The NT Insider

Table of Contents
Mailbox Full? We Hope So!	1

Best Practices
Testing from the Ground Up - Getting a Good Start	1
Peter Pontificates: We Do a Lousy Job	3
Peter Viscarola
What's Your Test Score? - Best Practices for Driver Testing	4
Try This - Interactive Driver Testing	13
One Special Case - Testing File Systems	18

Tools and Test Suites
Trust Yet Verify - All About Driver Verifier	5
On the Right Path - Testing with Device Path Exerciser	6
It's Easy to be Hard - Testing with HCTs	7
Sometimes You Have to Write Your Own - Case Study: The ActGen Utility for I/O Testing	17

Getting Started
It's a Setup! - What You Need to Start Developing Drivers	8
Just Checking-Revisited - Installing a Partially Checked Build	9
Go Diskless - Using the Microsoft Symbol Servers	16

Debugging
Brand New 'Bag - The Latest on WinDBG	10
EASY, Once You've Done It! - Setting Up the Debugger	11
You've Typed !analyze -v, Now What? - Next Steps in Debugging	12

Test Hardware
Test Lab Basics: Choosing Machines for Your Test Lab	14
Test Lab Basics: Helpful Hardware Accessories	15

NEW!
Windows Driver Development Crossword Puzzle #1	50

This page has been created by Sami Rautiainen.
Read the small print.	Last updated Sep 25, 2004