There are several great books on Embedded Windows OS design I'll post more when I find better ones. I started Embedded design in college With Microsoft in Platform Builder and CE 3.0 at a vocational college in Elizabethon TN recognized nationally by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Some books include
I haven't done any Embedded design since 2001. After a 5 year music career and good ambient music I'm becoming a Microsoft Partner again and .NET foundation team member. My domain is paid with unlimited SSD storage for 5 years. I do like computer nostalgia and may turn my Windows Server installation into a type 1 hypervisor. for now I'm using Virtual Box. Here is the Shared Source Initiative for Embedded and MVP which is what I have we will get into 2013 later maybe in 2021.