Additional Resources

The following resources contain additional information and tools related to this chapter.

Related Information

• “Windows Vista Hardware Compatibility List” found at http://winqual.microsoft.com/HCL/Default.aspx.

• “Microsoft Hardware Support for Windows Vista” found at http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/windowsvista/support.mspx.

• “Windows Logo Program V. 3.0” found at http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winlogo/WLP30.mspx.

• “Driver Compatibility for Windows Vista” found at http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/c/5/9c5b2167-8017-4bae-9fde-d599bac8184a/DrvCompat_Vista.doc.

• “Step-by-Step Guide to Controlling Device Installation and Usage with Group Policy” found at http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/library/9fe5bf05-a4a9-44e2-a0c3-b4b4eaaa37f31033.mspx?mfr=true.

• “Step-by-Step Guide to Device Driver Signing and Staging” found at http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/library/4bbbeaa0-f7d6-4816-8a3a-43242d71d5361033.mspx?mfr=true.

• “Device Management and Installation Operations Guide” found at http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/library/562ca3d1-7876-433f-82d3-15de1aaab6d81033.mspx?mfr=true.

• “Device Management and Installation Technical Reference” was not yet published at the time of writing, but a link to this will be found at http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/library/a8a66e55-c3b3-47b6-b7d2-9805b13f73c81033.mspx?mfr=true.

• “Troubleshooting Device Management and Installation” found at http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/library/927a0cf5-b0e6-4f77-848b-5e19ffba25251033.mspx?mfr=true.

• “Device Installation Overview” (from the Windows Driver Kit) found at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms791091.aspx.

• “Device and Driver Technologies” (from the Windows Driver Kit) found at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa972913.aspx.

• “Device Identification Strings” (from the Windows Driver Kit) found at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms791083.aspx.

• The white paper “Debugging Device Installation in Windows Vista” found at http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/driver/install/diagnose.mspx.

• The white paper “Driver Package Compatibility for Windows Vista” found at http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/driver/install/drvpkgerrors.mspx.

• “How Setup Ranks Drivers (Windows Vista)” found at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa477022.aspx.

• “Services in Windows Vista” found at http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/vista/Vista_Services.mspx.

• “Power Policy Configuration and Deployment in Windows Vista” found at http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/pnppwr/powermgmt/PMpolicy_Vista.mspx.

• KB 930061, “Unified Extended Firmware Interface support in Windows Vista,” found at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930061.

• KB 934801, “Description of the technical support policy for systems that have not been confirmed as meeting the requirements of Windows Vista or of Windows XP,” found at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934801.

• KB 555927, “Description of the default behavior of a Windows Vista–based desktop computer when it wakes up from sleep,” found at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/937556.

• KB 920730, “How to disable and re-enable hibernation on a computer that is running Windows Vista,” found at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920730.

• KB 934539, “Error message when a system service on a Windows Vista–based computer connects to a system service on another Windows Vista–based computer: ‘Cannot connect to machine’,” found at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934539.