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From: G�nter Prossliner on 14 Apr 2010 04:35
Hallo NG,

I'm not the Manufacturer of the Device and I don't have source-access. So if
there is a working driver for Windows XP 64 Bit Edition, is it somehow
possible to get it installed on Win7 (with test-signing)? Can it be achieved
by modifing the .inf?


GP


From: Maxim S. Shatskih on 14 Apr 2010 05:20
I think it will install with a question of "Do you trust this software?"

--
Maxim S. Shatskih
Windows DDK MVP
maxim(a)storagecraft.com
http://www.storagecraft.com

"G�nter Prossliner" <nospam(a)spam.com> wrote in message news:%23pcCh162KHA.1452(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Hallo NG,
>
> I'm not the Manufacturer of the Device and I don't have source-access. So if
> there is a working driver for Windows XP 64 Bit Edition, is it somehow
> possible to get it installed on Win7 (with test-signing)? Can it be achieved
> by modifing the .inf?
>
>
> GP
>
>
From: Mike [MSFT] on 15 Apr 2010 17:11
The first question is whether you know that the XP driver will work on Win
7?

If you are an admin on the machine you can force install any driver you
want, even if it will bluescreen the machine. Just point at the driver
using the Update Driver wizard in Device Manager.

Generally it should just be able to be installed on Win 7 without being
modified unless Windows or the driver vendor specifically tried to prevent
that.

Have you tried installing the driver somehow and been unable to? How did
you try and what error are you seeing?

-Mike

"Maxim S. Shatskih" <maxim(a)storagecraft.com.no.spam> wrote in message
news:#YGAzO72KHA.5880(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> I think it will install with a question of "Do you trust this
> software?"
>
> --
> Maxim S. Shatskih
> Windows DDK MVP
> maxim(a)storagecraft.com
> http://www.storagecraft.com
>
> "G�nter Prossliner" <nospam(a)spam.com> wrote in message
> news:%23pcCh162KHA.1452(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Hallo NG,
>>
>> I'm not the Manufacturer of the Device and I don't have source-access. So
>> if
>> there is a working driver for Windows XP 64 Bit Edition, is it somehow
>> possible to get it installed on Win7 (with test-signing)? Can it be
>> achieved
>> by modifing the .inf?
>>
>>
>> GP
>>
>>
From: Tim Roberts on 16 Apr 2010 02:30
"G�nter Prossliner" <nospam(a)spam.com> wrote:
>
>I'm not the Manufacturer of the Device and I don't have source-access. So if
>there is a working driver for Windows XP 64 Bit Edition, is it somehow
>possible to get it installed on Win7 (with test-signing)? Can it be achieved
>by modifing the .inf?

No. You have to suppress the KMCS signing requirement at every boot, or by
hooking up the kernel debugger.

However, you don't need source code. You can sign the binary yourself, if
you have a qualifying code-signing certificate.
--
Tim Roberts, timr(a)probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
From: G�nter Prossliner on 16 Apr 2010 04:08
Hallo Maxim!

Thank you much for your response!

> I think it will install with a question of "Do you trust this
> software?"

I'll give it a try. But it seems that other users don't have much success in
doing so.

btw, we're talking about the Yamaha M-LAN Driver, used for musical equipment
(01X in my case). And yamaha it not willing to roll-out drivers for Vista
and above - if they could at leased make it open-source :-(.

[Drivers and Software | Downloads | YamahaSynth.com]
http://www.yamahasynth.com/downloads/drivers_software/digital_mixing_studios/01x/driver/


GP


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