develop driver for all the versions of windows

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Hi All,

i am new to windows device driver development. i downloaded WDK 7.1.0, but its documentation says we can't develop driver for windows-XP(SP2) or lower.

please suggest me how can i develop drivers for all the version of windows at least windows-Xp(SP1) and later versions.

Thanks in advance...

Posted 20-Feb-12 0:19am

Jayant Narayan Dash

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Mehdi Gholam · Answer 1 · 2012-02-20T02:06:00

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You really shouldn't be using XP without at least SP3 installed as it more stable and secure than SP1 and SP2.

XP is not an actively supported operating system at the moment and will be decommissioned in 2014 (expiry of the extended support period).

Posted 20-Feb-12 2:06am

Mehdi Gholam

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fjdiewornncalwe 20-Feb-12 13:16pm

[OP answer moved to comment] Hello Mehdi,

Thanks for your quick reply...
but still can you guide me for my problem, considering with the XP(sp2).

Thanks.