208 questions with Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK) tags
Driver signing error
I made a very small change in some strings in the code of the driver which had been previously signed by Microsoft. A totally benign change for which I did not expect to see any issues. Instead, I get the following error message which may make sense to…
Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
Solution build compiled without error but no .sys file created
I am currently working on a file system mini-filter driver in Windows. I've set up my development environment with the following: Development Tools: Visual Studio (latest version) Windows Driver Kit (WDK) Windows SDK Setup Details: I configured the…
Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Other
Developer technologies | C++
How to deploy minifilter driver on host computer
Hi there, I have build a minifilter driver now i want to deploy driver on same host computer. I am stuck on this. I installed inf file and run command "net start <driver-name>", but it was not working giving error system cannot find…
Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
Windows cannot verify the digital signature for the drivers required for this device in windows 7
I have a driver software I compiled to support my USB device in windows 7. Few years ago, I was using a Digicert code signing certificate to sign this driver software. That certificate was using SHA1 digest alg. When this certificate expired, I had to…
Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Other
fltKernel header file not available in windows driver kit vs 2022
Hi team, I am trying to create a minifilter driver. I have installed vs code 2022 and wdk. But i am not able to see fltKernel header file which is critical for windows driver development (minifilter). Is their any alternative way for this header file. …
Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Other
Unnable to see fltKernel header file which is required for mini filter development
Hi i want to develop a mini filter for file system for which i have installed latest visual studio community versio and wdk through individual component. I am not able to see MiniFilter template code fltKernel header file which is critical for…
Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
Windows Hardware Lab Kit
I want to certify my driver with the Windows Hardware Lab kit, but I don't know which tests I should do, my driver uses PsSetLoadImageNotifyRoutine, PsSetCreateProcessNotifyRoutine, IOCTL, and ObRegisterCallbacks. In the HLK tool, the only test that is…
Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
Au10tix fails make that I can't pass my hardware partner center Hardware verification
I'm trying to regist Microsoft partner center with Hardware , so that I can finish my job which is developing a Windows Driver and pass WHQL . And now I'm stuck on verification of Au10tix where I need to get a Verified ID for Authenticator. I follow…
Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | Devices and deployment | Set up upgrades and drivers
Espon Scan 2 interaction with Win 11 Pro, MS Office Pro
Epson Scan 2 failure - I want to confirm Windows 11 Pro deprication of OEM drivers for Scan integrations in deference to use Windows Scan, something I gained from reading threads in this forum. I just cannot live with Windows Scan. Since re-imaging…
Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
Error Uploading .HLKX File to Microsoft Partner Center for Driver Signing
I am encountering an issue while trying to upload a .hlkx file to the Microsoft Partner Center for driver signing. Here are the details of my situation: I have received Windows from NXP, and no updates have been made to it. I tested the drivers on my…
Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
Error Uploading .HLKX File to Microsoft Partner Center for Driver Signing
I am encountering an issue while trying to upload a .hlkx file to the Microsoft Partner Center for driver signing. Here are the details of my situation: I have received Windows from NXP, and no updates have been made to it. I tested the drivers on my…
Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
I2C HID Device driver
I cant find I2C HID drive, how can I install it again?
Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | Devices and deployment | Set up upgrades and drivers
Windows Driver Kit fails to install integration with Visual Studio, no .sys file generated
Hey, I'm trying to create an NDIS lightweight filter driver. I'm having problems setting up my environment correctly. I tried a few templates - ndislwf, kmdf basic, kmdf empty, and wdm. I always get the same symptoms: The include paths are not set up…
Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
WiFiCx client driver create adapter fail
Hi, I'm developing a WiFiCx -based client driver and I get an exception from WiFiCx in the callback to create an adapter, which results in the device not booting. I want to know what the cause of the exception is, I guess it is caused by a…
Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
Lenovo ThinkPad L15 Gen 4 - WDS image error when start image settings on the laptop
Hello! There are about 70 pieces "Lenovo ThinkPad L15 Gen 4" laptops. 10 pieces of these machines have not been able to load a network image for some time, because the response file shown in the image throws an error, even if there is no…
Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
Driver Load Issues in Windows 11 HLK INF Verification: Error with AddReg Operation
Hello everyone I'm using Infverif.exe tool from WDK 10.0.22621 to verify my INF file. Command used to execute is infverif.exe /u "absolute inf file path". For INF AddReg directive section i have created the entries as follows. HKLM,…
Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
Smart card minidriver - InfVerif on Windows 11 24H2
The InfVerif that was introduced with Windows 11 24H2 (- see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/devtest/infverif_h) provides an error if an AddReg HKLM\SOFTWARE\wow6432Node\Microsoft\Cryptography\Calais\SmartCards is performed.…
Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
How to fix my DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE and WIN32K_POWER_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT errors
When i use the vpn and when i leave the computer powered on stuck my computer and got blue screen it says DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE severel time i got WIN32K_POWER_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT I will visit the event viwer i see the Event 17 ESIF errors and i'm…
Windows development | Windows Performance Toolkit
Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Other
How to read/write registers by a sound wire bus driver?
Hi, All: I am developing a kernel driver for an amplifier device. I find a intel NUC 15 notebook that supports the soundwire bus. I notice that there is a device that is named as "Intel Smart Sound Technology for MIPI SoundWire Audio" in the…
Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Other
How to Fix Inf2Cat Error when building driver?
I'm following the procedure outlined here (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/develop/signing-a-driver-during-development-and-testing) to test sign a driver. In the "Enabling test signing manually" section, when I allow…