Installing Win2K drivers

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1

Hi,

Has anyone tried using InstallShield for installing Win2K drivers ?
Which one has to be used - InstallShield Professional 6.0 or
InstallShield for Windows Installer ? It looks like InstallShield for
Windows Installer does not support kernel-mode driver installation.
Can InstallShield make use an INF file for installing the driver ?

TIA,
Unni

2

Look for SNETCFG.* in the Win 2K DDK. It shows how to programatically
install a WIndows 2000 device driver (using an INF file). The code can be
placed in a DLL and then launched using Installshield, passing the INF file
name as a parameter.

Ed

----- Original Message -----
From: “Unnikrishnan P K”
To: “NT Developers Interest List”
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 8:16 AM
Subject: [ntdev] Installing Win2K drivers

> Hi,
>
> Has anyone tried using InstallShield for installing Win2K drivers ?
> Which one has to be used - InstallShield Professional 6.0 or
> InstallShield for Windows Installer ? It looks like InstallShield for
> Windows Installer does not support kernel-mode driver installation.
> Can InstallShield make use an INF file for installing the driver ?
>
> TIA,
> Unni
>
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3

SNETCFG is meant for installing network services, protocols or client. It’s
not meant for installing device drivers. You should follow the instructions
given at http://www.microsoft.com/ddk/ddkdocs/win2k/custom-install_9tnr.htm
to write custom install programs.

-Eliyas

-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Lau [mailto:xxxxx@midcore.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 7:03 AM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Re: Installing Win2K drivers

Look for SNETCFG.* in the Win 2K DDK. It shows how to programatically
install a WIndows 2000 device driver (using an INF file). The code can be
placed in a DLL and then launched using Installshield, passing the INF file
name as a parameter.

Ed

----- Original Message -----
From: “Unnikrishnan P K”
To: “NT Developers Interest List”
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 8:16 AM
Subject: [ntdev] Installing Win2K drivers

> Hi,
>
> Has anyone tried using InstallShield for installing Win2K drivers ?
> Which one has to be used - InstallShield Professional 6.0 or
> InstallShield for Windows Installer ? It looks like InstallShield for
> Windows Installer does not support kernel-mode driver installation.
> Can InstallShield make use an INF file for installing the driver ?
>
> TIA,
> Unni
>
> —
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Sorry, you are correct. I had used the snetcfg approach for installing a
network service that was implemented in a device driver (more accurately, a
filter driver).

Ed

----- Original Message -----
From: “Eliyas Yakub”
To: “NT Developers Interest List”
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 1:30 PM
Subject: [ntdev] Re: Installing Win2K drivers

> SNETCFG is meant for installing network services, protocols or client.
It’s
> not meant for installing device drivers. You should follow the
instructions
> given at
http://www.microsoft.com/ddk/ddkdocs/win2k/custom-install_9tnr.htm
> to write custom install programs.
>
>
> -Eliyas
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ed Lau [mailto:xxxxx@midcore.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 7:03 AM
> To: NT Developers Interest List
> Subject: [ntdev] Re: Installing Win2K drivers
>
>
> Look for SNETCFG.* in the Win 2K DDK. It shows how to programatically
> install a WIndows 2000 device driver (using an INF file). The code can be
> placed in a DLL and then launched using Installshield, passing the INF
file
> name as a parameter.
>
> Ed
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: “Unnikrishnan P K”
> To: “NT Developers Interest List”
> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 8:16 AM
> Subject: [ntdev] Installing Win2K drivers
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Has anyone tried using InstallShield for installing Win2K drivers ?
> > Which one has to be used - InstallShield Professional 6.0 or
> > InstallShield for Windows Installer ? It looks like InstallShield for
> > Windows Installer does not support kernel-mode driver installation.
> > Can InstallShield make use an INF file for installing the driver ?
> >
> > TIA,
> > Unni
> >
> > —
> > You are currently subscribed to ntdev as: xxxxx@midcore.com
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> >
>
>
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