Device Drivers

USB host and USB device
can any buddy tell me USB host and USb Device stack run on same peace of hardware and for that we have different different harware ? like for host we have Host control Interface what for device ? please tell me ... 5 Jul 2006 15:14

DPInst ignoring /sa flag?
I've gotten an unsigned driver package put together for a software-only legacy driver, and overall DPInst seems happy with it. I'm launching the DPInst as part of my main installer---I can't use DIFxApp or DIFxAPI because the installer is 32-bit whereas the driver is 64-bit. The command line is therefore "/q ... 27 Jun 2006 12:31

usb
i have a usb device that reads finger prints. i want to write a c++ program that controls this device. (by control i mean calling some functions on it) what i need to know? (library+framework???) by the way i am newbie to windows programming. ... 4 Jul 2006 05:47

Virtual Harddisk
Hi NG, I had some project ideas for which I need a virtual harddisk. But I never did any Driver Development. Are there any good sources for beginners and perheaps some source code ? thx for your help greetings Sebastian ... 28 Jun 2006 03:04

hooking DriverProc
I hope someone here can direct me with my special problem. I use extensively Win32 multimedia functions hook by means of a special library and it usually works fine. For every function that I want to hook , I declare the dll in which it resides, I define the hooked function in which I do my specific tasks, and t... 28 Jun 2006 01:01

passthru install???
Have anyone successfully install passthru driver by using command line in Devcon? I'm using this command devcon -r install c:\Passthru\Inf\netsf.inf ms_passthrump it always return: devcon failed. Does Devcon support passthru installation? thanks, ttan ... 4 Jul 2006 05:47

How to safe remove usb storage correctly?
I would write a windows program to safe remove usb storage device. Currently, I use CM_Request_Device_Eject function to do this. It works well for single usb storage device. However, it didn't work smoothly if two usb storage device attached to PC. My program uset SetupDiEnumDeviceInfo to enumerate the usb devi... 22 Jun 2006 14:52

USB class
For a long time, Microsoft has been mentioning in this group (and various places in the documentation) that peripherals are required not use Class=USB in their infs because that's reserved for host controllers and hubs. Dire WHQL consequences have been hinted at. I was just trying to convince one of our firmwa... 20 Jun 2006 22:04

Vista TCP
I'm having a problem with a 802.11n WiFi driver I am developing for Vista (build 5384). When I use a static IP address, everything works fine. However, if I use DHCP, I don't get a DHCP address allocated to me from the AP. I know DHCP in Vista 5384 works because I have a Realtek 8185 802.11g card that wor... 20 Jun 2006 16:21

USBPrint.sys on Windows XP SP2
What would be the conditions (or reasons) for usbprint.sys to stop sending the SOF to a printer device? Is there a maximum number of errors reported by the printer device that USBPrints.sys would shutdown the USB communication? Any other information would help. Mario ... 20 Jun 2006 17:55