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7 Appendix B: Product Behavior

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The information in this specification is applicable to the following Microsoft products or supplemental software. References to product versions include updates to those products.

Windows Releases

  • Windows 2000 operating system

  • Windows XP operating system

  • Windows Server 2003 operating system

  • Windows Vista operating system

  • Windows Server 2008 operating system

  • Windows 7 operating system

  • Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system

  • Windows 8 operating system

  • Windows Server 2012 operating system

  • Windows 8.1 operating system

  • Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system

  • Windows 10 operating system 

  • Windows Server 2016 operating system

  • Windows Server operating system

  • Windows Server 2019 operating system

  • Windows Server 2022 operating system

  • Windows 11 operating system

  • Windows Server 2025 operating system

Exceptions, if any, are noted in this section. If an update version, service pack or Knowledge Base (KB) number appears with a product name, the behavior changed in that update. The new behavior also applies to subsequent updates unless otherwise specified. If a product edition appears with the product version, behavior is different in that product edition.

Unless otherwise specified, any statement of optional behavior in this specification that is prescribed using the terms "SHOULD" or "SHOULD NOT" implies product behavior in accordance with the SHOULD or SHOULD NOT prescription. Unless otherwise specified, the term "MAY" implies that the product does not follow the prescription.

<1> Section 2.2.1: Windows platforms do not use FIRINGINTERFACEIID or CUSTOMCONFIGCLASSID.

<2> Section 2.2.5: Windows platforms also accepts local paths.

<3> Section 3.1.1.1: On Windows platforms, TypeLibrary specifies a registered OLE automation type library. For more information about type libraries, see [MSDN-ITypeLib].

<4> Section 3.1.1.1: On Windows platforms, see [MSDN-COM+Events] under "Event Filtering" for more information about the MultiInterfacePublisherFilterCLSID property of event classes.

<5> Section 3.1.1.1: EventClassPartitionID specifies a COM+ partition. For more information about COM+ partitions, see [MSDN-COM+]. This property is not available in Windows 2000.

<6> Section 3.1.1.1: EventClassApplicationID specifies a COM+ Application. For more information about COM+ applications, see [MSDN-COM+]. This property is not available in Windows 2000.

<7> Section 3.1.1.2: On Windows platforms, see [MSDN-COM+Events] under "Event Filtering" for more information about the FilterCriteria property of subscriptions.

<8> Section 3.1.4.1.1: IEventClass3 is not supported in Windows 2000.

<9> Section 3.1.4.1.1: IEventSubscription3 is not supported in Windows 2000.

<10> Section 3.1.4.1.5: IEventClass3 is not supported in Windows 2000.

<11> Section 3.1.4.1.5: IEventSubscription3 is not supported in Windows 2000.

<12> Section 3.1.4.2: Opnums that are reserved for local use apply to Windows, as shown in the following table.

Opnum

Description

17-18

Returns ERROR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED. It is never used.

<13> Section 3.1.4.7: IEventClass3 is not supported in Windows 2000.

<14> Section 3.1.4.9: IEventSubscription3 is not supported in Windows 2000.

<15> Section 3.1.4.10: IEventSystem2 is not supported on Windows 2000.