Help needed on NDIS IM Installation under XP

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Hallo all,

I used the SNETCFG.EXE app from W2K DDK to install my NDIS IM Driver under
W2K. Everything worked fine. Now I am trying to install the same driver
(built with XP DDK build 2600) with SNETCFG.EXE app from XP DDK but it does
not work. I traced into SNETCFG.EXE app and I see that every call succeeds
with S_OK!!

My IM driver is even listed in the network connection properties tab but the
driver is not installed at all!!!

I event built the passthru sample from XP ddk and tried to install it with
SNETCFG.EXE but it didn’t succeed either!!!

When I try to install my IM driver over network connection properies tab, it
gets installed successfully!!!

Any clue what the problem is? Did any body have similar experience?

Thanks for your help in advance

regards

johnny

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This issue was discussed recently either here or in “nt.kernel-mode”.
I currently don’t remember if the original poster find out the origin
of the problem.

However, the problem might be that if you’re trying to install a
driver that does not have a valid digital signature, XP won’t let you
install it “manually” at all but the “trusted” system network device
installer (NDI) is allowed to.

What exactly do you mean, the driver is listed but not installed?
AFAIK, any driver listed in the Network and Dial-up Connections is
either “disabled” or the driver *has* been loaded. (If you “enable”
any network driver, then delete its .SYS file and reboot, the adapter
is no longer listed.)

Do you see the adapter instance(s) in Device Manager? If yes and it’s
“disabled”, try enabling it there!

Let us know the results.

Stephan

On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 11:41:52 +0100, “Johnny”
wrote:

>
>Hallo all,
>
>I used the SNETCFG.EXE app from W2K DDK to install my NDIS IM Driver under
>W2K. Everything worked fine. Now I am trying to install the same driver
>(built with XP DDK build 2600) with SNETCFG.EXE app from XP DDK but it does
>not work. I traced into SNETCFG.EXE app and I see that every call succeeds
>with S_OK!!
>
>My IM driver is even listed in the network connection properties tab but the
>driver is not installed at all!!!
>
>I event built the passthru sample from XP ddk and tried to install it with
>SNETCFG.EXE but it didn’t succeed either!!!
>
>When I try to install my IM driver over network connection properies tab, it
>gets installed successfully!!!
>
>Any clue what the problem is? Did any body have similar experience?
>
>Thanks for your help in advance
>
>regards
>
>johnny

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Hi Stefan,

thanks for your notes. Following:

This issue was discussed recently either here or in “nt.kernel-mode”.
I currently don’t remember if the original poster find out the origin
of the problem.

[Johnny] on which server is “nt.kernel-mode” listed?

However, the problem might be that if you’re trying to install a
driver that does not have a valid digital signature, XP won’t let you
install it “manually” at all but the “trusted” system network device
installer (NDI) is allowed to.

[Johnny] I can install the driver over the “Local Area Connection Properties
Dialog” successfully! Is this NDI what you mean? What do you mean with
“manually” through GUI or by an app like SNETCFG.EXE from DDK?

What exactly do you mean, the driver is listed but not installed?

[Johnny] I can see the description of my IM Driver in the “Local Area
Connection Properties Dialog”, and it is not disabled!! but the driver is
not loaded (drivers.exe utility and winobj.exe utility). This behavour
happens when I try to install my driver through the SNETCFG.EXE App.

AFAIK, any driver listed in the Network and Dial-up Connections is
either “disabled” or the driver *has* been loaded. (If you “enable”
any network driver, then delete its .SYS file and reboot, the adapter
is no longer listed.)

[Johnny] Is is listed and it is not disabled!!!

Do you see the adapter instance(s) in Device Manager? If yes and it’s
“disabled”, try enabling it there!

[Johnny]The Adapter instance is not shown in Device Manager when installing
through SNETCFG.EXE but listet when installing through the GUI

Any ideas what the problem is?

thanks

johnny

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On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 17:07:10 +0100, “Johnny”
wrote:

>[Johnny] on which server is “nt.kernel-mode” listed?

Public newsgroup: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.nt.kernel-mode

[OSR: don’t beat me…]

>[Johnny] I can install the driver over the “Local Area Connection Properties
>Dialog” successfully! Is this NDI what you mean? What do you mean with
>“manually” through GUI or by an app like SNETCFG.EXE from DDK?

“manually” = “snetcfg.exe”

>[Johnny] I can see the description of my IM Driver in the “Local Area
>Connection Properties Dialog”, and it is not disabled!! but the driver is
>not loaded (drivers.exe utility and winobj.exe utility). This behavour
>happens when I try to install my driver through the SNETCFG.EXE App.

Download “OID Scope” and see if it can display your driver’s OIDs
(http://www.pcausa.com/Utilities/utilities.htm).

Stephan

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I had something similar while installing a protocol on NT4. Was solved by following the sample PACKET’s INF file more closely.

Max

----- Original Message -----
From: “Johnny”
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Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 1:41 PM
Subject: [ntdev] Help needed on NDIS IM Installation under XP

> Hallo all,
>
> I used the SNETCFG.EXE app from W2K DDK to install my NDIS IM Driver under
> W2K. Everything worked fine. Now I am trying to install the same driver
> (built with XP DDK build 2600) with SNETCFG.EXE app from XP DDK but it does
> not work. I traced into SNETCFG.EXE app and I see that every call succeeds
> with S_OK!!
>
> My IM driver is even listed in the network connection properties tab but the
> driver is not installed at all!!!
>
> I event built the passthru sample from XP ddk and tried to install it with
> SNETCFG.EXE but it didn’t succeed either!!!
>
> When I try to install my IM driver over network connection properies tab, it
> gets installed successfully!!!
>
> Any clue what the problem is? Did any body have similar experience?
>
> Thanks for your help in advance
>
> regards
>
> johnny
>
>
>
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