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WHQL Log Viewer available

The first DTM Power Toy is available for download . This tool opens the packages you create to submit your drivers to WHQL letting you browse through the results and logs. Send feedback on the tool to whqldt@microsoft.com . If things go the way I hope Read More...
Posted Monday, August 14, 2006 3:45 PM by craigrow | 1 Comments

It's official, WinHEC 2007 in the Big Easy

This announcement has been made quietly. I guess my Campaign for anything bug Seattle can be retired now. Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 10, 2006 9:27 AM by craigrow | 4 Comments

The Art of Project Management

One of the things I had hoped could happen on this blog is a lively discussion of things I’ve read lately that others may also have read. My first attempt was some reviews of chapters in Naked Conversations . It didn’t seem to resonate with anyone, but Read More...
Posted Sunday, May 07, 2006 4:09 PM by craigrow | 3 Comments
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New Wikipedia entry

I've been impressed with the value of Wikipedia lately. In the past using the Internet to search for information on an reasonably common topics often led to many useless links. Today I know I can go to Wikipedia and likely get good, topical information Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 02, 2006 9:06 AM by craigrow | 3 Comments

Windows Live Expo

I've used the Windows Live Expo beta to get rid of some left over construction materials I had as well as to sell the Mariner's tickets I can't use, I have season ticket in the Terrace Club. It is excellent and the new features outlined in this post should Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 19, 2006 3:54 PM by craigrow | 0 Comments
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Puzzle time: think outside the box

I'm not a big puzzle person but I ran across this puzzle twice in less than a week. Once in a project management book and once in an architecture book. I'm sure many of you have seen it before. If not, have fun. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 08, 2006 3:18 PM by craigrow | 6 Comments
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More driver blogs

Here is another new blog driver developers and testers will want to keep their eyes on. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 07, 2006 8:37 AM by craigrow | 0 Comments

Customizing Vista Setup

This capability of Vista Setup came up in a number of conversations during the recent WHQL event on campus. I don't think it has much application in the driver development and testing space but apparently it is an interesting capability so I'll share Read More...
Posted Monday, March 06, 2006 1:10 PM by craigrow | 0 Comments

Peter Wieland has started a blog

If you're at all involved with Windows driver development I expect you'll want to subscribe to this blog. I did. Read More...
Posted Friday, March 03, 2006 5:19 PM by craigrow | 0 Comments

Driver Dev Con and WinHEC

Steve asks a good question... "Any word on DevCon yet? " There is no Driver Dev Con planned for this year. That's pretty disappointing to everyone on the WDK team. If this is disappointing to you also, I recommend you let the WinHEC organizers know. Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 02, 2006 11:16 AM by craigrow | 0 Comments

WinHEC registration is open

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winhec/ I'm told registrations are significantly ahead of 2005's pace. Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 02, 2006 9:52 AM by craigrow | 1 Comments

Windows Deployment Services

Most of you are aware that we aren't going to be able to ship the ASI client setup CD with the WDK as we had hoped. This leaves you on your own when doing the initial install of the client's safe OS. Some of our partners have been successful in using Read More...
Posted Friday, January 27, 2006 9:52 AM by craigrow | 0 Comments

The best comment on the whole driver signing discussion

From Will Dean: "The real tragedy of driver-related BSODs is that in many applications people should never have needed to write KM code at all, let alone the ghastly 50 lines of application code surrounded by 5000 lines of impossible PnP/Power boilerplate. Read More...
Posted Friday, January 27, 2006 9:38 AM by craigrow | 4 Comments

I guess I touched a nerve...Vista driver signing requirements

This post seems to have touched some raw nerves. I wasn't expecting that but I'm not surprised either given all the feedback I've heard re: driver signing since the first beta of XP. I understand the frustrations, I also know that when Windows crashes Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 26, 2006 9:32 AM by craigrow | 3 Comments

Another Delicious Monster article

Now they're getting national attention. See this article in Wired. Read More...
Posted Monday, January 23, 2006 11:37 AM by craigrow | 0 Comments
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