About This Guide

The Instant Device Activation User's Guide will help you set up a "minidriver" to start devices quickly when the system boots.

This guide is intended for software developers who want to develop instant device activation code.

The following table may help you find information quickly in this guide:

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How to write instant device activation code Using Minidrivers for Instant Device Activation
API and datatypes API and Datatypes
Sample drivers for writing code for different platform Sample Drivers for Instant Device Activation
Hardware interaction within the minidriver Hardware Interaction within the Minidriver