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Specialized NDIS and TDI driver samples that illustrate a variety of programming techniques of interest to programmers.
Rawether for Windows is a fourth-generation framework for development of Windows products that "directly" access NDIS network interface card (NIC) drivers from Win32 applications.

 

Microsoft Resources

Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN)
Online access to Microsoft documentation, downloads and other information of interest to developers.
 
Windows Hardware & Driver Central (WHDC)
WHDC is an essential resource for system and device manufacturers, driver developers, and other professionals who create products that run with the Microsoft® Windows® family of operating systems.
 
WHDC includes information on design, development, testing and qualification of hardware and device drivers on the Windows platform.

Here a quick-links to some WHDC sub-webs:
bulletWindows DDK Site
bulletWindows Hardware Compatibility Tests (HCT) Site
Knowledge Base Articles for Driver Development
The Microsoft WHDC team has updated the collection of links to KB articles for driver developers, and we are adding new links weekly.
NDIS-Specific Knowledge Base Articles for Driver Development
NDIS-specific knowledge base articles for driver developers.
Kernel-Mode "Do Not Call" List for Network Device Drivers
This paper identifies certain public imports exposed by public header files such as Wdm.h and Ntddk.h are considered obsolete, deprecated, unsupported, or not recommended for use by kernel-mode network drivers.
 

Device Driver Information Sites

 
Windows Driver Developer's Digest
The Independent Newsletter of Windows Driver Programming.
 
Kernel Mode Systems
Jamie E. Hanrahan's KMS site is an excellent resource for kernel-mode driver writers.
 
Systems Internals Site
An extraordinary site for Windows 95 and Windows NT developers provided by Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell.
 
OSR Online Windows Driver Development Site
Includes tools and other links from Open Systems Resources, Inc..
 
OSR's NT Insider
OSR's Windows NT System Software Development Newsletter.
 
Oracle Engineering, Inc.
Bob Weiman's Device Driver Resource Page.
 

Device Driver Toolkit Vendors

NuMega/Compuware VtoolsD Site
Vireo Software (Compuware NuMega Lab) licenses VtoolsD for Windows 9X and well as other Windows 9X and Windows NT development tools. In addition, they have useful Technical Tips and utilities.
JUNGO
Jungo provides device driver development tools and high availability solutions. All tools are cross platform - write your code once, run it on all supported operating systems.

 

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