[wdmaudiodev] Re: White Papers now available

  • From: Matt Gonzalez <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: wdmaudiodev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2002 10:20:31 -0800

Thanks, David.  I guess I could have looked harder!

We've experienced a similar shift, although we see quite a bit of 
Windows 2000.

Matt

David Roach wrote:

>Hi Matt,
>
>The following links reference QFE 269601, which superseded Q242937. 
>
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/stream/hh/s
>tream/aud-design_5u07.asp
>
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/stream/hh/s
>tream/audmp-routines_8oj7.asp
>
>FWIW, we've found that our customers (primarily new laptop and desktop
>motherboards) dropped Win98SE on July 1st, when Microsoft pulled life
>support. WinME has had little traction, and Win2k had traction only in
>commercial accounts. This has had the effect of shifting the bulk of our
>efforts to WinXP SP1. This wholesale shift of our customer base is very
>unlike previous OS releases, which occurred much more gradually. 
>
>Best,
>
>David Roach
>droach@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Matt Gonzalez [mailto:matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
>Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 4:18 PM
>To: wdmaudiodev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [wdmaudiodev] Re: White Papers now available
>
>Certainly, you can run WDM drivers on 98SE.  However, there are a
>significant
>number of documented problems with WDM *audio* in Windows 98SE.
>
>There is a QFE available to resolve many of these issues.  However, it's not
>exactly straightforward for end users to obtain QFEs.  Because of this, we
>decided
>some time ago to only support WDM audio on Me, 2000, and XP.  So far, that's
>worked
>out fine.
>
>This is further complicated by the fact that the MS knowledge base has been
>reorganized and I can't even track down the link to the QFE anymore; it used
>to be
>article #242937, but that doesn't exist anymore.
>
>BTW, I've gotten a lot out of your books; I've got both the Windows 95 and
>WDM ones
>on my shelf.  They're both invaluable.
>
>Matt
>
>
>Walter Oney wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Matt Gonzalez wrote:
>>    
>>
>>>Right now we are supporting both VxD and WDM drivers for our products.
>>>      
>>>
>Since
>  
>
>>>our next products will only have WDM drivers, we will be supporting
>>>      
>>>
>Me/2K/XP
>  
>
>>>only.
>>>      
>>>
>>Umm, isn't 98SE *also* a WDM platform?
>>
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