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    - VOLUME DIRTY BIT Anyone ever have to clear the volume dirty bit on NTFS partititions ? autochk does not appear to clear it on my system... (i;e) trying to run defrag, it needs the volume clean... --Stu Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65669
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    - find which drive letter is assigned to a usb port with a flash memory drive in WindowsXP I am trying to find programatically which drive letter is assigned to a usb port with a flash memory drive. I have seen some posts about it with some code too, but it all seems to be geared towards windows CE. And when i am trying to look for help in my Visual Studio it only provides APIs for the CE. I am not able to use those functions. Does anyone have any suggestions, or other groups at google that may have this information ? I tried microsoft but again everything there seems to be geared towards CE. Thanks. Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65663
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    - Printer driver UI Hi! I have added a tab in the printer driver UI using plug-in. Now the requirement is to add advance button on the added tab same as layout and paper/Quality tab. Clicking on the Advance button would open the same UI as on other tabs. Plese give me some ideas how this can be done? Thanks Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65662
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    - Printer folder Left Bar Hi! In windows XP in Printer folder there is a bar in left. In that bar there is a section called "See also". When user selects any printer then in "See Also" section it shows manufacturers Url. Now my problem is I want to add more URLs in that section. 1 URL can be added by using printer inf. OEM URL. but how to add more URLs in that section? What I can think of is that some shell extension needs to be written? but I have no idea about this... Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Naveen Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65661
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    - Developing a Bitmap Printer Hi all, My aim is to develop a bitmap printer Here are some things that are puzzling me... 1) Can I extract raw image data from the postscript printer and convert it to viewable bitmap image? If yes, then where should I be ideally looking to get the image data...Renderer, spooler or somewhere else? Will the image data be stored in a buffer or in some memroy DC? 2)Should I try extracting data from the universal printer?will it be easier? If yes, then where exactly should I be looking for the image? 3)Can I solve my problem by changing the minidriver?or does it just control the printer features and has nothing to do with file image extraction? 4)Is a plugin required to get this done or will I need to change some existing code? 5)Once I get the 'raw' image, will I need to do some processing on it to convert it to bmp, like adding tags or such? I'm also hoping to develop a pdf printer, so if I go with the postscript printer I may need to just develop one printer in the long run. Any pointers and help in this direction will be much appreciated. -- ***ljose*** Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65651
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    - When try to add a printer programmatically! Hi,all, When I try to add a printer programmatically,I retrieve a error message that error code is 2. I don't know why?Because I can success to install it by windows! Follows is my codes and anybody can tell me what wrong? PRINTER_INFO_2 pi2; DRIVER_INFO_3 di3; HANDLE hPrinter; ZeroMemory(&di3, sizeof(DRIVER_INFO_3)); di3.cVersion = 3; //for 2000/xp di3.pName = "Hewlett-Packard HP-GL/2 Plotter"; di3.pEnvironment = NULL; //Written for x86 "Windows NT x86" di3.pDriverPath = "plotter.dll"; di3.pDataFile = "hpgl2pen.pcd"; di3.pConfigFile = "plotui.dll"; di3.pHelpFile = "plotui.hlp"; di3.pMonitorName= NULL; di3.pDefaultDataType = ""; di3.pDependentFiles = "plotter.dll\0hpgl2pen.pcd\0plotui.dll\0plotui.hlp\0\0"; //A error will be occured here! if(!AddPrinterDriverEx(NULL, 3, (LPBYTE)&di3,APD_COPY_ALL_FILES)) { ShowError("Add Printer Driver"); //AfxMessageBox("Failure to add printer"); return; } ZeroMemory(&pi2, sizeof(PRINTER_INFO_2)); pi2.pPrinterName = "HPGL Printer for Testing"; pi2.pPortName = "LPT3:"; pi2.pDriverName = "Hewlett-Packard HP-GL/2 Plotter"; pi2.pPrintProcessor = "WinPrint"; hPrinter = AddPrinter(NULL, 2, (LPBYTE)&pi2); if(hPrinter==NULL) { ShowError("Add a Printer"); //AfxMessageBox("Failure to add printer"); return; } ClosePrinter(hPrinter); AfxMessageBox("Finish to Add Printer"); Thanks for your any advices! Horky Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65649
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    - How can I put DACL to USB device Hi, I want to put DACL to USB device. I find the floplock that can put DACL to cdrom and floppy. the device name of the floppy " \\.\\a: " in use mode, and "\device\Floppy0" in kenerl mode, but flop can not put DACL to USB device. I find many USB device name by tool WinObj from http://www.sysinternals.com. Which is the USB device name that I can put DACL. Best regards Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65648
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    - problem in installing a driver using DPinst.exe (DIFx V2.0) Hello, I have a legacy driver (not signed) that I like to install using DPInst.exe part of DIFx 2.0. I used the provided toaster sample installation XML as the basis. I add a line to it after <dpInst> as follow to the file so I can install my unsigned driver: <?xml version="1.0"?> <dpInst> <legacyMode/> <language code="0x0409"> and left all other sections of the file the same. It doesn't install the driver and complain that the driver isn't signed. When I run dpInst.exe with /lm switch, it will install the driver successfully. What is the problem with XML file? Am I set the switch correctly in the XML file? Best regards Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65647
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    - Please HELP - Analyzing IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL Hi My driver works ok but crashes only on a specific computer - IBM thinkpad laptop. I did a kernel memory dump but didn't find my driver in the stack. Also, it crashes on different functions every time! here is a WinDbg analyze output... Any help ? ******************************************************************************* * * * Bugcheck Analysis * * * ******************************************************************************* IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (a) An attempt was made to access a pageable (or completely invalid) address at an interrupt request level (IRQL) that is too high. This is usually caused by drivers using improper addresses. If a kernel debugger is available get the stack backtrace. Arguments: Arg1: 00000016, memory referenced Arg2: 00000002, IRQL Arg3: 00000000, value 0 = read operation, 1 = write operation Arg4: 804dc352, address which referenced memory Debugging Details: ------------------ READ_ADDRESS: 00000016 CURRENT_IRQL: 2 FAULTING_IP: nt!KiWaitTest+30 804dc352 6683781601 cmp word ptr [eax+0x16],0x1 DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: DRIVER_FAULT BUGCHECK_STR: 0xA LAST_CONTROL_TRANSFER: from 804e3f72 to 804dc352 IRP_ADDRESS: 824818b8 DEVICE_OBJECT: 82f3ba68 DRIVER_OBJECT: 82f562b8 IMAGE_NAME: ftdisk.sys DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP: 3b7d8419 MODULE_NAME: ftdisk FAULTING_MODULE: f85f3000 ftdisk TRAP_FRAME: eecebb70 -- (.trap ffffffffeecebb70) ErrCode = 00000000 eax=00000000 ebx=eeceaf48 ecx=eecebbf0 edx=00000000 esi=eeceaf40 edi=00000000 eip=804dc352 esp=eecebbe4 ebp=eecebc00 iopl=0 nv up ei pl nz ac po cy cs=0008 ss=0010 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=0030 gs=0000 efl=00010217 nt!KiWaitTest+0x30: 804dc352 6683781601 cmp word ptr [eax+0x16],0x1 ds:0023:00000016=???? Resetting default scope STACK_TEXT: eecebc00 804e3f72 00000000 00000000 824818b8 nt!KiWaitTest+0x30 eecebc14 804ed1e2 eeceaf40 00000000 00000000 nt!KeSetEvent+0x58 eecebc6c 804ed15a 824818f8 eecebcb8 eecebcac nt!IopCompleteRequest+0x22f eecebcbc 804ed199 00000000 00000000 00000000 nt!KiDeliverApc+0xb3 eecebcd4 804dc6f2 000024ff e334e7e0 00000000 nt!KiSwapThread+0x64 eecebcfc bf802ec4 00000001 0000000d 00000001 nt!KeWaitForSingleObject+0x1c2 eecebd38 bf8036ca 000024ff 00000000 00000001 win32k!xxxSleepThread+0x192 eecebd4c bf8036e7 000024ff 00000000 00c3ff1c win32k!xxxRealWaitMessageEx+0x12 eecebd5c 804df06b 00c3ff44 7c90eb94 badb0d00 win32k!NtUserWaitMessage+0x14 eecebd5c 7c90eb94 00c3ff44 7c90eb94 badb0d00 nt!KiFastCallEntry+0xf8 WARNING: Frame IP not in any known module. Following frames may be wrong. 00c3ff10 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 0x7c90eb94 SYMBOL_STACK_INDEX: 2 FOLLOWUP_NAME: MachineOwner STACK_COMMAND: .trap ffffffffeecebb70 ; kb FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: 0xA_IMAGE_ftdisk.sys_DATE_8_17_2001 BUCKET_ID: 0xA_IMAGE_ftdisk.sys_DATE_8_17_2001 Followup: MachineOwner --------- Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65644
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    - Network driver installation Hi, I'm currently trying to install my network driver using the DifX (Driver Installation Tools 2.0) tools. Now, I've read the given readme.txt and found the following: * Legacy mode - Accepts unsigned drivers by using the legacy mode flag As a matter of fact, I'm using Wise for Windows to create my MSI Installations, but I cannot localize the legacy mode flag in any MSI table. So, could someone tell me how I could set this legacy flag in my MSI Installation? Greetings, Peter Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65643
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    - Pending IOCTLs and Slow User Mode Response I've written an NDIS IM driver that forwards notifications to a user-mode app via a pended IOCTL. The app has 32 threads that simply call DeviceIoControl and then queue the notification up for another consumer thread. The problem that I'm seeing is that under heavy stress, where the driver needs to notify the app, I see the number of IOCTLs plumbed by the app stop, with the result that the driver runs out of pending IOCTLS/IRPs. Each thread of the user mode app calls DeviceIoControl() in a non-overlapped manner. Would calling this with an overlapped structure (and opening the file with FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED) help? Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65632
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    - [Audio Driver] - Volume Control Is there any guy who can control the volume in a driver? We have a filter driver which catch a data from the stream and process the data then put it back to original stream. I found some problems in dealing with the audio data so I want to set the volume, especially microphone volume. In case of Master Volume, I can get this information from KSPROPERTY, KSPROPERTY_AUDIO_VOLUMELEVEL, but I can't get any information about microphone volume from this. So question is that How can I get the volume level of Microphone or Line-in? Thank you. SAM Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65622
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    - Installing Port Monitor INFs Programmatically Is it possible to programmatically install a port monitor without using AddMonitor or the Server Properties UI? I ask becuase I have tried to use InstallHinfSection to install the ddk sample portmonitor and that fails. Also using "install" from the inf context menu fails. Is this unsupported or is there possibly something wrong with the inf file... or the parameters to InstallHinf section? Thanks -- Steven Velez Hanna Strategies Sr. Software Engineer Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65620
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    - Is this code SMP safe? Hi, I am new at driver programming. I was wondering is the following code is SMP safe or would I need spinlocks around the indicated statements. //My device extension declaration typedef struct _DEVICE_EXTENSION { PIRP pCurrIrp; BOOL start; KEVENT evIoctl; } DEVICE_EXTENSION, *PDEVICE_EXTENSION; //My Dispatch routine (called w/ PASSIVE_IRQL) NTSTATUS MyDispatchRoutine(..., IN IRP pIrp) { ... //myPdx points to my device extension ... switch (controlCode) { case IOCTL_GET: if (!myPdx->start) <====spinlocks around this needed? { //IoCompleteRequest with error and exit } if (myPdx->pCurrIrp) <====spinlocks around this needed? { //IoCompleteRequest with busy error and exit } ........ InterlockedExchangePointer((PVOID*)&myPdx->pCurrIrp, pIrp); //wake worker thread KeSetEvent(&myPdx->evIoctl, IO_NO_INCREMENT, FALSE); ....... break; case IOCTL_START: InterlockedExchange((LONG*)&(myPdx->start), TRUE ); .... ....//IoCompleteRequest with ok break; ..... ..... } } //My executive worker thread which is signalled by the IOCTL above // (called w/ PASSIVE_IRQL) void MyWorkerThread(void) { ...//myPdx points to my device extension PIRP pIrp; ... ...//Acquire mutex (stored in dev. extnsion; not shown) to serialize ...// this thread execution vs. other instances of this thread ... if (myPdx->bCaptureSound) <====spinlocks around this needed? { KeWaitForSingleObject(&myPdx->evIoctl, Executive, KernelMode, FALSE, NULL); KeClearEvent(&myPdx->evIoctl); pIrp = myPdx->pCurrIrp; <====spinlocks around this needed? ........ InterlockedExchangePointer((PVOID *)&myPdx->pCurrIrp, NULL); ........//do other stuff .......//release mutex acquired above for serialization } I have indicated where I am confused about the spinlock thing. For writing to any variables in my device extension I use the InterlockedXXX functions but during reading of those variables, do I need spinlocks or some other protection? My understanding is that any "regular" read statement (such as "pIrp = myPdx->pCurrIrp") comprises of multiple machine instructions (ie. non-atomic) during which the scheduler can swap out the process and another process can modify the data resulting in corruption. Is this reasoning correct?? On a uniprocessor system I have seen that the worker thread execution is interspersed with the dispatch routine. But since in the worker thread I am working with the pointer to myPdx->pCurrIrp called pIrp, the dispatch routine is free to modify myPdx->pCurrIrp. So things work out fine w/ no lost IRPs. I wonder if things would change in an SMP machine. I know I asked a mouthfull (screenfull?) and I appreciate all tips. Thanks & Regards, James Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65619
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    - IOCTL level information on SMB.sys for Windows 2003... Hi, I was wondering if anybody would have any information on the IOCTL data to talk to the SMB.sys driver in Windows 2003. The SMB.sys driver comes from Intel and I am having a big difficulty in getting any information from Intel as nobody responds and all I get is redirection at Intel. Any information would be deeply appreciated. All I am trying to do is send some I2C commands that the SMB.sys can fulfill for my application via the SMBclass.sys and SMBhc.sys drivers. Please send me a note at ganguly2004@hotmail.com Thanks SG -- SG, Device Driver writer Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65615
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    - SysHook and STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION Hi, Recently I've attempt to write a driver in order to hook any registry access using the KeServiceDescriptorTable and then subst the table entry with my function. If I use the this code only for logging (ie. RegMon) it's all ok, but if I try to modify the parameter all the Zwxx function give me a STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION: for example: - if the key that the application want to open is \Registry\Machine\Software\Test I create (ExAllocatePool) a new POBJECT_ATTRIBUTES and relative PUNICODE_STRING - then I call the RealZwOpenKey (the real KeServiceDescriptorTable's function) but If I do so the function give me the error. But, If I dehook the ZwOpenKey and the I call ZwOpenKey the Fn is Ok. But dehooking this Fn isn't good (some access could be lost). It seems that the real ZwOpenKey's code can't or don't want access the memory allocated by the driver... thank's Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65602
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    - Reading psoSrc data in DrvCopyBits provides not correct results Hi, I have a problem to read an image from the source "psoSrc" in function DrvCopyBits. The image has alwas a black line at the right and bottom. Please tell me how I should read it to receive the correct data. Thanks for help. AF Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65600
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    - Requirements for including Driver on Longhorn CD? Hi, What is the requirements or process of including our XP signed driver in Longhorn CD (including BETA)?. We got a MS signed and WHQL qualified driver for XP. We would like our driver to include in Longhorn CD. Is there anyone that we can contact to? Regards Maung Bandu Brainboxes Ltd. Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65597
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    - Extract custom PPD-features in print processor. Hi. I have to write a print processor that extracts custom features added to the PPD-file of a PS printer. To my understanding, the features are saved in the private area of DEVMODE, but I can't find them. When I use WinPrint and RAW, the features are included in the output, so I know it's possible. /Erik Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65595
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    - 64-bit driver compile error hello everyone: I tried to compile my driver codes in 64-bit computer with windows2003 SP1 DDK. Got error code: NMAKE " fatel error U1073: don't know how to make 'objchk_wnet_AMD64\unicode.obj What's the possible error? In fact there is no unicode.c file in my source file. thanx your attention ! Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65592
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    - How can I get the NDIS driver? I have to do the project about Indoor Wireless Positioning System. I implement with JAVA ...so how can i get NDIS pls help me.. .I just started for a few time Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65589
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    - Neophyte question on SMP & mutexes Hi, Do mutexes protect against concurrent access from another CPU? I have a worker thread which acquires a mutex before a critical section and then releases it. If, on an SMP machine, another instance of this thread executes, would it also be serialized by the same mutex? Also, generally speaking, when is it better to use spinlocks? My driver uses mutexes only. Regards, James Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65583
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    - WinDbg Variable checking Is there like a magic trick to see the content of my variables all I see is the parameters. I can't even see my locals ??? Denis Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65568
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    - Filter Driver Install How do I specify on my INF installation file that a particular filter driver needs to run as LowerFilters to the PCI Bus? Hendrix Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65562
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    - Scannig issue of new SCSI devices Hello, I am writing a user application program to scan hundreds of SCSI drives been connected and/or removed. I use IOCTL_SCSI_RESCAN_BUS to force scan (suppose to invalidate the device list in SCSIPort driver) and then IOCTL_SCSI_GET_INQUIRY_DATA to get the new list. However I get the stale data (i.e the device list prior to the drives been connected and/or removed). After I call IOCTL_SCSI_RESCAN_BUS and IOCTL_SCSI_GET_INQUIRY_DATA several loops (each time the number of loops changes), IOCTL_SCSI_GET_INQUIRY_DATA returns the correct list of drives. Using the SCSI Analyzer it has been confirmed that IOCTL_SCSI_RESCAN_BUS send REPORT_LUNS, then several INQUIRY command (the correct data is returned for all the new drives connected). Is there any way to prevent getting the stale device list? Is there a way to force clear the stale device list in the scsiport driver?. This is a major issue for the application program as it does not know the number of loops it has to issue the IOCTLs to get all the new device list. Regards Raj Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65561
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    - USBD_STATUS not in header Hello, A status code that is returned in the Isopacket[].Status field of the _URB_ISOCH_TRANSFER struct does not seem to be in the USBD status code enum. The value is 0xC000000E. What does this code means in the context of an isochronous USB OUT and IN transfer? Can someone relate this code to the TD status field that is called out in the OHCI specification? I am testing on an AMD system using WindowsXP SP2. Thanks for your time, John Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65560
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    - 1394 Host Controller Node Number Hi All, I need to inform my 1394 devices of the firewire node number of the host controller board. Can the node number of the host controller be determined programatically? Thanks, Scott Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65559
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    - USB enumeration time in a production test environment I seem to recall a discussion thread regarding speeding up recognition/enumeration of new devices. The problem that needs to be solved is that it's taking from 7 to 20 seconds for a new device to become available for communication after power on connection. The folks at our production facility want this to happen more quickly. The port that we will be using can be dedicated to this function. The device VID, PID, and Version will be constant but the USB serial number will probably be changing. My inital reaction is that the amount of time needed for enumeration is determined by how much work the PnP manager has to do to figure out the correct driver. As I mentioned, I seem to remember a similar issue that was on the list, but a search of current articles doesn't seem to turn anything up. Does anyone remember this one? Sam Robinson Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65556
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    - AVStream: DispatchShutdown handler Hi, all! I have to add IRP_MJ_SHUTDOWN handler for AVStream miniport driver. How should I prevent device from being removed? Does ks.sys support some kind of remove lock. If so, how can I acquire it? WBR Igor Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65554
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    - Checked build Assert in EngLoadImage Hi All, I get this when I load a dll from my display driver in Win2k3 Checked build: *** Assertion failed: Section->Segment->u1.ImageCommitment != 0 *** Source File: d:\srvrtm\base\ntos\mm\sessload.c, line 239 Break repeatedly, break Once, Ignore, terminate Process, or terminate Thread (boipt)? The warning seems inert, and it all works if I ignore it. But still it worries me. Any ideas what might be causing this? I guess it must be some sort of problem with the dll image. Thanks, Otto Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65553
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    - 1394 Raw Mode Addressing And Driver Verifier Hello All... I've been using 1394 raw mode addressing successfully but when I run the driver verfier I get a bug check when accessing the port driver to perform a raw mode io request. My guess this is because I'm using an address that wasn't obtained by using IoGetDeviceObjectPointer( ). I retrieve the port driver address by accessing the bus driver's PortDeviceObject element. As follows.... // Get the port driver object. This is the next to the lowest layer in the driver stack. // The port driver is used to send messages to a node other than the node // for which the lower driver object exists. pDeviceExtension->pPortDeviceObject = ((PNODE_DEVICE_EXTENSION)pDeviceExtension->pStackDeviceObject-> DeviceExtension)->PortDeviceObject; However, I don't know what the symbolic link is for the 1394 port driver. (driver file ohci1394.sys.) The symbolic link for the bus driver is known as \\device\1394BUS0. Does anyone know the symbolic link for the 1394 Port Driver? I need this since it's required as the first parameter in IoGetDeviceObjectPointer( ). Thanks, Scott Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65549
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    - lower the priority of a process when doing Kernel-mode debugging Hi, I need to lower the priority of a process when doing Kernel-mode debugging through a Null Modem cable. For example, I edited the base priority at offset 0x62 of the EPROCESS structure but it does not seem to work. -- Thanks, Daniel Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65544
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    - HOw to query different profiles supported by a bluetooth device Hi, Could anyone explain, how to query different profiles supported by a bluetooth device or all available devices found during scan. Thanks, Arsalan Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65539
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    - STL classes I've noticed that if I include <string> in my printer interface DLL, Windows 2000 won't let me install the driver. If I change it to use regular character pointers, it's fine. Has this happened to anyone else? -- Matt Kane m k b a t d i r t y d o t o r g Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65527
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    - Ways to anlayze crash dump files When I get a BSOD, I use Visual SOFTICE and a Kernel memory dump to try and trace the error. If one of my driver's function is in the stack trace, I can goto its source and try to find the error. My problem starts when I don't see my driver in the stack trace, and even when I disassemble "Parameter 4: Address of instruction executing" I can't see any of my driver's function. Any way I can get more informant from the dump? Does WinDbg can be more helpful in analyzing dump files ? Any way to know if the win32 user mode app caused the crash? (Then I need to use a complete memory dump?) Any other tips on debugging BSODs? Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65526
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    - PDB file path in driver binary By default if i build my driver, the path of the pdb file is seen in the driver binary even in the free build. i don't want the path to be seen in the driver binary. how to remove it. any comile time flags? Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65520
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    - Test Question 11 Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65511
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    - NdisAllocatePacketPoolEx & NULL pool handle NdisAllocateBufferPool can return a NULL pool handle which is valid. is same true with NdisAllocatePacketPoolEx ? Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65510
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    - Visual Studio 5.0 compatibility Hi, I need Visual Studio 5.0 to build my driver code. Am not able to get it I have 6.0 version. Can anyone tell me how to make 6.0 to be compatible for 5.0? What settings has to be changed? Thanks & Regards Gayathri Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65503
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    - Microsoft - Need urgent help - Product rollout stopped Hello, Sorry for posting this again but I'm in a crunch to resolve this issue ASAP. We are developing a 3.3 V only PC Card which work with my driver under Windows 2000 and Xp but Windows 98SE is showing an error code of 7. My driver entry routine is called but not my initialize routine. Does Windows 98SE support 3.3V only PC Card? I've noticed that Microsoft recommends that PC Card be implemented as dual voltage (3.3V/5V). Please reply ASAP since our product rollout is on hold until this issue is resolve. Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65495
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    - Newbie! Creating correct inf file Hi, before asking my question I should say that I'm absolutely new to driver programming and worse I don't even have the DDK documentation. However, I have some years experience with Windows development and now want to create a MIDI driver thats sole purpose is to route MIDI messages to my custom application. I have already found the documentation for Installable Drivers in the Win SDK and some code in newsgroups. The code is written for Win 3.11 but I was able to rewrite and compile it under Windows XP. I'm also able to load the driver with the OpenDriver() API. My question: I want other applications let select the driver for their MIDI output device. For this, I assume, I must install the driver. The old Win 3.11 code example comes with an inf file that looks something like this: [disks] 1=. ,"My MIDI driver",disk1 [Installable.Drivers] MyMidiDrv=1:d:\bcb5\music\installableDrivers\MidiDriver1\MyMidiDrv.dll,"MIDI","MIDI",,, However, trying to install this always gives me the error "Installation failed". What could be the cause? Is this inf file at all valid under Win32? I really appreciate any comment/idea!! thanks, Nick Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65493
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    - Does the WinDbg in source mode Does someone has successfully debug with source and break point and all with the WinDbg? I put a break point in my source code... (set the source path and all) When my driver loads it always tell me that it cannot locate the breakpoint??? Thanks Denis Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65486
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    - out of the device driver newsgroup Guys, I am pausing out of the driver newsgroup for a month or two. I am reachable for any printer driver,port monitor, language monitor, print processor,spooler or any printing related queries at my email vprnt at lycos dot com Thanks Vipin Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65478
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    - printer driver halftoning I have been given the task of adding enhanced halftoning capability to an existing printer driver. The driver sends its output to a thermal transfer barcode printer. This is monochrome device (hence the need for halftoning). I have tried changing the halftoning parameters, such as the GDIINFO HTPatternSize, but this does not seem to affect the output. Ultimately, I am look for a way to let the use choose from any of the HT_PATSIZE_* values and have the driver use these when rendering color images. I just can't seem to get all of the settings lined up just right between the GDIINFO, DEVINFO, DEVHTINFO. I have implemented DrvStretchBlt and I am calling EngStretchBlt with iMode set to HALFTONE. None of this seems to help. Any pointers or suggestions would be welcome. Neal Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65477
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    - Mirror Driver - Capturing GDI Call information Hi everyone, For a remote desktop type application, I am trying to see if it is feasible to actually grab GDI call information with a mirror driver and send that to the client where it would be drawn. This would result in much less data being transferred over the network over the usual approach of sending pre-drawn JPEG rectangles for changed parts of the screen, I would think. Can anyone point me to some information on how to do this? How would I use this data on the client to redraw the display since it will be coming from kernel-mode on the server? The DDK mirror sample doesn't have enough comments for me to figure this out. Thanks! Aruk Tag: How Best To... Tag: 65476
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... for multi-monitor systems, as well as being able to drag the mouse
across from one monitor to the other like it normally works, also
be able to switch which monitor has the active cursor via some
external means (a device connected to a usb port or keyboard)?

Then, be able to control the non-active cursors via the external device.

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Re: How Best To... by Maxim

Maxim
Mon Jul 04 19:08:09 CDT 2005

IIRC Windows has 1 mouse cursor per each WinSta. I doubt it allows separate
cursors on each monitor.

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"John Smith" <someone@microsoft.comedy> wrote in message
news:ev8fPCNgFHA.2156@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> ... for multi-monitor systems, as well as being able to drag the mouse
> across from one monitor to the other like it normally works, also
> be able to switch which monitor has the active cursor via some
> external means (a device connected to a usb port or keyboard)?
>
> Then, be able to control the non-active cursors via the external device.
>
>
>

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