Flash videos on Win CE netbook? Or an alternative OS.

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Hello everyone!

I just got a netbook that my friend got from Ebay which came with Win CE 6 and hardware the same as in the link.

(http://www.ebay.com/...2#ht_7194wt_952)

She wants to watch some videos in YouTube and such but as far as I know it wont be possible on the current OS. Or maybe there is some way to do it? I highly doubt it but maybe someone knows.

And the other question is- is there an OS that would run well on this netbook and supports flash.

If there is, how hard would it be to install a new one. There is just USB ports and an SD slot. Without the SD card in, I dont really know how big the space is already on it. It says in the link that its 2GB, but Im not sure if its the SD or internal space. So yeah would it be possible to install a new, better OS?

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Have you looked at the specs of those 'netbooks' ?

My gf's friend asked me to install 7 on her new netbook and when it arrived it was one of those, my old windows mobile phone has better specs than them, I told her to return it and she bought a real netbook instead

CPU : VIA wm8650 600MHz

System memory: 256MB

Nand flash: 2GB

Note : 1GB has been taken by the system, 1GB are available for use

You might get a Raspberry Pi Linux OS running on it if it has any drivers

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Yes I know it sucks, but then again I didnt buy it or choose it. So I guess I'll just say that it just sucks and cant run anything, which is quite true and I wouldnt have bought it if I were to buy one.

And Nik, at the end it says that it can be flashed to Windows CE, I dont really know from who she bought it.

So is there any solution?

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Yes I know it sucks, but then again I didnt buy it or choose it. So I guess I'll just say that it just sucks and cant run anything, which is quite true and I wouldnt have bought it if I were to buy one.

And Nik, at the end it says that it can be flashed to Windows CE, I dont really know from who she bought it.

So is there any solution?

I said, you might get a small linux distro running on it

Your not going to get a full windows OS on it other than CE

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Oh, sorry, didnt really see that. And yeah, I figured that I wont get a full OS. I could try that Linux.

But one problem, it cant run any exe files, so I cant install any software or anything. I believe that the flashing to CE was messed up somehow or something.

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Oh, sorry, didnt really see that. And yeah, I figured that I wont get a full OS. I could try that Linux.

But one problem, it cant run any exe files, so I cant install any software or anything. I believe that the flashing to CE was messed up somehow or something.

CE doesn't work like normal Windows, its a mobile OS, you install things with .cab files iirc

If there was a way to install another OS, you would need to be able to boot from USB, create a bootable live linux USB drive, boot from that and install it that way

If you can boot from USB, if not I have no idea

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Download this, extract the first rar file until you see a folder, copy the 2 files in the folder to the netbook and try running the 2 cab files inside

https://rapidshare.com/files/2504330967/opera_and_flash_cabs.rar

1 of them is flash for Windows Mobile (Worth a shot) the other is Opera mini 10 for Windows Mobile too

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Thanks for the files. I already had found the flash one, but it doesnt work :( and the mini opera- it says that its not a valid setup file.

I think the OS is too old for this kinda stuff :D

Yea I have no idea what does and does not work with WinCE, using Windows Mobile files was about my best guess as my Phone states that it is running a version of CE, if you can get Linux running then your on a good road to where you want to be, but if your stuck with CE I would personally ditch it before you want to chew your own face off

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Well thanks for the help :) Im trying to do a reset that will reset the settings and stuff and see if that changes anything. If that wont help, I'll try to install Linux.

If I decide to reinstall, should it boot from USB automatically or I have to change it into the BIOS. If so, how could I get into it? The same buttons as for other laptops and desktops?

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Thats what I'm saying 'if' it will let you boot from USB

There is probably a button combo that will put the device into bootloader mode or something if there is no BIOS to get into, or if it has some netbook functionality, pressing one of the F keys might give you a boot device option where you can choose the USB flashdrive but I`m guessing it is made more or less the same as a mobile device and will need some combination of keys to put it into a flashable mode which would probably mean you will need specific ROMs for it too

And I doubt anyone would have bothered making any, maybe check on XDA Developers Forums but I don't think they would bother with it either

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