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what doest it mean?
Posted on July 29th, 2003 | 0 Comments

About the oid:OID_802_11_SUPPORTED_RATES, about the sentence "Rates that do not belong to the BSSBasicRateSet" ..What does "BSSBasicRateSet" mean?

Lock pages in physical memory
Posted on July 29th, 2003 | 34 Comments

I need to allocate an enormous amount of physical memory (>80% of system memory) and ensure that is is locked into physical memory. I've considered MmProbeAndLockPages, but if the allocated memory is...

RE: TCP/IP "hesitates" when passthru IM is running
Posted on July 29th, 2003 | 1 Comments

Anything odd with the fragment bit? Any difference if the QoS packet scheduler is/is not also in the stack? Do "netstat -s" on the receiving side to see if there's any difference in the...

Spooler file names
Posted on July 29th, 2003 | 2 Comments

How do I locate the spooler file for an XP EMF print job? On Windows NT/2000 this was spoolfolder\JobId.spl where the JobId was returned by the EnumJobs SPI. However, XP and 2003 now create spool...

SetupDiGetClassDevs always returns ERROR_IO_PENDING
Posted on July 29th, 2003 | 0 Comments

I'm calling SetupDiGetClassDevs to get a handle to a device information set like so: hWnd& = SetupDiGetClassDevs(0&, 0&, 0&, &H4) This always returns an error of 997: ERROR_IO_PENDING Why does...

Restricting page sizes in WIA Microdriver
Posted on July 28th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Hello, I'm developing a WIA Microdriver and I need a way to restrict the page sizes that are available through the WIA UI. The device I'm developing for only supports a few page sizes and if I...

TOASTER busenum SAMPLE - DO_POWER_PAGABLE flag implications?
Posted on July 28th, 2003 | 2 Comments

In W2K going to hybernation bugchecks with ... Bug Check 0x9F: DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE on !analyze -v more I got more info - "This signifies that the driver is in an inconsistent or invalid...

system resume & enabling device locks under win2k
Posted on July 28th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Hi , I use a utility which is using setup API's to enable/disable certain virtual network adapter. The code simply locates the device and using DIF_PROPERTYCHANGE along...

Using IOCTL_USB_USER_REQUEST encounter code "UsbUserFeatureDisable"
Posted on July 28th, 2003 | 0 Comments

I would like to use IOCTL_USB_USER_REQUEST with request "USBUSER_OP_SEND_ONE_PACKET" to HCD handle. I fill up all parameter i think...... After using function DeviceIoControl.... I got success(error...

scsi class driver
Posted on July 28th, 2003 | 2 Comments

Hi, I have to access CD sectors on a multi-session CD-R as well as single session CD-RW under win2000. SCSI passthrough is not a reliable method. Solution is to write a scsi class driver. So what do...

HCT question
Posted on July 28th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Hi. I'm trying to test my HID serial port tablet driver. I'm using HCT 11.2 When running the ACPI S1/S3 test - it can't access COM1 port. The reason is the tablet device is connected to that port...

time estimate for a wdm driver
Posted on July 28th, 2003 | 14 Comments

Hi, I have been assigned to write a device driver that could read sectors of a CD-ROM or CD-R/RW. The driver has to work for as much Microsoft OSes as possible. Win2000 for now will do. I guess that...

what sort of cdrom driver
Posted on July 28th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Hi, I have to write a driver by which I could read sectors of a multi-session CD-R or a CD-RW under win 2000. the question is what sort of driver I need to write. And how much time it can take. Does...

testing help needed
Posted on July 28th, 2003 | 1 Comments

I presume you're talking about an NDIS IM driver. For a miniport lower edge and for a protocol upper edge, there are various routines that must be supported. I suggest beginning with the DDK passthru...

where can I install ddk from?
Posted on July 27th, 2003 | 3 Comments

I want the devcon sample code files which are in the ddk. I want to know if I can install the ddk from somewhere online,so that I can have access to those samples. On which version of MSDN Library...

Documentation on Kdex2x86.dll
Posted on July 27th, 2003 | 2 Comments

Hi, Where can I find documentation on Kdex2x86.dll? (to use commands such as: idt, pic, etc. in the debugger) Best regards, Kobus

Driver hangs while back from Hibernation
Posted on July 27th, 2003 | 3 Comments

Hi All, I am trying to implement power capabilities for my device driver under Win2k platform. The system goes to hybernation state without any problem. The System power as well as the Device power...

Using LogConfig in INF For PCMCIA Attribute Memory Window
Posted on July 27th, 2003 | 3 Comments

Hello, In a PCMCIA card's Inf file, is there a way to request an Attribute Memory window without having to specify the other resources that I normally get? Here's the LogConfig section that I...

IoGetRemainingStackSize at dispatch?
Posted on July 27th, 2003 | 1 Comments

Greetings all, Why IoGetRemainingStackSize can not be called at dispatch irql? How can I know remaining stack size when I'm called at dispatch (in NDIS miniport etc)? And generally, can stack...

INF File
Posted on July 27th, 2003 | 1 Comments

Hello, ----------------------------------------------------------- What means LoadOrderGroup = Extended base? What types of LoadOrderGroup exist and where may I use...