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...since you can install VS2005 and not update to the latest WSDK. In fact, I only updated it because I was after GPUView. Various MSDN documents say that if you want to compile for a minimum OS version then you need to define _WIN32_WINNT to be that version: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa383745(v=vs.85).aspx However, the code doesn't want to do this - it wants to check to see if certain functions are available at runtime and choose the best option available to it. But in order to write code that does that, it needs access to certain API structures to define the function signatures....

On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 8:42 AM, Don Williamson <don.williamson at yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi Francois, > > I have all licensed versions of VS at my disposal (the benefits of being a former MS employee) but I'm currently using VS2005 due to specific technical reasons that I can't disclose. > > The "Getting Started" page states support of 2005 SP1 which, if