Windows Logo Program Newsletter for January 11, 2011

Sign up for other newsletters | Unsubscribe | Update your profile The Windows Logo Program Newsletter provides up to date information about the Windows Logo Program. Did you get this newsletter from a friend? Subscribe to the Windows Logo Program Newsletter. Announcing the Windows Logo Kit 1.6 Release Schedule Windows Logo Kit (WLK) 1.6 is expected to be released to manufacturing (RTM) on approximately January 28. It will then be released to the web (RTW) within a week. The Winqual site will begin accepting submissions on February 3. WLK 1.6 will become a required kit for logo submissions effective June 1, 2011. Until that date, partners can choose to use either WLK 1.5 or WLK 1.6 for logo submissions. WLK 1.5 expires at 23:59 P.M. Pacific Time on May 31.   Obtaining a logo for Windows XP can only be done using WLK 1.5, and only until 23:59 P.M. Pacific Time on May 31. Partners can, however, obtain a driver signature for Windows XP by submitting through the "Unclassified" program in WLK 1.6. Drivers submitted through the Windows XP Unclassified category are eligible to go on Windows Update. For more information, see http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/whql/resources/news/whqlnews_120710.html.   Partners are required to use Windows 7 Service Pack 1 to test their submissions 90 days after the RTM of the service pack. This is documented in Policy-0002. Enforcement of Some Requirements Delayed The Windows Logo Team would like to let partners know that we have delayed enforcement of the following logo requirement to June 1, 2011. BUSPORT-0043 BUSPORT-0044 BUSPORT-0045 BUSPORT-0046 BUSPORT-0047 BUSPORT-0048 CONNECT-0120 CONNECT-0129 CONNECT-0130 CONNECT-0131 DEVFUND-0048 GRAPHICS-0083 GRAPHICS-0084 INPUT-0059 INPUT-0060 INPUT-0061 INPUT-0062 INPUT-0064 INPUT-0065 INPUT-0066 INPUT-0067 INPUT-0068 INPUT-0069 STORAGE-0029 STORAGE-0030 STREAM-0082 STREAM-0083 STREAM-0084 STREAM-0085 STREAM-0091 STREAM-0092 Edition for January 11, 2011 In This Issue: Announcing the Windows Logo Kit 1.6 Release Schedule Enforcement of Some Requirements Delayed What's New on WHDC? Windows Logo Program References • Windows Logo Program Newsletter Archives Sign up for other newsletters | Update your profile © 2010 Microsoft Corporation Terms of Use | Trademarks | Legal Information

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