The best way to find the right WDK documentation for your needs is to download the latest version of the WDK from http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/DevTools/WDK/WDKpkg.mspx . If you want, you can download only the docs. Or visit the WDK docs page at http...

Over the past few days, Microsoft has republished all of the Windows Driver Kit documentation on MSDN Library. This act was the culmination of over six months of work to migrate our source docs to a different, XML-based content management and authoring...

Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 has a new help system/viewer, a clear harbinger of the demise of dexplore. You can see a video from the Library Experience Team on Channel 9 here: http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/kmcgrath/Help-30-New-Help-System-in-Visual-Studio...

Happy New Year! Hey, I don't think we posted that the docs were updated before the new year. It'll be a little while before we do another update, because we're taking some time to rework our authoring and publication systems. Stay tuned. You can...

A little over a year ago, MVP Martin O'Brien advised us that that the single most important improvement we could make to the WDK docs would be to fill in the missing "Requirements" information on the reference pages in the Kernel-Mode Driver Architecture...

We've just wrapped up a whitepaper that describes the creation of a sample driver that supports four sensors: compass, 2-axis accelerometer, ultrasonic distance, and passive-infrared (or motion). You can download the whitepaper and accompanying source...

September’s documentation updates were posted to MSDN on October 2 nd , 2009. You can access the updated documentation here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa972908.aspx You can download the offline version of the documentation (in Hxs...

The Microsoft File System Filter team has created a Filter Test Suite to help filter ISVs prepare for the release of Windows 7. The test suite is a collection of regression tests that apply to a number of filtering points in the Windows platform: This...

If you are working with the Windows Vista SP2 with Platform Client Update, you will need to make some minor changes to the Print XPS Rasterization Filter Sample. If you want to know more about the Platform Client Update, see KB article 971644 . Follow...

Did you attend IFS Plugfest 21 but didn't get a chance to grab all the goodies? If so (and you signed the IFS Plugfest 21 NDA), you can access the following goodies via Microsoft Connect. Plugfest slides and videos Filter Test Suite VHD Windows...

I’m the doc writer for both Kernel-Mode Driver Framework (KMDF) and User-Mode Driver Framework (UMDF) documentation that’s in the Windows Driver Kit. Perhaps you’d like to know what I’ve been working on for Windows 7. I’ve always been the owner...

We’ve decided to shut off the Community Content (aka “wiki”) section of WDK documentation on MSDN. A few months ago I provided this blog post , which questioned the usefulness of the Community Content feature for WDK documentation. Your responses...

Hopefully you've already downloaded the new Windows 7 version of the WDK, which has all the latest Windows 7 headers, libraries, samples, and test applications: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/DevTools/WDK/WDKpkg.mspx . We've also released an even later...

You can now download the Microsoft Windows Driver Kit (WDK) documentation for Windows 7 in either hxs or chm format from: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/DevTools/WDK/WDKdocs.mspx Please use the feedback link at the bottom of each documentation page...

As of a few minutes ago, the Windows 7 RTM WDK documentation refresh went live on MSDN online. You can access the new documentation here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa972908.aspx Next week, the same content will be available in hxs...

If you are a Print Driver developer using the XPS Filter Pipeline, you can now use unmanaged XPS functions that were previously only available as .NET managed code. Because these functions were originally written for .NET, they could not be called from...

Microsoft Auto Code Review (known by the acronym OACR) integrates PREfast for Drivers (PFD) into the WDK build environment and is available when you install the latest WDK for Windows 7. OACR automatically begins working when you open a build environment...

Windows 7 has added new device driver interfaces (DDIs) to provide support for Mobile Broadband (MB) devices, beginning with Windows 7 Beta. MB miniport drivers are based on the NDIS 6.20 model. You can learn more about NDIS 6.20 at http://msdn.microsoft...

Thanks for all the feedback regarding the CHM version of the WDK documentation. Based on your overwhelmingly positive response, we’ll continue posting the CHM version to WHDC at major Windows release intervals (Beta, RC, RTM, etc.). The CHM for the Windows...

Here are two updates that will help Printer driver developers who are working with the RC version of the XPS Rasterization Filter Service sample. 1. If you are using the RC version of the XPS Rasterization Filter Service sample, it is strongly recommended...

The Windows native operating system services API is implemented as a set of routines that run in kernel mode. These routines have names that begin with the prefix Nt or Zw . Kernel-mode drivers can call these routines directly. User-mode applications...

So I was about to start using a self-checkout machine in a grocery store when service tech asked me to use the next one over, so he could service the one I was about to use. I obliged and he proceeded to work his magic. After he was done, he rebooted...

Kernel objects are primitive data objects that the Windows kernel implements in system memory to represent the various features of the computing environment that are managed by the operating system. Kernel objects represent features such as devices, drivers...

Go ahead. We are ready. We want to hear from you. As we mentioned in a previous blog post, starting with the MSDN update in May, we have added a new feedback link to the bottom of our online WDK pages. When you click this new link the e-mail you send...

The WDKUA team is pleased to announce that we have refreshed the WDK documentation for Windows 7 RC on MSDN. You can view the documentation at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa972908.aspx We have also provided an improved feedback mechanism...