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General DDK <--> OP question
Posted on November 25th, 2004 | 6 Comments

Hello Group! I have a question concerning the DDKs. Do I have to have installed the operating system I want to compile a driver for? For example, I have XP Prof. and 2003 Server DDK installed: Can I...

*** Assertion failed: PointerPte <= LastPte
Posted on November 25th, 2004 | 5 Comments

Hello All For a checked build of windows 2k-SP4 I get the following assertion.what does it imply ? I am writing a usb lower filter driver to be installed for my device *** Assertion failed:...

AVStream: Get/SetHandler for KS Properties
Posted on November 25th, 2004 | 2 Comments

Simple question: Does ks.sys provide synchronization for KsPropertyHandler's, i.e. can I consider that, say SetBrightnessPropertyHandler for the same filter object couldn't be called simultaneously?

Drives from Local Namespace cannot be shared?
Posted on November 25th, 2004 | 0 Comments

I am using DefineDosDevice to create a drive letter but when I try to share the drive in XP, it says "An error occurred while trying to share F. The device or directory does not exist.". In Windows...

how to replace ndiswan driver.
Posted on November 25th, 2004 | 7 Comments

hi sir, I want to build a NDIS IM driver which will support the PPP stack and TAPI functionlites and bind to underlying ISDN driver. how can I replace window's NDISWAN driver with this NDIS IM...

Can I install more than one similar modem on one computer?
Posted on November 25th, 2004 | 3 Comments

Hi I have two exactly the same internal pci modem. I want to install both of them on one computer but I can not. would somebody tell me if I can install them or it is impossible?Can I change one of...

Network Adapter
Posted on November 25th, 2004 | 4 Comments

Can somebody help me in following: I would like to install new Network Adapter from code. I have driver files ( it is one USB hardware) and that is all Also, can I call windows dialog for new...

mouse unnavailable
Posted on November 25th, 2004 | 0 Comments

When I work with my PC (XP, SP 2) in different windows, the mouse is stop in some area of de desktop (never is the same) and I can't work with the mouse. I need to restart the PC to put available...

1394 Surpise Removal
Posted on November 24th, 2004 | 1 Comments

I have a two 1394 cameras setup and I run into an error which causes my application to never exit the task manager. The application goes through the entire shutdown process (even the destructor of...

Unexpected data during DMA
Posted on November 24th, 2004 | 1 Comments

I have an XP driver that calls the following function: RtlCopyMemory(((PCHAR)Open->TxBufferVirtualAddress + Open->OldHead), UserData, BufLen); This function copies data from a user data buffer into...

DX-VA
Posted on November 24th, 2004 | 4 Comments

Hi I am looking for information on how to use the accelerating functionality within graphics cards to speed up MPEG compression and decompression. I understand that the newer cards from ATI and...

PNDIS_PACKET
Posted on November 24th, 2004 | 1 Comments

hi All, I have a couple of questions: 1. I'm buffering the packet (Ping packet) for a station which is in power save. For this I store the PNDIS_PACKET (pointer to NDIS PACKET) into a link list and...

Is there any program way to check whether a PC had USB port or not
Posted on November 24th, 2004 | 2 Comments

Is there any program way to check whether a PC had USB port or not? like in C++ I find some functions in Win 32 API like SetupDiGetClassDevs() which seems to be able to serve the purpose but it...

USB Upper Filter Driver not getting IRP_MJ_INTERNAL_DEVICE_CONTROL
Posted on November 24th, 2004 | 11 Comments

Hi, I installed a upper class filter driver to Universal Serial Bus controllers. ( Class GUID = {36FC9E60-C465-11CF-8056-444553540000}). When Secure Digital Adapter with card is plugged in to the...

TDI Transport Driver <==> Protocol driver
Posted on November 24th, 2004 | 4 Comments

1. TDI Transport Driver is a Protocol driver 2. Protocol driver is a TDI Transport Driver are both the statements true. i have heard that sniffers are protcol drivers. so i guess that they do not...

USB drivers
Posted on November 24th, 2004 | 4 Comments

I have a lot of problems in installation of drivers in W2000 (and maybe in others op. Sys.) I'm using Cypress AN2131 and I have developed the firmware of 3 devices that work correctely. When I...

Triggering IRP_MJ_READ request to serial device
Posted on November 24th, 2004 | 1 Comments

I have an upper filter driver that spies on MJ_READ and MJ_WRITE requests sent to a serial device (in our case, a dial-up modem). Is there a way to force the layer above me to generate a MJ_READ...

DeviceIoControl failed in WOW64 on 64bit XP Pro
Posted on November 23rd, 2004 | 11 Comments

I have an application that is required to run under 64-bit Windows (AMD64/EM64T). I am using 64-bit XP Pro for test (build 1218, shown build 3790 on screen). The applications issue many...

how to set ssid?
Posted on November 23rd, 2004 | 1 Comments

am currently writing code for an application on windows xp, and I have one small, but serious problem for wireless connections. My application will allow user to scan and find APs and PCs with 802.11...

transport stack on Windows
Posted on November 23rd, 2004 | 3 Comments

A statement from DDK----As such a transport establishes a binding to an underlying NIC from the ProtocolBindAdapter function that the lowest module in the transport stack (or monolithic tranport...