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Missing VSS SDK files + GatherWriterMetadata problem
Posted on June 30th, 2005 | 2 Comments

The BETest example from the 7.1 VSS SDK requires some files that appear to be missing from the SDK, e.g. vs_assert.cpp, vs_assert.hxx, vs_trace.cpp, vs_trace.hxx, vs_hash.hxx, vs_hash.cpp and others....

About SMB client driver ...
Posted on June 30th, 2005 | 7 Comments

I am using Microsoft Windows 2003 on a Tyan motherboard which has the Intel ICH5R (7520 chipset). This chipset has an embedded I2C controller and my application needs to do some I2C based...

Print bitmaps from MSPaint
Posted on June 30th, 2005 | 3 Comments

Hi I am developing a virtual printer driver starting from the MSPLOT DDK sample. The driver uses a device managed surface and there are implemented DrvCopyBits, DrvBitBlt and also other painting...

Checked build Assert in EngLoadImage
Posted on June 30th, 2005 | 0 Comments

Hi All, I get this when I load a dll from my display driver in Win2k3 Checked build: *** Assertion failed: Section->Segment->u1.ImageCommitment != 0 *** Source File:...

Visual Studio 5.0 compatibility
Posted on June 30th, 2005 | 4 Comments

Hi, I need Visual Studio 5.0 to build my driver code. Am not able to get it I have 6.0 version. Can anyone tell me how to make 6.0 to be compatible for 5.0?

1394 Raw Mode Addressing And Driver Verifier
Posted on June 30th, 2005 | 0 Comments

Hello All... I've been using 1394 raw mode addressing successfully but when I run the driver verfier I get a bug check when accessing the port driver to perform a raw mode io request. My guess this...

Microsoft - Need urgent help - Product rollout stopped
Posted on June 30th, 2005 | 3 Comments

Hello, Sorry for posting this again but I'm in a crunch to resolve this issue ASAP. We are developing a 3.3 V only PC Card which work with my driver under Windows 2000 and Xp but Windows 98SE is...

Ways to anlayze crash dump files
Posted on June 30th, 2005 | 1 Comments

When I get a BSOD, I use Visual SOFTICE and a Kernel memory dump to try and trace the error. If one of my driver's function is in the stack trace, I can goto its source and try to find the error. My...

PDB file path in driver binary
Posted on June 30th, 2005 | 0 Comments

By default if i build my driver, the path of the pdb file is seen in the driver binary even in the free build. i don't want the path to be seen in the driver binary. how to remove it. any comile time...

Test Question
Posted on June 30th, 2005 | 1 Comments

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NdisAllocatePacketPoolEx & NULL pool handle
Posted on June 30th, 2005 | 2 Comments

NdisAllocateBufferPool can return a NULL pool handle which is valid. is same true with NdisAllocatePacketPoolEx ?

NDIS and broadcast
Posted on June 30th, 2005 | 4 Comments

Hi all, I would like to ask you for an answer on following question. If I send a broadcast frame from my NDIS IM, will it be delivered to all stations on segment including source station, or not? I...

How to use a PTRDIFF to get the value it offsets to
Posted on June 30th, 2005 | 1 Comments

I am trying to get the family name of a font which is accessed by a PTRDIFF which holds the offset to its memory location. I have tried to add the offset to the memory location of the variable and...

question about USBCAMD
Posted on June 30th, 2005 | 11 Comments

Hi all, I implement USB 2.0 camera driver on XP with USBCAMD DDK. Sometime, I observe that USBCAMD_IntOrBulkTransfer( ) will excute after USBCAMD_StopChannel( ), when I restart PC without close...

High Volume Queueing in NDIS MiniportSendPackets
Posted on June 29th, 2005 | 3 Comments

I have a deserialized intermediate driver that accepts packets in MiniportSendPackets, queues them, schedules a work item to do some processing on them that has to happen at PASSIVE_LEVEL, and sets...

out of the device driver newsgroup
Posted on June 29th, 2005 | 0 Comments

Guys, I am pausing out of the driver newsgroup for a month or two. I am reachable for any printer driver,port monitor, language monitor, print processor,spooler or any printing related queries at my...

printer driver halftoning
Posted on June 29th, 2005 | 0 Comments

I have been given the task of adding enhanced halftoning capability to an existing printer driver. The driver sends its output to a thermal transfer barcode printer. This is monochrome device (hence...

drive letter from DevicePath / Device handle
Posted on June 29th, 2005 | 0 Comments

Should be an easy question I guess ... Suppose, I used SetupDi* functions to get the DevicePath for the device, say CD-ROM drive, and then opened the handle for the device passing this DevicePath to...

PnP way to enumerate & inquiry devices
Posted on June 29th, 2005 | 8 Comments

sorry for a bit naive question: giving a handle to the adapter, what is PnP way to determine and inquiry devices associated with given adapter? I guess IOCTL_STORAGE_QUERY_PROPERTY should be issied...

Help in analyzing crash dump files
Posted on June 29th, 2005 | 0 Comments

When I get a BSOD, I use Visual SOFTICE and a Kernel memory dump to try and trace the error. If one of my driver's function is in the stack trace, I can goto its source and try to find the error. My...