This question was about devices which _have_ serial number, to disable new instance creation when a device with a different ser# is plugged in (during production and testing, for example). Such a...

(1) When we are initialising DeviceObject flags, should we choose only one of three I/O options. What if I ORed them? DeviceObject->Flags |= deviceExtension->StackDeviceObject->Flags...

In this case, a separate file is better. Write your own code to parse the PE executable file and access the .rsrc section. -- Maxim Shatskih, Windows DDK MVP StorageCraft...

Let's imagine there is some user (not necessary admin) who executes some WMI app (possibly a .VBS script) talking to my kernel mode module. In the WMI path of the kernel mode module, I would like to...

"25. Provide a way to disable the "High speed device plugged into full speed port" message, without disabling all USB error messages" I'd appreciate if XP didn't give me those messages for an USB2...

Hello, I apologize in advance if my question(s) seem trivial. This is the first time I've undertaken such a project and if possible I'd like some pointers on where to get started. I have a...

I'm using Windows XP Embedded and my power button is not supported. I want when somebody press the power button to shut down windows, sound simple (default behavior of windows) but it's nightmare to...

I am trying to install my driver for USB on WinXP. I do a CopyOemInf file which generates oem0.inf file. However, when I do a refresh of device manager, it picks up the inf file provided by...

I'm interested to redirect a TCP call to a different type of protocol without creating the TCP. So when the application make the TCP call the call gets transfered to UDP without application awarness....

You can ignore the obsolete header file warning. This file will be cleaned up in the next release of the DDK. -- -Eliyas This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no...

I'm seeing a strange PnP behavior when using DevCon to install my bus and device drivers which are similar in architecture to the Toaster sample. Upon receiving my bus drivers response to the...

Hello, I create a symbolic like as: X:\ for my FILE_DEVICE_DISK device object. In Win2k, the new drive appears, but in XP that drive does not appear (although IoCreateSymlink succeeds), why ? Do...

I am able to install by USB driver for many external and internal USB devices. However I am running into problems when I try to install for this particular internal...

Hi, I have a PNP driver, which creates virtual CDRom devices to emulate ISO images (setup programs) on a harddhisk. It works fine on 2k - loading the CD image and install applications from the CD...

I have done a full compatible Virtual Com Port Driver. In final stage of development I try to connect serenum.sys for pnp support. As I see in debug of serenum : it gets pnp string from modem right...

Power button on the case front panel does not work. Pressing the power button leads to mouse cursor being frozen for about a second, then the machine continues running. Changing the function of the...

The short answer is do not do this. Tell us what you are trying to achieve and the group will be happy to give you suggestions. Don Burn (MVP, Windows DDK) Windows 2k/XP/2k3 Filesystem and Driver...

Hello all, I have written a lower storage class filter driver. I am getting the CDB and other information correctly. I wish to know, how can I dump the data which is in the srb->DataBuffer. Any...

Hi All, I need to write code for reading the data from the storage device connected through USB port through application(Windows) developed in C, C++. Can any body tell me what all things should be...

NDIS (network) drivers can derive the OS version from the combination of OS type (W9X vs. NT) and the supported NDIS version. Stephan --- On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 00:18:13 -0700, "jabez"...