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Design Guidelines for PCs

The design guidelines provide information for engineers and system designers who are creating systems and components that run new versions of the Microsoft Windows operating systems.

Note: There are no plans for future versions of the PC System Design Guide.

PC Design Guide Archive
White PaperLegacy Plug and Play Guidelines

Server Design Guides
White PaperHardware Design Guide for Windows Server

See Also
OtherWindows XP - Guidelines for Applications
Microsoft.comDesigned for Microsoft Windows XP Application Specification
Microsoft.comMicrosoft Platform Software Development Kit (SDK)
Microsoft.comWindows XP Application Compatibility Toolkit