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"My Driver Quality Rating" Report to be Discontinued In December 2008, the Windows Logo Team announced the retirement of the Driver Quality Rating feature. With the February 10, 2011 update of the Winqual site, the "My Driver Quality Rating" report will be discontinued. If you have any questions, please contact werpasup@microsoft.com. 
WHDC Relaunching on MSDN in February 2011 Coming in February, the Windows Hardware Developer Central (WHDC) website will relaunch as the Windows Hardware Development website on the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN). WHDC will relocate the international WHDC sites to MSDN as well. You can look forward to content with the same hardware and driver focus as today, only better. The WHDC team took this opportunity to advance the site to help you: Get started Download kits and tools Connect to the deep reference content that you need Interact with the Windows hardware development community For those core WHDC customers who also develop Windows-based applications, the move to MSDN will bring WHDC into proximity with the Windows Application Development and Windows Server Application Development websites. All WHDC content you have bookmarked or saved to Favorites is still just a click away. For all pages on WHDC, redirects will be in place to send you to the content's new home on MSDN. The WHDC team welcomes your feedback on the new WHDC on MSDN. The best way to make the site even better is to let us know what changes you'd like to see. In February, Microsoft Hardware News will run a special newsletter on the new WHDC. (To subscribe to the Microsoft Hardware Newsletter, go to http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/newsreq.mspx.) You'll find more information about what's new and specifics on how you can provide feedback, as well as some live links to featured content on the new site. Until then, please keep using WHDC as you always have. See you soon on MSDN!
Winqual Down for Maintenance on February 10, 2011 The Windows Quality Online Services (Winqual) website (https://winqual.microsoft.com) will be unavailable, due to regularly scheduled maintenance, on Thursday, February 10, 2011. Please contact the Winqual Team (mailto:winqual@microsoft.com) with any questions or feedback. Winqual will begin accepting WLK 1.6 submissions starting on February 11, 2011.
Winqual Account Holders Must Link Account to a Windows Live ID The Winqual website will soon begin supporting Windows Live IDs. Starting with the release of the Winqual website on February 11, users of the site will need to link their existing Winqual account to a Windows Live ID. The following best practices for Live ID usage on Winqual ensure a consistent experience across MSDN, Connect and, Winqual: - When possible, use your work email address for the Live ID you use to sign in to Winqual. This will streamline the user information when you set up your Winqual account.
- If you use a Live ID with the Microsoft Connect or MSDN sites, use the same Live ID for Winqual. This will allow you to move seamlessly among these sites, without the need to sign in again.
- If you already have a Winqual account (Winqual username/password), use the migration link to migrate your Winqual account to Live ID authentication. This will ensure that the permissions and settings you have through your Winqual account will persist after the migration. From then on, you must use your Live ID to sign in; you will no longer use Winqual credentials to sign in.
Note: A single Winqual account can only have one Live ID. You can sign up for a Live ID by going to www.Live.com, or by clicking the Sign In link on the Winqual site after the February release. Winqual recommends that users have their own Live ID and Winqual account.
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