Re: vista driver update

Overwrite the binaries, then reload by disable/enable. All is correct.

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Maxim Shatskih, Windows DDK MVP
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"Raj" <Raj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks Maxim and Gianluca.

Just overwriting binaries didnot help. Disable/enable driver after
overwriting binaries updated the driver.

I cannot believe that when the driver is loaded just overwriting the
binaries will update the driver. When will just copying binaries update the
driver?

Thanks,,
Raj.

"Maxim S. Shatskih" wrote:

Just COPY over the old .SYS file, no need to reinstall in this case.

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Maxim Shatskih, Windows DDK MVP
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"Raj" <Raj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I am working on windows device driver for 1394 for 32-bit Vista. I found
it
strange that I cannot update my already-installed unsigned driver after I
made changes to driver code and recompiled. I was able to install driver
first time. But updating driver is the problem. It updates the driver
only
after I changed the inf file date and version.

For my testing this is really cumbursome. Everytime I compile the driver
after minor change, I cannot reinstall the driver. I have to change inf
file
also with some other version number. Is this necessary? Any workaround
for my
driver testing. I didnot have problem with windows XP wherein we can do
"have
disk" and overwrite the driver binary. I want to replace driver binary
with
new driver binary for testing. Other information about driver can remain
same. Is there any simple way to do this?

I wish the driver installtion process be mature enough/simple enough that
it
wont change just for every version of OS.



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