Windows Hardware Online Services (WHOS) Setup

How to Setup a Microsoft Account

Easy Steps to Qualify your hardware, systems, and software for the "Designed for Microsoft® Windows®" logo

It is a requirement that use a computer running Windows 2000 or Windows XP to establish Microsoft Windows Logo Program Qualification Service account.

Go to Windows Logo Program Qualification Service to verify whether your company has Windows Logo Program Qualification Service account or not.

If your company is not listed under Participating Companies, you should create an account following next steps.

Get your VeriSign^® Code Signing ID before establishing Microsoft WLPQS account.

Special notice on VeriSign^® Code Signing ID:

	Upon completing enrollment form, you will be ask to save a file myprivatekey.pvk to your floppy disk.
	It will also prompt you to key in password for this myprivatekey.pvk file.
	Please keep your file and password safely stored.

After a few hours to a few days, you should receive an e-mail from VeriSign to instruct you picking up the Digital ID file mycredentials.spc.

	You have to use the same computer which you initially purchased VeriSign Code Signing ID to pick up this file.
	You can save this file to the same floppy disk of myprivatekey.pvk file.
	Now, you can duplicate both files by copying them to a new folder C:\keys at your hard drive.
	You need to have both files in order to continue next procedures.

Go to Windows Logo Program Qualification Service to Establish a Qualification Service Account.

Download the WLPQS.EXE file and the Authenticode Code-Signing Tools CODESIGN.EXE file to C:\keys folder, and code-sign the WLPQS.EXE file.

	Run CODESIGN.EXE file to expand this zipped file to this default folder C:\inetsdk\bin at your hard drive.
	Go to Command Prompt screen. (Start -> Run -> type cmd -> OK)
	Type CD \
	Code-sign WLPQS.EXE file by typing C:\InetSDK\Bin\signcode -spc c:\keys\mycredentials.spc -v c:\keys\myprivatekey.pvk -t http://timestamp.verisign.com/scripts/timstamp.dll c:\keys\WLPQS.EXE

Proceed to next screen by clicking Continue.

Browse your code-signed WLPQS.EXE from hard drive folder C:\keys\WLPQS.EXE.

Continue to fill out your account information.

Windows Logo Program Qualification Service will generate a password for each of your administrator or user account that you had better print out this password to keep in a safe place.

Done!!!

	Important Links
	Windows Hardware Quality Labs Windows Quality Online Services VeriSign^® Code Signing ID Windows Hardware Compatibility List

	Reminder
	Use a computer running Windows 2000 or Windows XP. Get VeriSign Code Signing ID. Obtain myprivatekey.pvk file. Pick up mycredentials.spc file. Establish account. Download WLPQS.EXE file. Code-sign WLPQS.EXE file. Upload WLPQS.EXE Print out your password