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Operating System

Plug and Play for Windows 2000

White PaperAbstract

This paper describes the Microsoft®Windows®2000 operating system implementation of Plug and Play. Plug and Play is one of a number of enhancements to Windows that will simplify device driver development and device management.

Contents

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