Writing Miniport installtion application??

Hi All ,
I want to write a setup application to install the base driver for my
network card. I tried the devcon sample , it succeeded to detect the
device , created registry entries but the device manager shows the
icon saying device cannot start.
And also the NDC doesnot show the connection.
If i install the driver using device manager everything works fine..
What might be the problem. I have set the Driver signing option to
Ignore as my INF does not contain digital signature information.
Any help will be appreciated..
-Santosh
//Miniport installtion

Jeff
Tue Mar 02 07:22:43 CST 2004

What OS are you trying to install on? I've had success using the snetcfg
code (from the XP DDK) with miniports on 2K, XP, and .Net server.

"santosh" <krcdacin@yahoo.co.in> wrote in message
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> Hi All ,
> I want to write a setup application to install the base driver for my
> network card. I tried the devcon sample , it succeeded to detect the
> device , created registry entries but the device manager shows the
> icon saying device cannot start.
> And also the NDC doesnot show the connection.
> If i install the driver using device manager everything works fine..
> What might be the problem. I have set the Driver signing option to
> Ignore as my INF does not contain digital signature information.
> Any help will be appreciated..
> -Santosh
> //Miniport installtion

krcdacin
Tue Mar 02 21:17:30 CST 2004

I am using windows 2003.
-Santosh
//Miniport installtion

stewo68
Wed Mar 03 07:12:56 CST 2004

See the description of the INetCfg interface in the DDK docs,
especially INetCfgClassSetup::Install().

The INetCfg interface is used in the BindView DDK sample
(\WINDDK\3790\src\network\config\bindview), which is the successor of
the former SNetCfg sample in earlier DDKs.

Stephan
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krcdacin@yahoo.co.in (santosh) wrote in message news:<ac6b14c8.0403020142.3b9acad@posting.google.com>...
> Hi All ,
> I want to write a setup application to install the base driver for my
> network card. I tried the devcon sample , it succeeded to detect the
> device , created registry entries but the device manager shows the
> icon saying device cannot start.
> And also the NDC doesnot show the connection.
> If i install the driver using device manager everything works fine..
> What might be the problem. I have set the Driver signing option to
> Ignore as my INF does not contain digital signature information.
> Any help will be appreciated..
> -Santosh
> //Miniport installtion

Jeff
Wed Mar 03 07:43:53 CST 2004

No problem -- I've used the snetcfg code (which uses INetCfg::Install as
Stephan Wolf mentions) on that platform. You should be able to use either
the snetcfg or bindview DDK samples as a guide.

To gain an understanding of how this stuff works, compile the DDK sample
with debug enabled, then step through the execution using your favorite
debugger (either WinDbg or MSVC6/.Net should work nicely). Once you
understand how to use INetCfg, you should be able to write installation code
that uses it.

"santosh" <krcdacin@yahoo.co.in> wrote in message
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> I am using windows 2003.
> -Santosh
> //Miniport installtion

Maxim
Wed Mar 03 17:57:02 CST 2004

For a miniport, SetupCopyOEMInf is enough.
For IMs or protocols, you can use INetCfg APIs.

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


"santosh" <krcdacin@yahoo.co.in> wrote in message
news:ac6b14c8.0403020142.3b9acad@posting.google.com...
> Hi All ,
> I want to write a setup application to install the base driver for my
> network card. I tried the devcon sample , it succeeded to detect the
> device , created registry entries but the device manager shows the
> icon saying device cannot start.
> And also the NDC doesnot show the connection.
> If i install the driver using device manager everything works fine..
> What might be the problem. I have set the Driver signing option to
> Ignore as my INF does not contain digital signature information.
> Any help will be appreciated..
> -Santosh
> //Miniport installtion