Added exemption to win.ini requirement for applications that must support 16-bit code
Clarified long file names requirement. Exemptions may be allowed for certain characters in some cases; long file names must support lengths to MAX_PATH. Added language regarding double byte language versions
Updated long printer names requirement: Windows 2000 and Windows NT support long printer names up to 220 characters
Added language regarding double byte language versions.
Updated pre-test steps for using Driver Verifier to reflect changes in UI between Beta 3 and final code
Renamed "Install/Uninstall" chapter to "Windows Installer Service"
Clarified that advertising requirement is only for app-level on-demand install. On demand install at feature level is not required; also updated which datafields are required for advertising: Only shortcut, extensions, icon, and verb
Clarified the "Classify and store application data correctly" requirement: Applications must not store more than 128K across HKCU and HKLM at install time (HKCR is excluded)
Compliance with this system metric is no longer required: SPI_GETCARETWIDTH
Clarified the multiple monitor requirement for images that span monitors
Updated the requirement: "Adhere to system-level Group Policy settings" as follows:
Updated the registry information for the following policy: "Do not keep history of recently open documents" (the correct value is NoRecentDocsHistory)
Updated the policy name: "Remove Common Dialog MRU dropdown" is now "Hide the dropdown list of recent files"
For the policy "Run Only Allowed Windows applications," removed the following clause (this does not apply when launching applications via OLE/COM/DCOM).
Clarified that SHFOLDER.DLL is installed by the MSI redistributable
Updated OnNow requirements:
Clarified Requirement 6.1, regarding usage of SetThreadExecutationState to indicate busy status; also corrected language on use of ES_CONTINUOUS flag
Handling sleep and wake notifications was expanded to consider connected vs non-connected state
Clarified that apps must allow sleep in the "non-connected" state; this includes when files are being used offline via Client Side Caching
Clarified acceptable behavior for when in the "connected" state
Clarified the language in Requirement 6.4: "Handle wake from normal sleep without losing data"
Clarified the requirement to recover from critical sleep
Corrected bug in Terminal Services Best Practice: The correct flag to append to names of objects is \\GLOBAL
Added Appendix B "Product Distribution Issues"
Added Appendix C "Development Tools"
Added Appendix D "International and Localized Versions"
Updated references and URLs throughout the Specification