Device Drivers

Trick serenum into detecting a device
Hi, is there any way to programmically trick serenum.sys to detect a (non-existing) device? For debugging purposes I want to simulate the connection of a plug-and-play serial device to a specific COM-port. Currently I'm using a second computer and a serial cable to transmit the faked PnP-ID. But is there a ... 24 Mar 2006 01:38

USB Address descriptor HCT test on amd64
Hi, I have a usb driver ported to 64-bit and I'm tryng to get it HCT certified. The driver giving me issues on USb Descriptor,Address descriptor tests.Basically the driver gets unloaded when the test starts and the test hangs for ever. I got it passed successfully on all tests on the 32-bit platform(XP SP2) ;... 13 Apr 2006 10:28

Bluetooth DDI
I am working on Bluetooth profile implementations for Vista, based on recent release of Bluetooth DDI (I'm not sure if Bluetooth DDI is completed or not, since documents are only template and takes forever for bthddi(a)microsoft.com to reply). I have a quick question that I hope someone here may provide me a feed... 21 Mar 2006 02:41

Using a sledge hammer
PsSetLoadImageNotifyRoutine has a limit of 8 for call back notifications. This seems to be a pretty heavy handed method for finding out the name of a process when it is loaded. In general, given a processid how else can I find out the name of its image. processid? given a processid, find out its IMAGE_... 24 Mar 2006 00:06

Control Printer !!!
Hi, I write a lowerfilter on the usbprinter.sys to control it. But it seems not work. Whether this way can lead to my goal? I also want to stop the operation code of the printer. But I don't know how to get it? If someone has this kind of experience, please share. Thanks. ... 20 Mar 2006 09:29

Hid Client driver
Hi, I had developed a usb hid device. In user mode, it works well by the hid api. But I can't communication with it in kernel, when I iocall it by the device io control irp, the return value is SUCCESS, but no data return.The source code use some driver sample, I don't know why? Somebody help me? Or some ... 22 Mar 2006 00:14

How to define PnP Device would Storage Device?
If new device is plugged in, how to define would it storage device? Is it possible defining storage device by its HardwaerID? Other ways such as ComaptibleIDs etc? Example: If DiskOnKey is plugged in, it ....\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR\Enum receive the new record with DeviceID. The "USBSTOR" maps USB di... 16 Mar 2006 12:44

question about "Methods for Accessing Data Buffers"
Hi all! Can anybody help me to learn a little about kernel ? :) The scope of my question is about AVStream minidriver that receives data buffer from user mode app via KsSynchronousDeviceControl(KSMETHOD) call. Currently i create method set with different items. all of them is decared like this one: DEFINE_K... 15 Mar 2006 09:07

mini-rdr and windows media player
Hi all, I've written a mini-rdr. It just works fine with all files but it doesn't on windows media player. WMP cannot load file from remote disk: Windows Media Player cannot play the file. If the file is on another computer, verify that you are connected to the network. If you typed a path, verify that it i... 16 Mar 2006 14:50

Bug in CDROM.SYS
In DDK2000...WDK 5112, CDROM.SYS!CdRomInterpretReadCapacity contains the following code: ---------------------------- // // Calculate media capacity in bytes. // commonExtension->PartitionLength.QuadPart = (LONGLONG)(lastSector + 1); // // we've defaulted to 32/64 forever. don't wa... 11 Mar 2006 20:56