Re: A simple question about INF file
- From: "Bill McKenzie" <bill.mckenzie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 05:04:23 GMT
Actually, I should be careful here. I am away from the office and don't
have a copy of Walter's excellent books here, and I can't remember if
FastInst uses SetupCopyOemInf to facilitate server-side installs or not. If
you don't know what I am talking about, read up in the DDK docs about this
topic. Anyway, it may be useful for plug-and-play devices as well. I don't
remember without reviewing the book.
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Bill McKenzie
Software Engineer - Prism 802.11 Wireless Solutions
Conexant Systems, Inc.
"Bill McKenzie" <bill.mckenzie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Well that depends. What type of device is this? For a plug and play
device, such as a USB device, the device should be detected automatically
and you should not do anything manually to kick off the install. Rather
the plug and play manager will detect the device and pop up the "Found New
Hardware" dialog automatically. For devices which are not plug and play,
like ISA devices or some virtual devices, then yes you can use the Add New
Hardware wizard from control panel. INF files for these non-plug and play
devices are those which FastInst was intended to help automate the install
for.
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Bill McKenzie
Software Engineer - Prism 802.11 Wireless Solutions
Conexant Systems, Inc.
"Don Burn" <burn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Use the control panel's "Add Hardware"
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Don Burn (MVP, Windows DDK)
Windows 2k/XP/2k3 Filesystem and Driver Consulting
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"Liang Fu" <liang_fu_dr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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You are absolutely right!
I did install the software came with Oney's book on my computer A. Then
my
question is, without that software, how do I run INF file to start
installation process?
Thanks,
Liang Fu
"Bill McKenzie" <bill.mckenzie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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It sounds like you installed the software from the first edition ofautomatically
Walter
Oney's "Programming the Windows Driver Model" on PC A yes? The
software
from that book installed a tool for installing INF files automatically
called fastinst.exe.
The second edition of the book does not install this software
btw, which is nice because you probably don't want this tool installedthe
automatically.
Windows normally associates INF files with notepad.
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Bill McKenzie
Software Engineer - Prism 802.11 Wireless Solutions
Conexant Systems, Inc.
"Liang Fu" <liang_fu_dr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,
Newby asks silly questions.
On one of my PC (A), I right click an INF file and choose Open
with\Notepad
to open it with Notepad for editing, while I double click it to start
Notepad.installation (start FastInstall).
On my other PC (B), when I double click an INF it always opens in
change?I
would like this PC (B) behaves just like A, what settings should I
Thanks in advance.
Liang Fu
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