Getting Started with the Windows Logo Program
If you create hardware products and drivers, Microsoft urges you to qualify your products for the Windows Logo Program to help customers identify quality products that are easy to install and that run without interfering with other components on Windows-based computers.
Plan and Design: Getting Started - How to design for Windows compatibility and reliability from the beginning.
Develop: Getting Started - Microsoft provides the Windows Driver Kit (WDK) to help you build reliable, stable, and secure drivers.
Test: Getting Started - To supplement your company's quality assurance practices, the Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) testing programs help ensure that your hardware and drivers qualify for the Windows Logo Program.
Qualify: Getting Started - Windows Quality Online Services (Winqual) provides the services that you use to qualify your products for Microsoft logo programs and to list them in product catalogs.
Maintain: Getting Started - Winqual offers several methods for maintaining and distributing drivers, including the ability for your company to view Windows Error Reporting (WER) data associated with driver failures.
To stay informed about Windows hardware and driver issues:
