IM driver startup

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I see a registry key for my IM Driver… and within that one of the Values is “Start”. If I dont want to start up the driver (and get loaded as part of the stack), every time it starts up, can I set it to 0. Will it in any way affect my ability to insert it into the stack once the machine is up and running?

Thanks
-Johnny

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Forgot to add: Also it would greatly help if someone could tell me how can I set this reg key programatically during the driver installation…

 

I see a registry key for my IM Driver… and within that one of the Values is “Start”. If I dont want to start up the driver (and get loaded as part of the stack), every time it starts up, can I set it to 0. Will it in any way affect my ability to insert it into the stack once the machine is up and running?

Thanks
-Johnny

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Which OS version do you use? For NT4, examine SCM API (Platform SDK) or sc
resource kit utility. It allows install, start and stop drivers without
rebooting and also set start value.

For w2k and above, examine enable DDK example. If you disable all driver
devices, driver is stopped and won’t be started on next reboot. Enable any
device to start it again. No need to play with start value.

No, 0 means boot driver, 4 means disable.

Best regards,

Michal Vodicka
STMicroelectronics Design and Application s.r.o.
[michal.vodicka@st.com, http:://www.st.com]

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Subject: [ntdev] IM driver startup

I see a registry key for my IM Driver… and within that one of the Values
is “Start”. If I dont want to start up the driver (and get loaded as part
of the stack), every time it starts up, can I set it to 0. Will it in any
way affect my ability to insert it into the stack once the machine is up
and running?

Thanks
-Johnny

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