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Automate a test that has included reboots
Posted on July 2nd, 2008 | 0 Comments

Suppose we want to add a test to a DTM suite that has one or more reboots. Outside of DTM, the test add's itself back to the registry using the RunOnce key to continue after reboot. When using DTM,...

Driver Installation in Vista using DpInst 2.01
Posted on July 1st, 2008 | 0 Comments

Dear All, I have a package which installs device driver on Vista for CardMan SmartCard reader. Installation is fine if the hardware is pluged-in during installation. The problem occurs, if the...

Mirror display driver in the multimon configuration (negative origin)
Posted on July 1st, 2008 | 5 Comments

I'm trying to debug driver, but can't find gdikdx.dll for windows xp sp3. As I understand, there is no public version of this extension. If so, maybe, you have other thoughts what I can check? I try...

Does WinUsb would work with a Personal Health Care device?
Posted on July 1st, 2008 | 1 Comments

Since this class does not use Isochronous endpoints, WinUsb should work fine. "AssafT" <AssafT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:47D1C8C4-2FCA-4950-AA4D-7F3C5C8C2A8D@microsoft.com...

client hardware access
Posted on July 1st, 2008 | 3 Comments

No. You can only move it to kernel mode :-) and use DeviceIoControl to access the client portion of the communication code. -- Maxim Shatskih, Windows DDK MVP StorageCraft...

Regarding "bTemporalCompression" in avshws of DDK
Posted on July 1st, 2008 | 0 Comments

Hello, I am developing a PCI capture driver, and I use "avshws" as sample to develp the driver. I can capture AVI with H.264 codec by AMCAP, and the avi file can play well. My problem is as...

Is Map Register a hardware mechanism in Windows?
Posted on July 1st, 2008 | 4 Comments

Thanks You. -- Sincerely Yours, "Maxim S. Shatskih" wrote:

Will R200 sample in WDK6000 work when VidPN support changed toMMDMM_SUPPORT_TEST?
Posted on July 1st, 2008 | 2 Comments

On May 23, 7:23*pm, jerry lee <li...@lenovo.com> wrote: It turn out to a document fault in WDK 6000. The code path of MMDMM_SUPPORT_TEST follow the document in WDK 6000, but that part has been...

Is is possible to load audio device with CreateFile() function inapplication level in winxp/sp2?
Posted on July 1st, 2008 | 0 Comments

Hi~ I am going to check SPDIF Line-out endpoint. I used in winddk. (“C:\WinDDK\6001.18001\src\audio\ac97”) That example is a sample of window control panel. I changed into application level. //

Printer Drivers
Posted on July 1st, 2008 | 0 Comments

Hi all, where should i look for begin developing printer drivers? is UMDF supports for writing printer drivers?

Where can I get the windows7 build 6720 or the later?
Posted on July 1st, 2008 | 6 Comments

David and Maxim are correct. Unfortunately you seem to continue to bring up your Win7 related questions in this public forum. I have sent you an Email as to where you should direct your questions...

Why my system thread CPU usage reach 100% ?
Posted on June 30th, 2008 | 2 Comments

what would expect from a tightly running loop? there should be no need for you to spin in a loop or to burn a thread for your device d -- Please do not send e-mail directly to this alias. this...

Best way to pass two buffers for DMA?
Posted on June 30th, 2008 | 4 Comments

well, the OS gives you one of the MDLs, it is rather trivial for you to create the MDL for the other buffer d -- Please do not send e-mail directly to this alias. this alias is for newsgroup...

USB Hub driver question
Posted on June 30th, 2008 | 3 Comments

why do you think you need to replace the hub driver? to talk to your device that is plugged into it? if so, the hub enumerates a child device for your physical device. if you want to talk to the...

driver cannot be loaded - code 39
Posted on June 30th, 2008 | 7 Comments

The 2600 DDK is obsolete, and you should upgrade to the WDK. As Max already pointed out DriverWorks has a ton of problems (running modern code analysis tools on the source a few years ago I found...

Code not found, breakpoint not set
Posted on June 30th, 2008 | 1 Comments

Is it possible to set a breakpoint in assembler code in WinDbg? -- Maxim Shatskih, Windows DDK MVP StorageCraft Corporation maxim@storagecraft.com http://www.storagecraft.com

Howto protect a volume against removal and hide it
Posted on June 30th, 2008 | 3 Comments

Then you cannot protect the volume from removal, since the User does not want so. -- Maxim Shatskih, Windows DDK MVP StorageCraft Corporation maxim@storagecraft.com http://www.storagecraft.com

Standard user can not do uninstallation in control panel in Vista
Posted on June 30th, 2008 | 1 Comments

Driver installation/uninstallation is a privileged operation and is only allowed to administrators. This is by design. Otherwise, what's the point in having an unprivileged user if he can screw the...

Resource Rebalancing
Posted on June 30th, 2008 | 0 Comments

We are writing a WDM driver on Windows Server 2008 (64 bit) for our PCI device. Our device has a 64 bit BAR whose size is a multiple of 32GB. The BIOS doesn't enable this BAR by default and we'll...

Query on Difference in driver behavior when printing directly toprinter compared to when printed to file
Posted on June 30th, 2008 | 0 Comments

Hi Ben , I have been observing a very peculiar behavior for some Genoa applications while printing from our monolithic printer driver. If you could spare some time to give your valuable...