Hello All,
I want to install usb driver for the custom device programatically without attaching the device on windows.
When i attach the device through USB then notification comes to install the driver, same thing i need to do without attaching the device.
it should be very similar to printer driver where it allows to install the driver withouht attaching the printer.
i wrote a program that install the driver after taking help from samples given in the wdk,ddk but for that device need to be attached with the system.but i am unable to install the driver withouht attaching the device to the system.
Please help me out.
Thanks
Naveen Mendiratta
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nayan kumar wrote:
I want to install usb driver for the custom device programatically
without attaching the device on windows.
When i attach the device through USB then notification comes to
install the driver, same thing i need to do without attaching the device.
it should be very similar to printer driver where it allows to install
the driver withouht attaching the printer.
i wrote a program that install the driver after taking help from
samples given in the wdk,ddk but for that device need to be attached
with the system.but i am unable to install the driver withouht
attaching the device to the system.
You can PREINSTALL the driver without having the device attached, but
the final installation won’t be done until the device is plugged in. As
long as you have preinstalled the driver to the driver store using
something like DPInst, it works just fine. If the driver package is
unsigned, you’ll still get the “unsigned driver” warning when the device
appears, but they just have to tell it to look in the normal places.
They don’t have to enter the location of the driver package.
The only way to avoid that dialog altogether is to submit for a WHQL
signature.
–
Tim Roberts, xxxxx@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
Hi Tim,
Thanks for your help.
Regards
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:08:14 -0700
From: xxxxx@probo.com
To: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
Subject: Re: [ntdev] installing driver withouht attaching the device
nayan kumar wrote:
>
> I want to install usb driver for the custom device programatically
> without attaching the device on windows.
> When i attach the device through USB then notification comes to
> install the driver, same thing i need to do without attaching the device.
>
> it should be very similar to printer driver where it allows to install
> the driver withouht attaching the printer.
>
> i wrote a program that install the driver after taking help from
> samples given in the wdk,ddk but for that device need to be attached
> with the system.but i am unable to install the driver withouht
> attaching the device to the system.
You can PREINSTALL the driver without having the device attached, but
the final installation won’t be done until the device is plugged in. As
long as you have preinstalled the driver to the driver store using
something like DPInst, it works just fine. If the driver package is
unsigned, you’ll still get the “unsigned driver” warning when the device
appears, but they just have to tell it to look in the normal places.
They don’t have to enter the location of the driver package.
The only way to avoid that dialog altogether is to submit for a WHQL
signature.
–
Tim Roberts, xxxxx@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
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