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Copyright © 1999 by Walter Oney

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Oney, Walter.
       Programming the Microsoft Windows Driver Model
           p.      cm.
       Includes index.
       ISBN 0-7356-0588-2
       1. Microsoft Windows NT device drivers (Computer programs)
    2. Computer programming.   I. Title
    QA76.76.D49O54   1999
    005.7'126--dc21                                                                   99-33878
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