Device Drivers

why microsoft newsgroup's new look.???
Hi, Today, I looked microsoft newgroup and found new look. There is left pane of languages and select your language then see you intersted newgroup. Please tell me why Microsoft changed this view which was simple before it. Thanks, Anand Choubey ... 14 May 2008 11:21

Please give me useful links for driver signing
Hi, I have written IM driver and want to make signed from microsoft. Can any one give me useful where I can get all required information. What test case should I run ? How can I run this cases? How can send to MS ? Please suggest me. Thanks, Anand Choubey ... 14 May 2008 11:21

usbiodev.h vs usbiodef.h
What is the difference between usbiodev.h and usbiodef.h? I have sample code that calls for usbiodev.h. I have installed WDK and it has usbiodef.h. Should I change the #include statement to call for usbiodef.h? thanks, -- If it aint broke, it probably needs improvement. ... 18 May 2008 18:00

How to differentiate between IPV6 address and NetBIOS name?
Hi, I am modifying code to communicate to MFP(multifunctional peripheral).both NetBIOS name and IPV6 can be represented with '-' eg fec0--11-143(IPV6),MY-SYSTEM(NetBIOS),this makes diffcult to identify whether it is IPV6 or NetBIOS name.Is there any standard way to identify particular address format is IPV... 15 May 2008 16:08

How to identify isochronous devices?
Hi, I am new to driver development. i have to write a driver to USB device. I read that UMDF is not supported for isochronous devices. but how do i check that my device is isochronous devices? is there any way to know this? ... 14 May 2008 13:43

Portable MSDN Library,...
Interesting question for the ISVs. You basically want something that will decompress selected HxS files and then index them for searching. Maybe turn them into a CHM. The entire MSDN is millions of HTML pages. With office at the moment I have 2,500 titles (HxS) files on my machine. That's 4GB of compressed files. M... 14 May 2008 07:06

Can 1394b S800 be supported by windows xp sp3？
I know windows xp sp2 has bug that limits speed to 100Mb/s on 1394b port, and microsfot issues a patch KB885222 to solve this problem. Could anyone tell me whether windows xp sp3 has sovled that problem? I tested a firewire 800Mb/s digital camera, It can not run on 800Mb/s, from the output message, the speed is S10... 14 May 2008 06:19

Why are PCI-to-SATA and PCI-to-IDE Card designed to SCSI class Car
Hi all Why are PCI-to-SATA and PCI-to-IDE Card designed to SCSI class Card, not IDE class Card? (There is no RAID capbility.) According to PCI specification, the Class Code can be IDE Controller, but those cards be designed to SCSI Card. Their Driver appears as SCSI and RAID Controller in Windows, not as ID... 14 May 2008 23:11

installing diskperf on vista business.
Hi all, Few months back, I tried to install driver (wdk sample ) diskperf on a vista business laptop with one hard drive by right-click on diskperf.inf Windows Explorer and select "Install" from the menu that is displayed in vista. But i always get message inf that selected does not support this method of insta... 15 May 2008 16:08

BSOD_PAGE_FAULT_IN_NON_PAGED_AREA
Hi there people, I have problem running the following driver code. It worked for sometime but without no obvious reason whenever I try to stop the driver service a BSOD appears with the PAGE_FAULT_IN_NON_PAGED_AREA error. I found out that when I remove the set DriverName code the problem disappears but the quest... 14 May 2008 17:39