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Office Hours Event Scheduled for September 2, 2009
The Windows Logo Program team is pleased to announce our next Office Hours event. This event will focus on how to create a Windows Device Stage experience and how to submit device metadata. This event will take place Wednesday, September 2, at 18:30 Pacific Daylight Time (September 3, 2009, 01:30 Universal Time). Please note that this is a change from the previously announced date of September 1. Office Hours is a live interactive session featuring members of the Windows Logo Program team and other experts at Microsoft. Attendees can see and hear the team answering their questions and discussing hot topics. To prepare for this next Office Hours event, we suggest that you view the following webcasts and then either bring your questions to the event or submit your questions in advance through e-mail: . Device Experiences in Windows 7 ( http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032418085) . Developing Windows 7 Device Stage Experiences ( http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032418919) . Device Metadata Submissions ( http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032418918) This Office Hours event is an opportunity to meet the authors behind these webcasts and ask questions relating to these subject areas. For information on how to participate in the next live event, see the Windows Logo Program Office Hours page ( http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winlogo/office_hrs.mspx). Submit your questions prior to the event to logofb@microsoft.com ( mailto:logofb@microsoft.com). Please put "Office Hours Question" in the subject line. Questions and answers from previous Office Hours events are posted on the Windows Hardware Developer Central (WHDC) Web site. On the Office Hours page ( http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winlogo/office_hrs.mspx), click Office Hours FAQ.
New Getting Started Pages on Windows Hardware Developer Central
Early Bird Special for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Submissions Extended
We are pleased to announce that we are extending the early bird special for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 submissions. The special $100 submission fee for these programs will remain in effect until September 30, 2009.
Policy Clarification for Windows Server 2008 R2 Devices
Systems that qualify for the Windows Server 2008 R2 logo automatically qualify for the Windows Server 2008 logo without further testing. However, this is not the case for devices; devices and associated drivers must be tested and qualified separately for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
Effective November 7, 2009, All Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Submissions Must Use an RTM Operating System for Testing
Effective November 7, 2009 all hardware submissions for the Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Logo Program must be based on testing with a released-to-manufacturing (RTM) version of the operating system (OS). For submissions made on or before November 6, 2009, you can test with either an RTM version or a release candidate (RC) version of the OS.
Windows Logo Kit 1.4 QFE 014 Is Now Available on Connect
QFE 014 for Windows Logo Kit (WLK) 1.4 is now available for download on the WLK Connect site ( https://connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx?SiteID=668). This QFE is required for all system submissions. This QFE fixes problems with the CRASH - Display Stress test. The test was sometimes generating a forced Timeout Detection and Recovery (TDR) error (Bug Check 0x117: VIDEO_TDR_TIMEOUT_DETECTED), which caused the test to fail falsely. This QFE prevents the forced TDR error, so failures in the TDR Watch task should be considered valid again and should be fixed by the vendor.
Windows Logo Kit 1.4 QFE 015 and QFE 016 Are Now Available on Connect
QFE 015 and QFE 016 for Windows Logo Kit (WLK) 1.4 are now available for download on the WLK Connect site ( https://connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx?SiteID=668). These QFEs pertain to the Audio category and are optional. They fix issues related to jack detection in the RoundTrip and Fidelity tests. QFE 015 is for device testing and QFE 016 is for system testing. These QFEs are for use with WLK 1.4 RTM (version 1.4.7100. xx). Note: Before you apply a QFE, close all active DTM Studio sessions. Applying a QFE might affect any submission that is in progress, so you should complete any submissions before applying the QFE. After installing a QFE, you must regenerate any incomplete submission that was begun before the QFE was installed.
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