How can I program device driver installation if we don’t use INF file? Because
we haven’t passed WHQL, so if we use INF file, there will be a window popup to
user to select if continue installing. We don’t want this window popup.
Thanks!
Well you could do what about 50% of the hardware vendors do, which is to just ignore WHQL and tell your users to click ok on the popup that says your driver is not good enough to pass certification. Or you could keep posting the same question here every day hoping for a different answer. My guess is that you will adopt the latter strategy.
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don’t use INF file?How can I program device driver installation if we don’t use INF file?
Because
we haven’t passed WHQL, so if we use INF file, there will be a window
popup to
user to select if continue installing. We don’t want this window popup.
Thanks!
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Mark Roddy wrote:
Well you could do what about 50% of the hardware vendors do,
which is to just ignore WHQL and tell your users to click ok on the
popup that says your driver is not good enough to pass certification.
Or you could keep posting the same question here every day
hoping for a different answer. My guess is that you will adopt the
latter strategy.
Oh no. I didn’t realize huaping jiang == qihua wang. I feel lame for giving a decent response in the other thread 
Thank you for your answers!
Yes,my question is same with huaping jiang,he is my colleague.we are try to pass WHQL for our device driver program. Before this we want to have a simple device driver installation for other colleagues who use our device driver.
I guesses that if we set the registry manually,can we resolve this problem?
Thanks!
Yes, you can set the registry when you install, and set to it back when you finished installation, but the problem is from win2k to vista(you can find the key by google or you can monitor to find it yourself), the registry settings for this are not the same, you need to change from one platform to another, by the way, this is a bad way, it may be treated as a malware:).
No!
You have to reorder your thinking and understand what the purpose of the
popup is in the first place…
There is no way round it. The whole point of the popup is to “protect”
you from unsigned drivers.
Why does it matter if its just colleagues?
OR… You could test sign “in house”…
Sounds like you need a test certificate for in house testing before you
go down the WHQL road for the real world…
BR,
Rob Linegar
Software Engineer
Data Encryption Systems Limited
www.des.co.uk | www.deslock.com
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Thank you for your answers!
Yes,my question is same with huaping jiang,he is my colleague.we are try
to pass WHQL for our device driver program. Before this we want to have
a simple device driver installation for other colleagues who use our
device driver.
I guesses that if we set the registry manually,can we resolve this
problem?
Thanks!
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http://www.osronline.com/article.cfm?id=256
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The potential drawback of you making even the tiniest mistake directly
modifying their registry and possibly forcing them to reinstall the whole
computer, reinstall other drivers that stop working because you changed the
wrong registry key, or use system restore to return to an earlier version of
the registry (if they even have one) vastly outweighs the minor
inconvenience of them clicking on ok one time during installation. This
method would be reserved for software designed to subvert the system, not
proper installation utilities. Perhaps you should check somewhere like
www.rootkit.com if subversion of proper OS function is your goal.
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> Yes, you can set the registry when you install, and set to it back when
> you finished installation, but the problem is from win2k to vista(you can
> find the key by google or you can monitor to find it yourself), the
> registry settings for this are not the same, you need to change from one
> platform to another, by the way, this is a bad way, it may be treated as a
> malware:).
>
Thank you!
I will not not use this method which plan to set registry manually,because it’s not safe to system,and is not a correct way.
Now just ask users to click on the popup windows.
After we pass the WHQL,then this problem will disappear:)