I started my life at Microsoft as a developmental editor on Microsoft Access and Visual Basic. We distributed the documentation as a set of books. Just before we shipped, they asked me to cut the reference documentation by 20%. This would save a lot of...

Quite honestly, spending most of my time deep in the innards of the kernel file system stack, I wasn't entirely convinced that WinHEC would have a lot of relevant information to offer - boy, was I wrong! As a matter of fact, WinHEC provided so much...

When you install the WDK, the application used to view the offline version of the documentation is called "Document Explorer". There are a few tips that can make this application more user friendly. Here's one of them .... When you first install...

A recent post on one of the OSR forums ( http://www.osronline.com/cf.cfm?PageURL=showLists.cfm?list=ntdev ) detailed some of the issues the driver development community has with the documentation. I'd like to invite anyone that has feedback to use this...

The WinHEC conference is wrapping up this afternoon. The conference has been a well-oiled machine, a tribute to our colleagues that run the event. A few trends that I've observed this week: Power management is on everyone's mind. Consumers are willing...

Bill Laing just completed his day two keynote presentation, focusing on key technology updates and improvements coming in Windows Server 2008 R2. Not suprisingly, there was a strong emphasis on Hyper-V (Bill was presented his own "can" of Hyper-V near...

Steven Sinofsky and Jon DeVaan just wrapped up their keynote presentation. There were some impressive demos showing off the new Device Experience Platform. Judging by crowd reaction to the demos, device staging will be one of the most exciting new features...

A new Windows Driver Kit has shipped. This is a new release of the WDK and includes the following new features: New Setup Environment Updates/fixes to Headers Added Bluetooth 2.1 headers and samples Added support for Server 2008 to DifX...

On September 24, 2008, Frank Gennaro made a comment to our August 2008 blog post titled "WDK Survey: Help Improve the Documentation in the Kit and on MSDN", saying: "The documentation is great, but there is one problem: Where do you download the Windows...

In case you are one of the lucky ones who will be going to WinHEC next week, be sure to look for people wearing these name badges: Keith Boyd , our new WDK Senior Content Publishing Manager (the boss) John Jackson , Senior Programming Writer...

We’re excited to announce the release and availability of the Windows 7 Developer Guide. The guide features information on new developer technologies found in Windows 7, including information on the forthcoming release of the Windows Driver Kit for Windows...

I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce myself to the Windows driver development community. My name is Keith Boyd, and I joined the WDK/WLK documentation team as Senior Manager about four months ago. I’m excited and humbled to be a part of this...