The Windows Driver Kit (WDK) documentation set on the Microsoft Developer Network ( MSDN ) and the Windows Hardware Developer Central ( WHDC ) Web sites has been updated for March and April 2008. The WDK documentation team has updated the documentation...

Kernel-mode driver binaries for 64-bit versions of Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista must be signed for release, or Windows will not load the binary. This requirement applies to file system drivers, including minifilters, legacy filters, and redirectors...

What are annotations? } Essentially comments in the code that can be understood by static analysis tools (PREfast for Drivers, /analyze option in Visual Studio) Why are annotations needed? } Because they find bugs! } Annotations describe the...

Here is an additional roadmap prototype topic for Windows Driver Model (WDM) audio drivers, written by Eric Bortei-Doku of the WDK writing team. Please review this prototype topic for accuracy, completeness, and general usefulness to new driver developers...

To help new driver developers and experienced driver developers who are new to a specific type of driver, the Windows Driver Kit (WDK) writing team is investigating the use of a new topic type that lists the basic set of steps in the end-to-end driver...