"inspect" Driver Sample Debug Version Start Failure, Windows Server Essential 2019

Question

I'm working with the WFP Windows Driver Sample "inspect":

  https://github.com/microsoft/Windows-driver-samples/tree/master/network/trans/inspect

I can run the driver (inspect.sys) on Windows 10 Pro with no issues, both Release and Debug versions.

I can also run the driver on "Windows Server Essentials 2019" with no issues in the Release version, but not in the Debug version. The attempt to start the Debug version driver fails as follows:

 C:\DriverTest\Drivers>sc start inspect
 [SC] StartService FAILED 87:

 The parameter is incorrect.

I tried the Debug version driver in two forms, both of which failed to start as shown above:

  Form 1 - Runtime Library: Multi-threaded Debug DLL (/MDd)
  Form 2 - Runtime Library: Multi-threaded Debug (MTd)

The computer setup is:

Host:    Windows 10 Pro
Target : Windows Server Essentials 2019 Virtual Machine running under Hyper-V on Host.

Any help you might provide in resolving this issue will be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Hi,

Thank you for your posting!

Based on your descriptions, your issue is out of our scope. The tags covering Windows Server mainly deal with issues about Windows server system. For example, the installation, configuration and use of system and server roles, etc. However, your issue is mainly about WFP windows driver, which is not in the scope of support of the windows-server tags.

So I will remove the tags for you and you should post your issue to:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/products/windows

Thank you for your understanding! After you post your issue, our Win32 colleagues will come to help you as soon as possible.

Best regards
Joan

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