Device Driver Development for Microsoft^® Windows^®

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What's Here?

• Where to Start
• Books
• Related Web Sites
• Related Newsgroups
• E-Mail Discussion Groups
• Independent Driver Developers

1. If you're writing for Windows NT, review the Windows NT Kernel-Mode Device Driver FAQ.
2. Next, visit the newsgroups.
3. You might also be interested in some related E-mail discussion groups.
4. After reviewing all of the above, you might want to browse around the other links shown on this page.

• Cherry Hill Software
• Compuware DriverCentral
• "Dirty Little Secrets about Windows 95" by Matt Pietrek
• http://www.hp.com/Misc/Peripherals.html - Hewlett-Packard Computers & Peripherals
• Intel^® Developer Support
• KRFTech - Driver Toolkits for Multiple-Platform Support
• Microsoft
  • Hardware and Driver Development
  • MS Developer Network (MSDN)
  • Knowledge Base
• Systems Internals
• NDIS FAQ
• The O'Reilly Windows Center (Including Updates to Schulman's Unauthorized Windows 95)
• PCA USA - Specialized Network Development Toolkits & Consulting
  • Windows 95 VxD Infrequently Asked Question (IFAQ) List
• Tetradyne Software Inc. - DriverX, DFC, and VxBuild
• VenturCom - Real-Time Windows NT and CE
• Suggest new sites by E-mail. (No Soliciting)

• Usenet Newsgroups
  • FAQs
    • The FAQ for these newsgroups is available via ftp at ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/windows/programming/vxd
    • Windows NT Kernel-Mode Device Driver FAQ is also available.
  • comp.os.ms-windows.setup.win95: Questions and problems with setting up and configuring Windows® 95.
    If you are looking for a device driver, visit the comp.os.ms-windows.setup.win95 newsgroup to post a query in the newsgroup.
  • comp.os.ms-windows.setup.win3x: Questions and problems with setting up and configuring Windows® 3.x.
  • comp.os.ms-windows.video: Video display cards, drivers and monitors for use with Windows®.
  • comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.vxd: Development of VxDs and Windows® 3.x and 95 device drivers.
  • comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.nt.kernel-mode: Development of Windows® NT™ kernel-mode drivers.
• Microsoft Newsgroups
  • microsoft.public.win32.programmer.kernel - Windows 95 and Windows NT Driver/Kernel Programming
  • microsoft.public.win16.programmer.kernel - Legacy Windows Driver Programming
  • microsoft.public.usasalesinfo.developer.sdk-ddk
• Newsgroups at cs.intel.com
  • Intel.mmx_technology - Pentium Processors with MMX
  • Intel.microprocessors.pentium_pro - Pentium Pro Processors
  • Intel.microprocessors.pentium - Pentium Processors

• The DDK-L E-Mail Discussion Group
  • Separate areas for Windows 95, NT, Network, and File System Driver discussions
• NTDEV - Windows NT Device Drivers
  • To subscribe, send "SUBSCRIBE NTDEV" or "SUBSCRIBE NTDEV-DIGEST" in the body of a message to Majordomo@atria.com.
• NTFSD - Windows NT File System Drivers
  • To subscribe, send "SUBSCRIBE NTFSD" or "SUBSCRIBE NTFSD-DIGEST" in the body of a message to Majordomo@atria.com.

• Acme Device Drivers, Inc.
• Advanced Data Technologies, Inc.
• alt.software inc.
• Art & Logic
• Basic 2000  Studios
• Bayside Computing, Inc.
• Ceres Technologies
• Cherry Hill Software
• Creative Systems Concepts, Inc.
• Contec Design AS, Norway
• CreativeMedia Software Solutions, Inc.
• Eltan B.V.
• DriverSoft Consulting, Ltd.
• Eclectic Engineering, Inc.
• E.D.C. Ltd.
• Edgewood Engineering
• Exopoint Software, Inc.
• Goman Communication LTD
• Gravity Computing Solutions
• Inner Systems Software
• Intelligraphics Device Drivers
• IXCEL
• Kernel Mode Systems
• Ashley Laurent, Inc.
• Livengood Consulting
• Media Engineering, Inc.
• MPC Data Limited
• MTE Software, Inc.
• Nordtech Research
• Walter Oney Software
• Open Systems Resources, Inc.
• Oracle Engineering
• Paragon Technologie GmbH
• Andrew Pargeter and Associates
• PCCON ( German / Auf Deutsch)
• PHD Computer Consultants Ltd
• Printing Communications Associates
• PSTech
• R2M Software
• SciTech Software
• Singing Electrons, Inc.
• Sky Blue Technologies
• Sybera
• Syzygy International Corp.
• TaoSoft, Inc.
• TCOM, Inc.
• TriplePoint, Inc.
• vWare
• WinStar Technologies
• Woodruff Software Systems
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