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From: 0dbell on 25 Jun 2007 12:41
I noticed in the setup section of the WinDDK samples that in addition
to the latest setup support tools for driver install/uninstall (DIFx,
DPInst), devcon is included as well.

So far, devcon seems to work fine for me, so I am not sure whether it
is worth it for me to switch right now to DPInst.

I vaguely remember reading something about DPInst supporting Vista
while previous tools don't. Is this true?

I am missing the "history" part of the evolution: Does DPInst
*replace* devcon, or is it simply a fancier (GUI etc.) of the same
API?

Thanks,
Don

From: Eliyas Yakub [MSFT] on 27 Jun 2007 13:16
When it comes to driver installation DPInst replaces Devcon.exe. This page
summarizes all the virtues of DPinst
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms790308.aspx.

-Eliyas

<0dbell(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I noticed in the setup section of the WinDDK samples that in addition
> to the latest setup support tools for driver install/uninstall (DIFx,
> DPInst), devcon is included as well.
>
> So far, devcon seems to work fine for me, so I am not sure whether it
> is worth it for me to switch right now to DPInst.
>
> I vaguely remember reading something about DPInst supporting Vista
> while previous tools don't. Is this true?
>
> I am missing the "history" part of the evolution: Does DPInst
> *replace* devcon, or is it simply a fancier (GUI etc.) of the same
> API?
>
> Thanks,
> Don
>

From: 0dbell on 28 Jun 2007 12:05
Thank you, Eliyas. I just needed this little clarification before
delving into the material - and you just provided it. Thanks.

Don


On Jun 27, 1:16 pm, "Eliyas Yakub [MSFT]"
<eliy...(a)online.microsoft.com> wrote:
> When it comes to driver installation DPInst replaces Devcon.exe. This page
> summarizes all the virtues of DPinsthttp://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms790308.aspx.
>
> -Eliyas
>
> <0db...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1182789706.713364.154720(a)j4g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> >I noticed in the setup section of the WinDDK samples that in addition
> > to the latest setup support tools for driver install/uninstall (DIFx,
> > DPInst), devcon is included as well.
>
> > So far, devcon seems to work fine for me, so I am not sure whether it
> > is worth it for me to switch right now to DPInst.
>
> > I vaguely remember reading something about DPInst supporting Vista
> > while previous tools don't. Is this true?
>
> > I am missing the "history" part of the evolution: Does DPInst
> > *replace* devcon, or is it simply a fancier (GUI etc.) of the same
> > API?
>
> > Thanks,
> > Don- Hide quoted text -
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