New Win32 Samples in Windows SDK for Windows 7

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The newly released Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 contains a comprehensive set of Win32 samples illustrating Windows 7 technologies.  (An upcoming article will talk about the managed code samples.) Over 1,200 samples were changed since the release of the Windows SDK for Windows 7 RC release. Many “new to Win 7” samples were added, simplified, or extended, and many older samples were updated to support Windows 7 as well as older operating systems.

I've published series of posts on the Windows SDK Blog that describe new and updated samples in the Windows 7 SDK.  These articles identify samples that are new to Windows 7 or updated to support Windows 7. 

Articles in this series:

New Win32 Samples in Windows SDK for Windows 7: Communication

New Win32 Samples in Windows SDK for Windows 7: Multimedia

New Win32 Samples in Windows SDK for Windows 7: Networking and Related Services

New Win32 Samples in Windows SDK for Windows 7: Open Packaging Conventions (OPC)

New Win32 Samples in Windows SDK for Windows 7: Security

New Win32 Samples in Windows SDK for Windows 7: Systems Management

New Win32 Samples in Windows SDK for Windows 7: Tablet PC and MultiTouch

New Win32 Samples in Windows SDK for Windows 7: Web

New Win32 Samples in Windows SDK for Windows 7: Windows Base

New Win32 Samples in Windows SDK for Windows 7: Windows User Interface

New Win32 Samples in Windows SDK for Windows 7: Windows XML Paper Specification (XPS)

For build instructions and additional information about the samples, see the Readme.txt files and other documents in the SDK sample folders. For general sample building instructions, refer to the Samples Reference page that installs with the Windows SDK, and the SDK Release Notes (under the Start menu, in All Programs > Microsoft Windows SDK v7.0). By default, Win32 samples are installed under the following path: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0\Samples.

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