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barcode scanner and background apps
Posted on May 5th, 2006 | 1 Comments

Any app can suite. The app will always wait for barcode input, and will always process it regardless of what window is on front. -- Maxim Shatskih, Windows DDK MVP StorageCraft...

HCT 12.0.1 Error on USB
Posted on May 5th, 2006 | 3 Comments

Thanks Gary, I'll try that too. You know the link where I have to post it?? I got a reply for a personal email to one other guy who have the same issue. It seems like you need to restart the test...

Detect connected printer and get HW ID
Posted on May 5th, 2006 | 0 Comments

Is there any easy way to do this? I am using JetDirect as print server and JetAdmin can find any physically connected printers. I am wondering if I can do something similar. Thanks. -B

Initialization/uninitialization of mutex in kernel
Posted on May 5th, 2006 | 2 Comments

Reason for zeroing mutex structure is that it resides in parent structure and there is needed (after assurance that mutex will not be used) to zero all parent struct, but you answered also on this...

Passthru NDIS IM example on WinCE5.00 (WM5.0 PPC)
Posted on May 5th, 2006 | 16 Comments

Remove power management handlers from your protocol's (lower) egde. This will force the OS to unbind everything on going standby, and to re-bind everything on awaken. Suboptimal, but does not...

how to disable OS auto recovering disk.sys ?
Posted on May 5th, 2006 | 2 Comments

You are hitting system file protection, see http://www.osronline.com/article.cfm?article=152 for a tool that will allow you to replace the driver. -- Don Burn (MVP, Windows DDK) Windows 2k/XP/2k3...

Install by INF file which include catalog file
Posted on May 5th, 2006 | 0 Comments

Dear all, I have problems in installing catalog file. Under Windows XP, I added "CatalogFile" entry in the INF "Version" section. Then I right clicked the INF file and click on "Install", my...

How do I query a VGA port directly?
Posted on May 5th, 2006 | 0 Comments

Charles <8hmte5s02@sneakemail.com> wrote: What on earth does that mean? What is a "VGA pin"? Try telling us the high-level problem you are trying to solve, not the way you think it needs to be...

very annoying bug in HID drivers Win 2000 and XP
Posted on May 5th, 2006 | 2 Comments

Maxim S. Shatskih wrote: No, in this case (first plug) it does not accept more than one configuration at all. It does not ignore the second configuration, it fails. That means as a USB device it...

Endpoints for bulk IN and isoc IN
Posted on May 5th, 2006 | 3 Comments

look at the bulkusb sample in the ddk. it demonstrates how to address separate endpoints. the alternative to WriteFile is to use DeviceIoControl with one handle instead of 2. d -- Please do not...

KSPIN_DISPATCH members for KSCATEGORY_TVTUNER filter
Posted on May 5th, 2006 | 6 Comments

"Max Paklin" <mpaklin@hotmail.com> wrote: I lied a little bit, too. I do have one tuner filter that works with kstvtune.ax without pin and filter descriptors, but it is KS v1, not AVStream. -- -...

Help! Floating Point Calculation inside Kernel Mode.
Posted on May 5th, 2006 | 2 Comments

Thank for reply. I just nested the function which will call "functions" with floating piont arithmetics. Too bad, it gave very strange/unexpected results! Any clue? Is this possible to move this...

AllocateCommonBuffer small buffer
Posted on May 5th, 2006 | 1 Comments

Always do 1 large AllocateCommonBuffer instead, then subdivide it. Note: its size is rounded up to pages, so, you allocate 4K instead of 256 bytes. -- Maxim Shatskih, Windows DDK MVP StorageCraft...

bug check 0x8e (0x80000003) when installing checked xp
Posted on May 4th, 2006 | 1 Comments

Scott Robins wrote: The easiest way would be to install the production OS and then setup a boot line in boot.ini to boot the checked hal and kernel with a debugger attached. I believe that this sort...

WDF Bus Drivers, Hal Calls and Removing Resources
Posted on May 4th, 2006 | 3 Comments

Have you looked at mf.sys? Look at "Using the System-Supplied Multifunction Bus Driver" in the DDK docs. I am not sure if this will work for you, but it might be an easier solution to your...

Too Many Surprise Removals shuts down USB port?
Posted on May 4th, 2006 | 1 Comments

Hey Ed, long time my friend. Give me a holler when you can. gary.g.little@seagate.com "Ed Averill" <EdAverill@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in...

IDE controller access
Posted on May 4th, 2006 | 4 Comments

XP SP2 and Server 2003 are the only OS's other than Longhorn/Vista that supprt ATA pass through. 2000 uses IDE pass through and that only provides very limited support. Microsoft is not at this time,...

How to control MF drivers loading order
Posted on May 4th, 2006 | 6 Comments

I don't have a physical PCSC interface with my device. NDIS is my channel of communication with FW. PCSC packages are extracted at that level and routed toward the SC interface of my device. Thank...

GUID_TARGET_DEVICE_REMOVE_CANCELLED equivalent in user mode
Posted on May 4th, 2006 | 3 Comments

Doron: Thanks, that's the reason, I really call IoUnregisterPlugPlayNotification before I get GUID_TARGET_DEVICE_REMOVE_COMPLETE.

WHQL submission for printer minidriver
Posted on May 4th, 2006 | 0 Comments

Hi, I've ported a W2000 printer minidriver (WHQL-certificated) to Win XP x64 Ed. When I run HCT 12.1.01 all but one tests run smoothly:the "x64 Calling Convention" test 'fails' everytime, in fact it...