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Using the Universal Driver for Windows SideShow

Updated: December 19, 2008

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This paper provides information about the universal driver and the standard wire protocol for the Windows SideShow feature of the Windows family of operating systems. It provides guidelines for device developers who want to use the universal driver to connect certain kinds of SideShow-compatible devices to computers that are running Windows.

This information applies for the following desktop operating systems:
Windows Server 2008 (with the Desktop Experience Pack)
Windows Vista

Included in this paper:

SideShow-Compatible Device Options
About the Universal Driver
Transports
Custom I/O Control Codes
Custom Icons (Optional)
Protocol for Windows SideShow