Select the product you need help with

Description of the Windows Portable Devices

Article ID: 971514 - View products that this article applies to.

INTRODUCTION

This article describes a component of the Platform Update for Windows Vista.

Windows Portable Devices

Windows Portable Devices (WPD) platform is a driver technology that supports many portable devices such as mobile phones, digital cameras, and portable media players.

The Platform Update for Windows Vista supports Windows 7 extensions to the Windows Portable Devices (WPD) platform.

The following table identifies the features supported for Windows 7, for Windows Vista, and for Windows Vista with the Platform Update for Windows Vista installed.

Collapse this tableExpand this table

Feature	Windows 7	Windows Vista	Windows Vista with the Platform Update for Windows Vista
MTP over USB	Yes	Yes	Yes
MTP over IP	Yes	Yes	Yes
MTP over Bluetooth	Yes	No	Yes
WPD and MTP Device Services	Yes	No	Yes
WPD Automation	Yes	No	No
Multi-function/Multi-transport	Yes	No	No
Device Stage	Yes	No	No
Device Sync Platform	Yes	No	No

To enable WPD functionality on the N and KN versions of Windows Vista, you must install Windows Media Format 11 SDK .

Back to the top | Give Feedback

Download information

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Collapse this imageExpand this image

Download the Update for Windows Vista for x86-based systems package now.

(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8335cead-d06c-43c9-bf75-89d7e7f6a218)

Collapse this imageExpand this image

Download the Update for Windows Vista for x64-based systems package now.

(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=e84a6754-352b-4ebb-975f-75216ce28a6c)

For more information about how to download Microsoft support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

119591

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/119591/ )

How to obtain Microsoft support files from online services

Microsoft scanned this file for viruses. Microsoft used the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help prevent any unauthorized changes to the file.

Back to the top | Give Feedback

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about Windows Portable Devices, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/wpd/default.mspx

(http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/wpd/default.mspx)

For more information about the Platform Update for Windows Vista, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

971644

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971644/ )

Description of the Platform Update for Windows Server 2008 and the Platform Update for Windows Vista

Back to the top | Give Feedback