WDK has been released?

NTDEV
1

Is the WDK RTM v.6000 posted on the Connect site the actual RTM version?

Regards,
–PA

2

Really? I’m not on the connect program for WDK, but this means that Vista
probably went RTM already (build 6000, 6 as the NT version)?

GV

“Pavel A.” wrote in message news:xxxxx@ntdev…
> Is the WDK RTM v.6000 posted on the Connect site the actual RTM version?
>
> Regards,
> --PA
>
>
>

3

Gianluca Varenni wrote:

Really? I’m not on the connect program for WDK, but this means that Vista
probably went RTM already (build 6000, 6 as the NT version)?

“6” as in “marketing cleverness”. The last public build was 5600, and I
know they haven’t done 400 builds since then. It’s just their penchant
for round numbers. Windows 95 was released as build 950, Windows 98 was
release as build 1998, and Windows XP was build 2600, despite the fact
that the real build numbers weren’t anywhere close to those.

Windows 2000 was build 2195, which was probably honest…

–
Tim Roberts, xxxxx@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

4

There was a 5744 and 5840 release of the WDK after 5600. They had always
said they would ramp up the number to 6000. Note: the WDK was RTM Friday,
Vista is rumored to be RTM real soon now.

–
Don Burn (MVP, Windows DDK)
Windows 2k/XP/2k3 Filesystem and Driver Consulting
http://www.windrvr.com
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“Tim Roberts” wrote in message news:xxxxx@ntdev…
> Gianluca Varenni wrote:
>> Really? I’m not on the connect program for WDK, but this means that
>> Vista
>> probably went RTM already (build 6000, 6 as the NT version)?
>>
>
> “6” as in “marketing cleverness”. The last public build was 5600, and I
> know they haven’t done 400 builds since then. It’s just their penchant
> for round numbers. Windows 95 was released as build 950, Windows 98 was
> release as build 1998, and Windows XP was build 2600, despite the fact
> that the real build numbers weren’t anywhere close to those.
>
> Windows 2000 was build 2195, which was probably honest…
>
> –
> Tim Roberts, xxxxx@probo.com
> Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
>
>

5

Build 6660 is getting close…

“Tim Roberts” wrote in message news:xxxxx@ntdev…
> Gianluca Varenni wrote:
>> Really? I’m not on the connect program for WDK, but this means that Vista
>> probably went RTM already (build 6000, 6 as the NT version)?
>>
>
> “6” as in “marketing cleverness”. The last public build was 5600, and I
> know they haven’t done 400 builds since then. It’s just their penchant
> for round numbers. Windows 95 was released as build 950, Windows 98 was
> release as build 1998, and Windows XP was build 2600, despite the fact
> that the real build numbers weren’t anywhere close to those.
>
> Windows 2000 was build 2195, which was probably honest…
>
> –
> Tim Roberts, xxxxx@probo.com
> Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
>
>

6

I know, i know…

that’s why seeing “6000” I thought “they’ve closed it” :slight_smile:

GV

----- Original Message -----
From: “Tim Roberts”
To: “Windows System Software Devs Interest List”
Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 4:07 PM
Subject: Re: [ntdev] WDK has been released?

> Gianluca Varenni wrote:
>> Really? I’m not on the connect program for WDK, but this means that Vista
>> probably went RTM already (build 6000, 6 as the NT version)?
>>
>
> “6” as in “marketing cleverness”. The last public build was 5600, and I
> know they haven’t done 400 builds since then. It’s just their penchant
> for round numbers. Windows 95 was released as build 950, Windows 98 was
> release as build 1998, and Windows XP was build 2600, despite the fact
> that the real build numbers weren’t anywhere close to those.
>
> Windows 2000 was build 2195, which was probably honest…
>
> –
> Tim Roberts, xxxxx@probo.com
> Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
>
>
> —
> Questions? First check the Kernel Driver FAQ at
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7

In case you didn’t notice, Windows Vista was released to manufacturing yesterday. So, Vista’s “done” – Now it’s on to S03 SP2, LH Server, and Vista SP1 (not necessarily in that order).

As already mentioned, the final WDK is available on Connect, and we should see see it available for download on MSDN “soon” (that is, in the next month or so).

Peter
OSR

8

Cannot see it on Connect. In the download list, the only item dated in
November are pictures from the Vista release party :-/
Am I doing something wrong?

Udo

xxxxx@osr.com wrote:

In case you didn’t notice, Windows Vista was released to
manufacturing yesterday. So, Vista’s “done” – Now it’s on to S03
SP2, LH Server, and Vista SP1 (not necessarily in that order).

As already mentioned, the final WDK is available on Connect, and we
should see see it available for download on MSDN “soon” (that is, in
the next month or so).

Peter OSR

9

It is available on MSDN. Beta versions are available through Connect.

-----Original Message-----
From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com [mailto:bounce-269988-
xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Udo Eberhardt
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 4:56 AM
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: Re:[ntdev] WDK has been released?

Cannot see it on Connect. In the download list, the only item dated in
November are pictures from the Vista release party :-/
Am I doing something wrong?

Udo

xxxxx@osr.com wrote:
> In case you didn’t notice, Windows Vista was released to
> manufacturing yesterday. So, Vista’s “done” – Now it’s on to S03
> SP2, LH Server, and Vista SP1 (not necessarily in that order).
>
> As already mentioned, the final WDK is available on Connect, and we
> should see see it available for download on MSDN “soon” (that is, in
> the next month or so).
>
> Peter OSR
>
>

Questions? First check the Kernel Driver FAQ at
http://www.osronline.com/article.cfm?id=256

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10

Thanks. Got it. Actually, it is available on both sites as described here
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/wdk/betawdk.mspx

Udo

Mark Roddy wrote:

It is available on MSDN. Beta versions are available through Connect.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com [mailto:bounce-269988-
> xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Udo Eberhardt
> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 4:56 AM
> To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
> Subject: Re:[ntdev] WDK has been released?
>
> Cannot see it on Connect. In the download list, the only item dated in
> November are pictures from the Vista release party :-/
> Am I doing something wrong?
>
> Udo
>
>
> xxxxx@osr.com wrote:
>> In case you didn’t notice, Windows Vista was released to
>> manufacturing yesterday. So, Vista’s “done” – Now it’s on to S03
>> SP2, LH Server, and Vista SP1 (not necessarily in that order).
>>
>> As already mentioned, the final WDK is available on Connect, and we
>> should see see it available for download on MSDN “soon” (that is, in
>> the next month or so).
>>
>> Peter OSR
>>
>>
> —
> Questions? First check the Kernel Driver FAQ at
> http://www.osronline.com/article.cfm?id=256
>
> To unsubscribe, visit the List Server section of OSR Online at
> http://www.osronline.com/page.cfm?name=ListServer