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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, DC 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>________________________</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM 8-K</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>CURRENT REPORT<BR>
Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the<BR>
Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): </B><U><B>March&nbsp;3, 2005</B></U>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>CDW CORPORATION</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Exact Name of Registrant Specified in Charter)</B></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Illinois<BR>
(State or Other<BR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>0-21796<BR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>36-3310735<BR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>200 N. Milwaukee Ave.<BR>
Vernon Hills, Illinois<BR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code: (847)&nbsp;465-6000</B>



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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7.01 Regulation&nbsp;FD Disclosure.</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">CDW Direct, LLC (&#147;CDW Direct&#148;), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CDW Corporation, has not historically
been required to collect state sales and use taxes on sales into many of the states in which its
customers are located. As a result, CDW Direct&#146;s customers in those states have been required to
self-assess and pay any applicable state sales and use taxes on their own.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">CDW Direct has recently determined that it will begin collecting sales and use taxes on sales to
customers in all U.S. states that impose sales and use taxes, beginning on April&nbsp;1, 2005. CDW
Direct believes that this change will benefit its customers by eliminating the administrative
burden associated with state sales tax self-assessment and payment. In addition, this change will
permit CDW Direct the option to visit customer locations for sales calls and provide a broader
range of offerings to its customers, such as onsite services provided through third party
companies, to help them meet all of their IT needs. With this change, CDW Direct will join other
technology providers that have already begun collecting sales and use taxes. CDW Direct has not
experienced an adverse impact on sales in those states in which it has previously elected to
collect sales and use taxes.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Customers of CDW Direct have already been notified of this change.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>Any forward-looking statements contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K are based on CDW
Corporation&#146;s beliefs and expectations as of the date of this report and are subject to certain
risks and uncertainties which may have a significant impact on CDW Corporation&#146;s business,
operating results or financial condition. Should any risk or uncertainty materialize, or should
underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results or outcomes may vary materially from those
described in the forward-looking statements. Factors affecting CDW Corporation&#146;s business and
prospects are discussed in CDW Corporation&#146;s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.</I>



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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


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    <TD align="left">Dated: March 3, 2005&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Barbara A. Klein
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Barbara A. Klein&nbsp;</TD>
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