Special USB Device handling

Hi All,

Is it possible to configure PNP manager under either Win2k or WinXP such
that if a USB device with specific vendor ID and product ID is plugged in,
the device manager will install a special pre-defined driver? I know it's
probably impossible or very unlikely to do what I want. Any response is
greatly appreciated.

Best regards,
George

Robert
Mon Sep 05 23:56:31 CDT 2005

George wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Is it possible to configure PNP manager under either Win2k or WinXP such
> that if a USB device with specific vendor ID and product ID is plugged in,
> the device manager will install a special pre-defined driver? I know it's
> probably impossible or very unlikely to do what I want. Any response is
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Best regards,
> George
>
>

This is the default behavior for the PNP manager anyway.
It looks through the INF files ans searches for a VID/PID match.
The driver may need to be signed to be accepted though.

Maxim
Tue Sep 06 05:12:48 CDT 2005

You must pre-install the driver with SetupCopyOEMInf. The driver must be
signed.

In this case, PnP will automatically associate and load the driver when the
device is plugged.

--
Maxim Shatskih, Windows DDK MVP
StorageCraft Corporation
maxim@storagecraft.com
http://www.storagecraft.com

"George" <georgeyu@everstone.com.tw> wrote in message
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> Hi All,
>
> Is it possible to configure PNP manager under either Win2k or WinXP such
> that if a USB device with specific vendor ID and product ID is plugged in,
> the device manager will install a special pre-defined driver? I know it's
> probably impossible or very unlikely to do what I want. Any response is
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Best regards,
> George
>
>

pavel_a
Tue Sep 06 05:50:06 CDT 2005

This is possible. This is exactly how VMware hooks host USB
devices for use in virtual machine.
But.... not a trivial thing to do :)
--PA


"George" wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Is it possible to configure PNP manager under either Win2k or WinXP such
> that if a USB device with specific vendor ID and product ID is plugged in,
> the device manager will install a special pre-defined driver? I know it's
> probably impossible or very unlikely to do what I want. Any response is
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Best regards,
> George
>

George
Tue Sep 06 21:48:04 CDT 2005

Hi Guys,

Thanks for the info.

George

"Pavel A." <pavel_a@NOwritemeNO.com> ¦b¶l¥ó
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> This is possible. This is exactly how VMware hooks host USB
> devices for use in virtual machine.
> But.... not a trivial thing to do :)
> --PA
>
>
> "George" wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Is it possible to configure PNP manager under either Win2k or WinXP such
> > that if a USB device with specific vendor ID and product ID is plugged
in,
> > the device manager will install a special pre-defined driver? I know
it's
> > probably impossible or very unlikely to do what I want. Any response is
> > greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > George
> >
>