Re: XP parport.sys

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From: Doron Holan [MS] (doronh_at_nospam.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/17/04 

Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 22:54:54 -0700

furthermore, there there is a protocol which allows any driver to control
the parallel port. look into the parclass IOCTLs.

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"Peter Wieland [MSFT]" <peterwie@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Windows doesn't allow you to replace the system binaries with your own.
> that's an easy path for viruses to get into the system.
>
> Why not give your binary its own name and service and then set that
service
> as the one that PNP loads on the parallel controller instead of parport?
>
> -p
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> "jim chen" <jimchen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3372FD7B-DC55-4ECC-9D8B-DA3C0C75073F@microsoft.com...
> >I uninstalled ECP LPT1 from XP device manager, and delete parport.sys
from
> > C:\Windows\System32\DRIVERS,  but it AUTOMATICALLY come back after
reboot.
> >
> > ???  Any idea ?
> >
> > I need to develop a parallel port device driver for XP to replace the
> > PARPORT.sys to control my external device.
> >
> > does anybody do the similar work ?
> >
>
>

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