The Empowerment Zone web site (http://www.empowermentzone.com) now has a compressed plain text version of "The Windows Interface Guidelines for Software Design." This Microsoft publication is an authoritative guide to components and conventions of the Windows 95 and Windows NT operating systems. It is intended primarily for developers of Windows applications, but in my opinion, is also helpful to technically-oriented users with disabilities who want to better understand the Windows environment in order to refine strategies of accessing it effectively.
The web based version of this publication is available at http://microsoft.com/win32dev/uiguide It consists of over 500 web pages at multiple levels of a hierarchy. I converted and combined these in sequence to produce the archived plain text version on my home page at http://www.empowermentzone.com/win_ui.zip
Reading these guidelines may also have the benefit of stimulating ideas as to how accessibility aid developers might better support the current Windows environment, and how Microsoft might improve this environment to facilitate more effective and efficient use by people with disabilities.
Jamal