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The Windows SDK provides tools, compilers, headers, libraries, code samples, and a new help system that developers can use to create applications that run on Microsoft Windows.

• The Windows SDK provides tools, compilers, headers, libraries, code samples, and a new help system that developers can use to create applications that run on Microsoft Windows. You can use the Windows SDK to write applications using the native (Win32/COM) or managed (.NET Framework) programming model.
  
  Please see the Release Notes for the full list of supported platforms, compilers, and Visual Studio versions and any late breaking issues. For detailed information about the content in this SDK, including a description of new content, please see the Welcome to the Windows SDK section in the documentation.

Files

Status: Live This download is still available on microsoft.com. The downloads below will come directly from the Microsoft Download Center.

File	Size
GRMSDKIAI_EN_DVD.iso SHA1: 2093ee439193ef79a1629fd9a826ce8d4de9a93d	551.93 MB
GRMSDKX_EN_DVD.iso SHA1: 9203529f5f70d556a60c37f118a95214e6d10b5a	553.79 MB
GRMSDK_EN_DVD.iso SHA1: cde254e83677c34c8fd509d6b733c32002fe3572	550.34 MB

File sizes and hashes are retrieved from the Wayback Machine’s indexes. They may not match the latest versions of files hosted on Microsoft servers.

• • Platform architecture: Install this SDK on and/or create applications for platform chipsets X86, X64, and Itanium.
  • .NET Framework: Create applications that target .NET Framework versions 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.
  • Visual Studio: Use the resources in this SDK with Visual Studio versions 2005, 2008, and 2010, including Express editions (Not all features work with all versions of Visual Studio. For example, you cannot use the .NET 4 tools with Visual Studio 2008.)

• The Windows SDK is available as a DVD ISO image file so that you can burn your own DVD. If you do not need to burn a DVD the SDK is also available via a Web Setup that enables you to selectively download and install individual SDK components. To verify that you are downloading the correct ISO file, please refer to the table below to select the ISO file to download based upon your CPU architecture. Additionally, you can use the CRC and SHA1 to validate that the ISO file download was successful.
  
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  x86 ISO File Name: GRMSDK_EN_DVD.iso
  
  CRC#: 0xBD8F1237
  
  SHA1: 0xCDE254E83677C34C8FD509D6B733C32002FE3572
  
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  x64 ISO File Name: GRMSDKX_EN_DVD.iso
  
  CRC#: 0x04F59E55
  
  SHA1: 0x9203529F5F70D556A60C37F118A95214E6D10B5A
  
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  Itanium ISO File Name: GRMSDKIAI_EN_DVD.iso
  
  CRC#: 0x50EFE61D
  
  SHA1: 0x2093EE439193EF79A1629FD9A826CE8D4DE9A93D
  
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