certification issue of driver development on Windows Vista

NTDEV
1

Hello All,
I want to develop driver on Windows Vista
is it necessary to have driver certified with Microsoft at the time of
development

Thanks,

Pravin G

2

During development time the driver need not be a Microsoft certified

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Hello All,
I want to develop driver on Windows Vista
is it necessary to have driver certified with Microsoft at the time of
development

Thanks,

Pravin G
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From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of pravin gawale
Sent: 29 January 2008 09:34
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] certification issue of driver development on
Windows Vista

Hello All,
I want to develop driver on Windows Vista
is it necessary to have driver certified with Microsoft at the
time of development
Thanks,
Pravin G

The certification process costs money and takes time, so you’ll want to
wait until you think you are ready to release before doing the expensive
steps.

If you are not familiar with the certification process then you should
set aside time and money now to learn and practice the steps before the
end of development. For example have you setup your DTM server and
client(s) yet? Do have a digital signing certificate Microsoft will
accept?

Regards,
Tim Green
Development Engineer
DisplayLink (UK) Limited