Windows Embedded for Point of Service

Windows Embedded for Point of Service is a version of Windows XP made for industry use and embedded units, such as ATMs. It was the earliest version of Windows Embedded that would deploy an image for setup and containing nearly all of the required files in it. However, everything was split into smaller images inside the base image, with core features being in one, drivers being in another, etc. Windows Embedded for Point of Service was based on SP2, however a release with SP3 integrated was released on 2008-10-08. Roughly two months later, on 2008-12-09, another release of Windows based on Windows XP Embedded was released to manufacturing, that goes by the name of Windows Embedded POSReady 2009. It had more features compared to Windows Embedded for Point of Service, including Full Localization and XPS support if .NET Framework 3.5 or higher was installed.

Due to the amount of product keys for this build being scarce, the organisation of the images inside the installation CD and how it worked, this OS is near-impossible to install.