At a minimum, a 32-bit system or device submitted for Windows Logo Program testing must provide 32-bit driver support for the Windows XP/Windows 2000 operating system, plus driver support for any other Windows operating systems that will be preinstalled on the system (Itanium-based systems must provide 64-bit driver support). For systems submitted for Microsoft Windows Logo Program testing, a Microsoft operating system must be preinstalled on the hard disk.
These requirements apply to all systems and peripherals displaying the "Designed for Windows" Logo, as the system or device/peripheral is shipped to a customer. Statements within this document relating to "testing requirements" or "systems submitted for Microsoft Windows Logo Program Testing" indicate test submission requirements; such statements do not reduce these Logo requirements.
A customer may request that the system supplier omit a particular component from a system configuration as shipped to that customer; however, such a customer request does not remove or reduce any related requirements for that system to support that component's functionality when and if the customer installs a Logo’d component of that class into the system.
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The system manufacturer must provide the customer with drivers for all devices for all operating systems for which the system has received the Windows Logo, unless a particular device class is not supported on one of the operating systems. That is, if the system has the logo for Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, and Windows 2000, the end user must have access to all compatible drivers and utilities for each version of the operating system.
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If the device class is supported under Windows Driver Model (WDM) in the operating system, the manufacturer-provided driver solution must use WDM.
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The manufacturer does not need to supply a driver if the device passes Logo testing using a driver provided with the operating system.
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