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Windows 10 IoT Core is an operating system for the Internet of Things. It has no desktop, but allows you to run a single Universal Windows Platform App in fullscreen. Out of the Raspberry Pi series, only the B 2 and the B 3 models are capable of running this OS.

Windows 10 IoT Core is a version of Windows 10 that is optimized for smaller devices with or without a display, and that runs on the Raspberry Pi 2 and 3.

Windows IoT Core does not have a desktop but instead utilizes the rich, extensible Universal Windows Platform (UWP) API for building Windows Applications.

Windows 10 IoT (Internet of Things) is the first Windows operating system to run on a Raspberry Pi.

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Windows 10 IoT Core Needs Explaining

First I am going to start with that I have a Raspberry Pi 2 B+ and a SanDisk 32GB class 10 micro SD card. My question is where is some good solid documentation, or at least a good explanation on what Windows 10 IoT Core does, what it looks like, and…
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Run Windows 10 IoT app at startup?

I have a .NET universal application which I deployed to Raspberry Pi 2. It runs when I select "Debug" in Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition. But whenever Raspberry shuts down, I need to start the app again. How can I make my app run at startup…
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Time drift with Windows IoT core

The Problem I have 4 Raspberry Pis running on my local network. All 4 Raspberry Pis are posting messages every 5 seconds to an Azure IoT hub. The problem is that when time drifts off, I'm getting authentication errors from the IoT hub and then my…
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How to debug failed Win10 IoT installation

So, I just installed win10 IoT dashboard (on my windows 10 pc) And I wanted to set up a new device. The problem I encounter is that when writing the image to the sd card, I simply get an error that states Failed to write provisioning file to the…
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Windows 10 IoT Core can't run any application

I am using a fresh installation of Windows 10 IoT Core build 10.0.10586 on my Raspberry Pi 2 Model B. Everytime I want to start an application (headed or headless) from the web interface, I only get the error from the following picture. No matter…
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Detect if runtime is device or desktop (ARM or x86/x64)

How to detect if a UWP/Iot Core application is being run on an ARM processor or a desktop processor (x86/x64)? Alternatively, is there any other way to detect if the application is run on desktop Windows or on a device? It would also help to detect…
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Windows 10 IoT Core dies after a few hours

I've been running Raspbian on a few Raspberries with months of uptime. Now, I've started to try out Windows 10 IoT Core on a Pi 3 in order to run F# programs with an up-to-date .NET (Raspbian has a very outdated Mono, 2+ years old). I'm running…
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Windows 10 IoT Core Simple Serial Sample not working

I have reproduced this example "to the T" using the RPi but when I connect to the USB-TTL device I always get a NULL returned. The sample and sources used. The device is the same one used in the example with the RPi. The device also appears as shown…
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Functions and limitations of Windows 10 IOT for Pi 2

I and a lot of others are confused with the win 10 os. I want to know if the os has a full gui web surfing and video, standalone exe runnable functionality like raspbian and ubuntu mate. I mean as a consumer os on common sense like windows 7, 8 or…
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Do all UWP apps work on Windows 10 IoT?

Is it possible to use all UWP apps on Windows 10 IoT.
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Background app auto restart after failure

I have a background (headless) app set to start at StartUp but after long execution sometimes the app stops. Clearly I need to investigate this stoppage, but I would like this app to run like a windows service, so that if it stops for ANY reason,…
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Windows 10 IOT Editions on Raspberry Pi 3

I know that Windows 10 IOT Core is is supported on raspberry pi and that it can run headless. I'd like to know whether other editions of Windows 10 IOT (specifically Enterprise or Retail) can run on raspberry pi 3 or whether Core is the only…
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cost of Windows 10 on the Pi

I know the beta is free but we are looking at a commercial application on the Pi. Does anyone have a ballpark clue as the licensing cost for Win10 on the Pi?
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Is it possible to install .exe file in Raspberry Pi running Windows 10 IoT Core?

Is it possible to install an .exe file on a Raspberry Pi running Windows 10 IoT Core, that is to say all .exe files which are supported by normal Windows? Does Windows 10 IoT core support all type .exe files?
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Torrent client on Windows 10 IoT

Are there any torrent client applications which work on a Raspberry Pi 2 running Windows 10 IoT?
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