Windows Hardware Lab Kit: Difference between revisions

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It provides automated scheduling and execution of the [[Device driver|driver]] tests that [[Computer hardware|hardware]] vendors are required to pass in order to qualify to use the [[WHQL Testing|Microsoft Designed for Windows Logo]]. Besides, it also enables users to automate driver tests which they have created themselves. These tests can be mixed and matched with the Logo tests provided by [[Microsoft]] to create a custom test pass enabling organizations to use the DTM to validate [[Device driver|drivers]] in any way they see fit.

==History of Windows Logo Kit==

Driver Test Manager (DTM) was the old name of WLK when it was part of the [[Windows Driver Kit]]. Now WDK and WLK are separated from each other.

During the [[Windows 2000]], [[Windows XP|XP]], [[Windows Server 2003|2003]] timeframe there was an old tool '''Hardware Compatibility Test''' (HCT) to certify devices. When [[Windows Vista]] was released the tool was replaced by '''Driver Test Manager''' (DTM) which can certify drivers for all then-supported platforms. At that time DTM was part of [[Windows Driver Kit]] (WDK). Later DTM was separated from WDK and changeed to its current name, Windows Logo Kit.

==See also==

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[[Category:Device drivers]]

[[Category:Microsoft development tools|L]]