Hi all,
Earlier today I tried installing my miniport NDIS driver on Windows 2000. I
haven’t had any problems installing on either XP or 2003.
Usually, when the driver is installed and I do a “route print”, its name
appears like “Virtual Ethernet Adapter - Packet Scheduler Miniport”.
However, when I install on Windows 2000 only “Virtual” is shown.
Everything looks right in Device Manager where the entire name (“Virtual
Ethernet Adapter”) is still written.
I’ve tried installing the netvmini DDK sample and the same “problem” occurs
when installing on Windows 2000.
Is there any way I can get the full name displayed on Windows 2000 also or
is this how it works?
Don’t wary,
Soren.
As I remember, “Packet Scheduler Miniport” came from WXP only.
But you Driver will work on W2000 too.
Regards,
Michael.
Yes, “Packet Scheduler Miniport” is probably XP> only, but what about the
rest of the name? The adapter was installed as “Virtual Ethernet Adapter”
but only “Virtual” shows up…
Also, the problem is not whether my driver works or not (of course it works
but rather why only part of the name shows up.
You can access several attributes of a Windows machine’s network cards by
using both WMI and IP Helper, and especially when using the latter it’s
important for me that I can distinguish which driver is mine and which
isn’t.
If I install a driver on Windows 2000 and I only seek to match the first
word of the adapter’s name (which in this example would be “Virtual”), then
there’s a hell lot of a chance that I might accidentally pick the wrong
adapter due to name clashing with other vendors’ virtual adapters…
Is there any way to install an adapter on Windows 2000 with the entire name
like “Virtual Ethernet Adapter”
“Grabelkovsky, Michael” <michael.grabelkovsky> wrote in message
news:xxxxx@ntdev…
Don’t wary,
Soren.
As I remember, “Packet Scheduler Miniport” came from WXP only.
But you Driver will work on W2000 too.
Regards,
Michael.</michael.grabelkovsky>