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How to install a filter driver without restart?
Posted by nir1408 on September 17th, 2004


Hello,

I am writing a filter driver for a USB device.
I have followed the DDK instructions and produced an INF that installs
the driver.
However, The installation takes effect only after I restart the machine.
Is there a way to install (and uninstall) a driver without the need for
restart?

The device for which the filter driver was written is installed and
running at the time I execute the filter driver installation.
This means that the device stack has to be restarted somehow.

How can this be done?

Thanks,
Nir

Posted by Walter Oney on September 17th, 2004


nir1408 wrote:
You need to disable and re-enable the device. The DEVCON sample in the
DDK will show you how to do this.

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Posted by nir1408 on September 17th, 2004


Walter Oney wrote:

Thanks Walter,
I have your book right next to my keyboard. It helped me clarify several
points that the DDK left un-answered. Thanks to you I have a stable
and reasonably solid driver.

Nir

Posted by wang on September 18th, 2004


could you send me your code ?
my mail:sirwangli@21cn.com

Thanks

Posted by Dave August on September 19th, 2004


Hey Walter while your at it could you send me one of your paychecks?

Dave :-)

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