June 28, 2005
One of the common tasks that pops up at the bottom of the screen after running a dependency check in...Anonymous
July 19, 2005
Quite a few customers have been trying to use the Microsoft Fingerprint Reader with their Embedded runtimes,...Anonymous
July 21, 2005
The following security updates for XP Embedded have been released and can be downloaded from here or...Anonymous
July 25, 2005
The latest version of Microsoft Base Security Analyzer, MBSA 2.0, has recently been released for download...Anonymous
July 29, 2005
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July 30, 2005
The latest version of Microsoft Base Security Analyzer, MBSA 2.0, has recently been released for download...Anonymous
July 30, 2005
Quite a few customers have been trying to use the Microsoft Fingerprint Reader with their Embedded runtimes,...Anonymous
July 30, 2005
The following security updates for XP Embedded have been released and can be downloaded from here or...Anonymous
July 30, 2005
One of the common tasks that pops up at the bottom of the screen after running a dependency check in...Anonymous
July 30, 2005
Footprint is often a major concern to Embedded customers, and some of the changes made to enhance security...Anonymous
July 30, 2005
One of the frustrating things when multiple user are connecting to a single SQL Server Embedded Database...Anonymous
July 30, 2005
If you have ever had problems with trying to give different permissions to your Embedded database to...Anonymous
July 30, 2005
In Target Designer, if you have ever selected the "debug" option in the "Build type" dropdown list of...Anonymous
July 30, 2005
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July 30, 2005
I know Andy has been posting like a fiend to our new Embedded team blog so I am going to jump in while...Anonymous
August 08, 2005
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August 11, 2005
I was reminded during the XP Embedded customer chat session yesterday that there is an outstanding bug...Anonymous
August 23, 2005
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August 29, 2005
The latest batch of security updates posted last week on the download page are re-releases of the...Anonymous
September 01, 2005
The following security updates for XP Embedded have been released and can be downloaded from here or...Anonymous
September 02, 2005
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September 07, 2005
As so many of my blog posts tend to do this one will also deal with ways to tweak your image without...Anonymous
September 07, 2005
As so many of my blog posts tend to do this one will also deal with ways to tweak your image without...Anonymous
September 07, 2005
As so many of my blog posts tend to do this one will also deal with ways to tweak your image without...Anonymous
September 07, 2005
As so many of my blog posts tend to do this one will also deal with ways to tweak your image without...Anonymous
September 16, 2005
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February 09, 2006
The Mobile and Embedded Developers Conference is going to be held this year at the Venetian Hotel in...Anonymous
February 16, 2006
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February 27, 2006
The following security updates for the XP Embedded database have been released and can be downloaded...Anonymous
March 13, 2006
A customer recently had a question about how to time sync two XPe machines in a workgroup environment....Anonymous
March 23, 2006
There have been a few customers asking how they can prevent the Ctrl+Alt+Delete splash screen from being...Anonymous
March 28, 2006
One of the posters to the newsgroup recently posted a solution to an issue that many customers have queried...Anonymous
May 10, 2006
I have released an updated version of DUAScriptGen tonight that contains a couple of bug fixes, one that...Anonymous
May 11, 2006
It's Thursday morning, 9am, at MEDC 2006 here in Las Vegas. I am at the Cabana checking e-mail and on-hand...Anonymous
July 06, 2006
 
For those who have been anxiously waiting for the componentized version of the .NET Framework...Anonymous
March 19, 2007
Last week the Microsoft Redmond Campus played host to our MVPs from around the world. The MVP SummitAnonymous
March 20, 2007
Thursday last week saw me dashing off the airport right after the last MVP session to catch a plane toAnonymous
April 04, 2007
Probably the second most common question I get from people starting to use XP Embedded is "Why can'tAnonymous
April 17, 2007
A recent post in the XP Embedded forum highlighted an issue related to running vb scripts on EmbeddedAnonymous
May 01, 2007
From searching back through the archives of the newsgroup it appears that there have been one-off asksAnonymous
May 09, 2007
The MEDC rush is over and I did not even have a chance to blog while I was there. However, Mike HallAnonymous
May 17, 2007
An article today on a U.K. web site, Drives & Controls , talks about new devices from Siemens runningAnonymous
May 21, 2007
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June 14, 2007
I have just finished up the first day of TechMela - http://www.techmela.com (or MEDC) in India. ThisAnonymous
June 15, 2007
Techmela is taking place currently in Mumbai. This event combines 3 Microsoft events, namely MEDC, TechEDdand