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Upper filter driver - attaching to devices
Posted on March 21st, 2008 | 3 Comments

for a device upper filter, yes an INF. for a class filter you can hand edit the registry for testing, for deployment an installer is needed. note that the name you quote below is not guaranteed to...

Debug tool question
Posted on March 21st, 2008 | 4 Comments

This has been discussed quite literally 1000's of times, most recently just last week. Did you bother to search before having your interrogatory orgasm? SoftIce ran out of gas a year ago and is no...

How to kill driver process ?
Posted on March 21st, 2008 | 2 Comments

Kid wrote: A driver isn't a process, there isn't any memory isolation which would allow you to force unload it. You have to design the driver to detach itself so it can be unloaded.

Problem with USB High Speed Hub
Posted on March 21st, 2008 | 27 Comments

sibi wrote: Agreed. "WHQL compliant" says exactly _nothing_ about the hardware.

Visual Studio 2008
Posted on March 21st, 2008 | 1 Comments

Complete offtopic for this ng. You mau use ODBC (a set of API functuins) to communicate with MySQL -- V. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "hal"...

What does the DDK compiler have that the Visual C++ 2005/8 doesn't?
Posted on March 21st, 2008 | 14 Comments

You can make the Visual Studio IDE invoke the DDK compiler by setting enough options and/or using DDKBUILD. To find DDKBUILD, go to http://www.hollistech.com/ click on Resources in the left-hand...

enumerating all open WDFFILEOBJECTs?
Posted on March 20th, 2008 | 2 Comments

Thanks for the quick reply! Okay, I will look into the collection/ list options you suggest. Yes, I meant to say the context on the WDFFILEOBJECT, not the device context. Thanks, Jonah

About USB composite parent device driver - Usbccgp.sys
Posted on March 20th, 2008 | 1 Comments

yes, usbccgp supports USB SS. each PDO has to have been USB SS'ed or in Dx for the parent to go into lower power d -- Please do not send e-mail directly to this alias. this alias is for newsgroup...

Query On IoCreateDevice ???
Posted on March 20th, 2008 | 15 Comments

you can go the other way around (see the link in my blog in a previous post). you can point \\.\MySymlink to \Device\MyDevice\MyrefString when you create the symlink and then the app just opens...

Invalid logger id in !wmitrace.logdump ?
Posted on March 20th, 2008 | 2 Comments

I have this same problem. When I use the strdump command, even though my wmi trace is active, I only get the following output. 0: kd> !wmitrace.strdump (WmiTracing)StrDump Generic LoggerContext...

FUSION error
Posted on March 20th, 2008 | 4 Comments

These are preprocessing macros which are declared in the Sources file. This is expanded by build...

NDIS 6 Filter driver: Bluescreen when calling NdisFSendNetBufferLists
Posted on March 20th, 2008 | 0 Comments

Hi, I' m trying to send NET_BUFFER_LISTS which I originate within an NDIS 6 filter driver (modified Ndislwf DDK sample) with NdisFSendNetBufferLists and I get a Bluescreen every time when I try to...

XP 64-bit Driver Not Loading
Posted on March 19th, 2008 | 4 Comments

Does anyone know if the fact that it is a driver negate the delay-load option for a printer DLL - that is does the driver loader look for all the necessary parts when the driver is loaded to ensure...

Bluetooth props not in control panel, service missing
Posted on March 19th, 2008 | 0 Comments

Hi, The Bluetooth settings are missing from my control panel, and I am also missing the Bluetooth service from the Services Control Panel. I'm using Windows XP MCE SP2, with keyboard Microsoft...

NdisMSetMiniportAttributes Fails With NDIS 6.1 Miniport
Posted on March 19th, 2008 | 3 Comments

Right. Using new version of NDIS_OFFLOAD implies providing support for IPSec task offload. On the other hand very likely you don't have a DirectOidRequestHandler and NDIS fails the...

How to Get Free USB HCD Port Number
Posted on March 19th, 2008 | 6 Comments

yes, that is also another attribute of com ports is that the same device will have the same COMx name, unlike an HCD number which can vary from boot to boot or plug in to plug in if it is hot...

Help understanding a blue screen
Posted on March 19th, 2008 | 4 Comments

On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:44:02 -0700, Laurent Lopez <LaurentLopez@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: verifier.exe in system32 may show something. When you get the source check that locking/mapping...

NDIS Hookup
Posted on March 19th, 2008 | 1 Comments

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How Can i test Miniport Pause Function?
Posted on March 19th, 2008 | 1 Comments

I believe NDISTest already has specific tests for pause and restart. You can also try disabling and enabling the adapter, or better still adding/removing a LW filter such as "pacer" (check/uncheck it...

RDP and HID devices
Posted on March 19th, 2008 | 2 Comments

Ivan, I'm testing this device on 2 platforms - WinXP pro(SP2) and WinServer2003(SP2). I'm using RDP5 ver 5. Is there a way to support these kind of devices on RDP5? Any hack/workaround? If I upgrade...