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ZwMapViewOfSection() fails in free build driver on Windows XP x6
Posted on May 11th, 2005 | 1 Comments

Hi, I used shared memory object to share memory between multiple processes and a kernel mode driver. The application created the shared object using CreateFileMapping() and the driver maps it using...

How to capture the device response in NDIS miniport driver while using USB NIC?
Posted on May 11th, 2005 | 2 Comments

Hi, I'm writing a wireless lan miniport driver for Intersil PRISM2 hfa3842. Since the NIC is a USB device, I have no clear concept on how to capture the internal events generated by the chip, though...

USBCAMD and High speed, high bandwidth
Posted on May 11th, 2005 | 0 Comments

Dear all, I'm using USBCAMD2 to build my camera driver. I use an isochronous PIPE in high-speed and high-bandwidth so I can transfer up to 3 * 1024 bytes every microframe (125us) reaching...

Protecting driver allocated memory
Posted on May 11th, 2005 | 0 Comments

i have heard that the system service dispatch table is write protected from >=XP. how does one apply this type of protection (like write protection) from kernel mode. i want to apply it to the...

NDIS Miniport NIC Loads, But No TCP/IP
Posted on May 11th, 2005 | 4 Comments

I am trying adapt the E100 ethernet miniport NIC sample from the latest DDK to a card that keeps its buffers in PCI memory. Unfortunately, I don't have the checked build NDIS.SYS. The driver loads...

network interface name
Posted on May 11th, 2005 | 10 Comments

I wanted to get the network interface name which gets stored under hklm\system\currentcontrolset\control\network\connection\name, during the initialization of my miniport driver. the read fails...

How I send a irp to a port driver directly?
Posted on May 11th, 2005 | 8 Comments

I want send a irp to read a sector from cdrom. I want to bypass the layered driver architecture of windowsXP and directly send irp to port driver. Who can help me?

pcmcia rdy-bsy signal question
Posted on May 11th, 2005 | 6 Comments

Hello all For a PCMCIA card that supports a memory-only card interface is it possible for the WDM function driver to be notified of a change in the RDY-BSY signal ? ... for e.g. to signal...

how to controll kbfiltr from windows app?
Posted on May 10th, 2005 | 15 Comments

Hi guys, I successfully modified kbfiltr example from ddk to inject/ remove keystrokes. This works fine (mostly thanks to Doron Holan's posts). But i need to tell my driver to insert keystrokes...

PREfast crash Error 0x800a138f
Posted on May 10th, 2005 | 0 Comments

Having moved my driver dev to W2003ServerSP1 DDK, I tried to add PREfast to my build scripts, but it crashes during the PREFAST LIST or VIEW with the...

WHQL Digital Signatures and Mismatched Symbols through WinDbg
Posted on May 10th, 2005 | 2 Comments

I'm running into problems with using .pdb files for drivers that: 1. Work fine with the .sys before the file is sent to WHQL for digital signing. 2. Don't work at all after the .sys comes back from...

How to disable the bda sample minidrivers?
Posted on May 10th, 2005 | 1 Comments

I have installed the bda sample drivers which came with ddk 3790. It works well. But I want to disable it for testing my own drivers. It did not show the device in device manager, so how to disable...

Remove Language Monitor
Posted on May 10th, 2005 | 5 Comments

I wrote a language Monitor and I'm writing an uninstall software to remove it afterwards. I remove all the printers using the LM but when I remove the LM with DeleteMonitor, I get the error...

HCT12.1.01 sleep states
Posted on May 10th, 2005 | 0 Comments

I'm attempting to run HCT12.1.01 for a filter driver but I'm having big problems in getting a basic PC platform that the tests will pass on. The platforms I've previously used for 12.0 and 11.2 now...

HOWTO: call service callback from IRP_MJ_DEVICE_CONTROL (keyboard filter)
Posted on May 10th, 2005 | 8 Comments

I have win32 app and PS/2 keyboard filter driver. I can successfully pass IOCTL from the app to the driver. I can see that IOCTL inside my IRP_MJ_DEVICE_CONTROL function and, for example, set a...

Inter driver interaction
Posted on May 10th, 2005 | 4 Comments

Hi, Introduction: ***************** I have developped a filespy based FSFD the communicate with user-mode app through a collection of IOCTLs, updating this driver require to reboot the machine. To...

Simple dma access example
Posted on May 10th, 2005 | 1 Comments

I have a (think so) quite simple question. My hardware is a 486 with a DMA controller on board. I need the DMA controller to perform some data (5*32bit) transfers to an ISA card every couple of...

Remove/Modify Documnent Property Sheets
Posted on May 10th, 2005 | 0 Comments

1- Does anybody know how can i remove Documnent Property Sheets (or atleast hide them)? i am using windows XP DDK, my printer has some special capabilities and i need a little more than what tree...

Re: Is it possible to create a user mode virtual sound card driver?
Posted on May 10th, 2005 | 9 Comments

Yes. WINMM-style or DirectShow driver. -- Maxim Shatskih, Windows DDK MVP StorageCraft Corporation maxim@storagecraft.com http://www.storagecraft.com

How I send a irp to a port driver directly?
Posted on May 10th, 2005 | 1 Comments

I want send a irp to read a sector from cdrom. I want to bypass the layered driver architecture of windowsXP and directly send irp to port driver. Who can help me?