Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Windows Logo Program Newsletter for December 9, 2008

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Reminder: Winqual Down for Maintenance on December 11, 2008

The Windows Quality Online Services (Winqual) Web site (https://winqual.microsoft.com) will be unavailable due to regularly scheduled maintenance from 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time on Thursday, December 11, 2008.

Please note that the Winqual Web site is unavailable during the second Thursday of each month. Please contact the Winqual team with any questions or feedback. Thank you.

Program Support  

New Windows Logo Program Testing Agreement Now Available

The new Windows Logo Program Testing Agreement, Version 2.2.1, is now available for signing. In this version, clarifications have been added to section 3ii.

Immediate signature of Version 2.2.1 is not required. However, please note that this version will be required for those new to the logo program or when a previously completed version expires.

This and all versions of the Windows Logo Program testing agreement are available on the WinQual Web site (http://winqual.microsoft.com). See the "Helpful Links" area and click on "Legal Agreements".



Requirements Documentation Now Available on LogoPoint

Documents containing logo requirements are now available in Microsoft Word format on LogoPoint. The documents are specific to each test category or Logo Program. This includes newly-released requirements in the Imaging devices, Portable devices, and Network Media devices categories.

To access these documents, please sign in to your Winqual account and go to the LogoPoint Home page. The documents are available under the title "Prepared Requirements Reports" on the navigation bar in LogoPoint.

The documents are in Word 2007 docx format. If you do not have Word 2007 installed, you can download the Word 2007 format viewer from this page: Compatibility Pack for Word 2007.

Please note that some requirements for new categories are still in the publication process. This is the first edition of these reports. The requirements documents will be updated monthly.



Opportunity to Provide Feedback on Requirements for Windows Logo Program

Proposed Windows 7 requirements and Windows Vista requirements that go into effect on June 1, 2009 closed to feedback on November 21, 2008, except for the newly-released requirements in the Imaging Devices, Portable Devices, and Network Media Devices categories.

The opportunity to provide feedback on these newly released requirements for the Windows Logo Program ends December 12, 2008. Please review the requirements and use the LogoPoint system to provide feedback as soon as possible.

We would like to also inform partners of the following SYSFUND requirement update. You can find complete details on LogoPoint. Please provide your feedback in LogoPoint by December 18, 2008.

SYSFUND-0032 - Systems that ship with a Windows operating system must meet partitioning requirements.


Logo Testing News

Edition for

December 9, 2008

In This Issue:
Reminder: Winqual Down for Maintenance on December 11, 2008
New Windows Logo Program Testing Agreement Now Available
Requirements Documentation Now Available on LogoPoint
Opportunity to Provide Feedback on Requirements for Windows Logo Program
Windows Logo Program References
Windows Logo Program Newsletter Archives
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