Windows Certification Program - 3
January 7, 2014
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Contents
Introduction....................................................................................................................5
Overview of Windows Hardware Certification...............................................................5
General certification concepts, policies, and processes.................................................6
How requirements are defined and tested................................................................6
Turning a positive test result into certification ..........................................................7
Product Types.............................................................................................................7
Testing optional features and functionality ...............................................................8
How do I know what requirements my product needs to meet? ..............................8
What if my product type is not automatically discovered? .......................................8
“Other” products and conditional certification .........................................................8
General certification testing policies..............................................................................9
General testing guidance ...........................................................................................9
Testing all features and functionality.......................................................................10
Seeking Windows HCK support ................................................................................10
Correcting false test failures with errata..................................................................10
Contingencies...........................................................................................................11
Merging test results into a single submission or project .........................................12
Submission requirements.............................................................................................13
Legal agreements .....................................................................................................13
Essential agreements...........................................................................................13
Optional agreements ...........................................................................................13
Symbol files ..............................................................................................................14
Listing products ........................................................................................................14
Product naming........................................................................................................15
Naming restrictions..............................................................................................15
Product name details...........................................................................................15
Post-certification requirements ...................................................................................16
Certification and support obligation lifetime...........................................................16
Audits .......................................................................................................................17
Audit selection and product procurement ..........................................................17
Response to observed audit failures....................................................................17
Submissions types that don't require complete testing...............................................18
Reseller submissions ................................................................................................18
Driver update acceptable.........................................................................................18
Conditions where a DUA is acceptable ................................................................19
Conditions for a DUA ...........................................................................................19
Submissions for device driver maintenance ............................................................19
Acceptable device changes without resubmitting ...................................................19
Simplified submissions for Windows 8.....................................................................20
Testing policies for devices...........................................................................................21
Device family testing ................................................................................................21
Definition of family ..............................................................................................21
Determining when to consider a group of devices as a separate family .............21
Portable device families.......................................................................................24
Network media device families............................................................................25
Multifunction devices...............................................................................................26
Special cases for multifunction devices ...............................................................27
