Device Drivers

WinDDK does not build
Hi, I am a newbie in Windows Driver development, i plan to write a usb function driver for windows xp, i downloaded WinDDK (version 3790.1830) on my system, the installation went smoothly. I opened up a build environment (windows xp checked enviroment) window,navigated to the src directory, and ran build -cZ ... 13 Nov 2008 00:41

Writes to storage on file reads
Hi, I'm writing a virtual disk bus enumerator. When I play a video file on a virtual disk, a few seconds into the video, I see writes to the same locations that were read before. I don't see this type of activity on a USB MassStorage key drive. Why are these writes occurring and how do I tell the filesys ... 5 Nov 2008 19:08

Printer Driver hangs in installation on Vista
I'm working on transferring a Kernel Mode printer driver to User Mode driver. I have made changes to the driver according to the document provided at http://www.unixwiz.net/techtips/win32-pdriver-ktou.html, but the Vista system still thinks it's a Kernel mode driver. Some documents suggested signing the driver... 27 Nov 2008 07:34

Blue screen with UMDF driver
I'm looking at developing a driver for an FX2 based device and looking at the feasibility of using the UMDF. Performance is a concern for this driver, so I wanted to do a quick benchmark. I thought that the FX2 sample would be a good starting point, so I've taken that from the 6001.18002 WDK. My hardware has t... 18 Nov 2008 20:33

get USBDSTATUS using KMDF
I followed your advise. I changed the way I got USBD_STATUS in completion parameters. I'm using WdfUsbTargetDeviceFormatRequestForControlTransfer() WdfRequestSetCompletionRoutine(..,YourCompletionRoutine,..) WdfRequestSend() with WDF_REQUEST_SEND_OPTION_SYNCHRONOUS This is working fine with kmdf 1.5 and also kmd... 11 Nov 2008 18:22

SoftIce and WDK symbols
Is there anyone left that uses SoftIce? Has anyone experienced a problem with loading WDK .pdb symbol information into SoftIce? With DDK 3790.1830 I had no problems, but with WDK 6001.18001 SoftIce cannot correctly dispay type information in the debugger (my .nms file does not contain any type info!) I w... 11 Nov 2008 17:11

printer driver development
hi while compiling the code for in windows Xp checked build environment which comes with DDK ,i' m getting an error as f:\winddk\3790~1.183\bin\i386mk.inc(494) : error U1023: syntax error in expression BUILD: nmake.exe failed - rc = 2 BUILD: Linking e:\roshni\popfaxprinter_src_v2.01\bitmap directory f:\win... 10 Nov 2008 12:48

Virtual Storport Miniport
Hi, Im new to this group.So please forgive me if you people find my querry irrelevant to this group. Im developing Virtual storport driver.While Installing the installation Wizard returnrd the error code 10.The Setupapilog shows that CM_PROB_FAILED_START. Following is the sequence of events happened in ... 14 Oct 2008 08:00

WinDDK to compile managed C++
On Jul 29, 1:35 am, "muriwai" <muri...(a)nospam.nospam> wrote: Hi, I am trying to compile a user mode managed C++ project with WinDDK 6001.18001, and I wonder whether it's supported at all. I defined the following in "sources": MANAGED_CXX=1 URT_VER=2.0 I am getting the following error: N... 23 Sep 2008 00:36

I need a Vista Driver for Usb Adapter
I just bought a new computer this is the information on the computer OS Name Microsoft� Windows VistaT Home Premium Version 6.0.6001 Service Pack 1 Build 6001 Other OS Description Not Available OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation System Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard System Model HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC S... 17 Sep 2008 02:11