Technical Document #50

Technical Document #50

WinDriver Operating Systems Support — Versions Overview



Windows 7 Windows XP Windows 95 Linux
Windows Vista Windows 2000 Windows CE Solaris
Windows
Server 2008
Windows NT 4.0 Windows Mobile VxWorks
Windows
Server 2003
Windows 98/Me Mac OS X
NOTE
  • All version information in this document relates to both WinDriver for PCI/ISA and WinDriver for USB, unless otherwise specified.
  • USB 2.0 is supported only beginning with version 5.0.4.
  • PCMCIA is supported on Windows 7/Vista/Server 2008/Server 2003/XP/2000. Support for PCMCIA was initially added in version 6.22 of WinDriver.
  • For additional version related information, refer to Technical Document #4 and the WinDriver Release Notes.

Windows 7
Windows 7 x32 and x64 are supported from version 10.1.0.

Windows Vista
Windows Vista x32 and x64 are supported from version 8.1.0.

Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008 x32 and x64 are supported from version 10.0.0.

Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2003 x64 is supported from version 8.0.0.
Windows Server 2003 x32 is supported from version 6.0.2.

Windows XP
Windows XP x64 is supported from version 8.0.0.
Windows XP x32 Service Pack 2 is supported from version 6.2.2.
Windows XP Service Pack 1 is supported from version 5.2.2 to version 8.1.1.
Windows XP Formal Release is supported from version 5.0.4 to version 8.1.1.
Windows XP Release Candidate 1 is supported in version 5.0.3.

Windows 2000 (a.k.a. Win2k)
Windows 2k Service Pack 4 is supported from version 6.0.2.
Windows 2k Service Pack 3 is supported from version 5.0.5b to version 8.1.1.
Windows 2k Service Pack 1 is supported from version 4.3.3 to version 8.1.1.
Windows 2k Formal Release is supported from version 4.3.0 to version 8.1.1.

Windows NT 4.0 (Service Pack 3 or higher)
PCI/ISA — Windows NT 4.0 is supported from the first version (v2.1.0) up to version 8.0.2.
USB — Windows NT 4.0 is supported in version 5.1.x.

Windows 98/Me
PCI/ISA — Windows 98/Me is supported from version 4.0.0 to version 9.2.0.
USB — Windows 98/Me is supported from version 4.3.0 to version 9.2.0.

Windows 95 (PCI/ISA)
Windows 95 is supported (for PCI/ISA) from the first version (v2.1.0) up to version 6.0.1.

Windows CE / Windows Mobile
Windows Mobile 6.0 is supported from version 9.0.0.
Windows Mobile 5.0 is supported from version 8.0.2.
Windows Embedded CE 6.0 is supported from version 9.0.0.
Windows CE 5.0 is supported from version 6.2.2.
Windows CE 4.x is supported from version 6.0.0.
Windows CE 2.x – 3.x is supported for PCI/ISA from version 4.1.2 to 6.0.3.

Mac OS X (PCI)
Mac OS X is supported for PCI beginning with version 10.2.0.

Linux
PCI/ISA — Linux is supported from version 4.1.2.
USB — Linux is supported from version 6.0.0.

Solaris (PCI/ISA)
Solaris is supported for PCI/ISA from version 4.1.4 to version 9.0.1.

VxWorks — a.k.a. DriverBuilder (PCI/ISA)
VxWorks is supported for PCI/ISA from version 4.4.0 to version 5.4.0.


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