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- DeviceIOView (zip)
- DeviceIOView allows you to watch the data transfer between a software or service and a device driver DeviceIoControl calls. For each call to a device driver, the following information is displayed: Handle, Control Code, number of input bytes, number of output bytes, the name of the device handle, and all...
- Tags: Byte, I/O, Device Driver, NirSoft Freeware, DeviceIOView
- Software downloads 2008-07-09
- Uninstalling and disabling drivers in Windows Server 2003's Device Manager
- Last week, we went over rolling back drivers in order to undo updates. Still, occasionally you may need to update or uninstall a device driver that is no longer necessary or is not performing as expected within Windows Server 2003. This tip will go through the process of uninstalling and...
- Tags: Device, Microsoft Windows Server, Device Driver, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Derek Schauland
- Blog posts 2008-04-01
- Rolling back device driver updates in Windows Server 2003's Device Manager
- When updating a device driver to solve a problem or improve the performance of a device, there may be other things included with the new driver that produce unexpected results or cause other aspects of your Windows Server 2003 system to function differently than you expect. Fortunately,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Driver, Device Driver, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Derek Schauland
- Blog posts 2008-03-25
- Updating device drivers in Windows Server 2003's Device Manager
- It's always a good idea to keep an eye out for updates to the drivers for heavily used devices. By updating drivers, you can add new features to your devices and, ideally, get your devices to perform better on your Windows Server 2003 system. Follow these steps...
- Tags: Device, Microsoft Windows Server, Driver, Device Driver, Device Manager, Search, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Derek Schauland
- Blog posts 2008-03-18
- Chily Device Driver Backup (exe)
- Device Driver Backup software to create backup of system drivers and restore them when you reinstall the operating system or upgrade the system. The driver CD is required at the time of installing the OS. Just create the backup and restore it when the need arises for installing Windows system...
- Tags: Data Recovery, Device Driver, Backups, Storage Management, Databases, Storage, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2007-11-19
- Updating your device drivers can result in Vista deactivating
- According to James Bannan over at APC Magazine, even a simple device driver update could result in an installation of Windows Vista to be deactivated. This could be especially problematic on an overseas business trip, as Vista is bumped back into reduced functionality mode when it fails to activate...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Device Driver, Hardware, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-10-25
- Added 7200RPM 133mHz hard drive to P3-1000, card doesn't work
- I added a new hard drive to a P3-1000, I cloned the new drive. It is a 7200 RPM 133mHz drive that needs the accelerator card to get the 133mHz speed. Now the new drive will boot without the accelerator card, and is somewhat faster than the original drive, but...
- Tags: device driver, pellegr1@..., card, accelerator card, hard drive, BIOS
- Discussion threads 2007-11-03
- Updating your device drivers can result in Vista deactivating
- Updating your device drivers can result in Vista deactivatingThis is unacceptable......for any mission critical application.Once again, I think it's insanity that legitimate users be burdened with this ticking time-bomb on their computers while the supposed real target, the hacker-pirates, simply use OEM keys or just remove the lockout code alltogether.Proverbial...
- Tags: Processors, paulmah@..., device driver, CPU, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2007-10-25
- SolutionBase: Customize a Vista deployment image
- To ease the pain of deploying a new operating system across many workstations, Microsoft improved its method of creating desktop images in Windows Vista by creating the Business Desktop Deployment 2007 tool. In this article, Brien Posey shows how to finish creating the deployment image. Deploying...
- Tags: Deployment, History, Operating System, Problem, Microsoft Windows Server Update Services, Driver, Microsoft Windows Vista, Device Driver, Server, Microsoft Corp., Machine, Microsoft Windows, Brien M. Posey MCSE, Business Desktop Deployment 2007, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software
- Technical articles 2007-09-19
- Overview of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Beta
- Microsoft continuously improves Windows Vista by providing ongoing updates while working with software and hardware vendors to deliver application compatibility and device driver improvements. Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) will be another vehicle through which Microsoft provides operating system improvements to customers. This white paper presents an overview of...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Device Driver, Microsoft Corp., Beta, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2007-08-01
- Driver Genius Professional Edition 2007 (exe)
- Driver Genius is a professional driver management tool for Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista/XP x64/Server 2003 x64/Vista x64 that backs up, restores and searches for new drivers. Quickly backup device drivers for your computer. Just need one click to restore all drivers. Clone your drivers to an EXE auto-installer. Keep your drivers...
- Tags: Driver, Device Driver, Driver Genius, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2007-06-18
- Device Driver Not Found While Installing Red Hat Linux
- Hi,While installing Red Hat linux in my machine (sata hard disk 250 GB) I am getting "Device Driver Not Found" error.I install all the driver available in the mother board cd.Could you please help me out.Rgds,Intisam
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, mdintisamalam@..., device driver, Red Hat Linux, Red Hat Inc., Linux
- Discussion threads 2007-08-14
- Introduction to WIA 2.0
- This paper introduces Microsoft Windows Image Acquisition WIA 2.0 and the new features that have been introduced in Windows Vista. It describes the basic concepts that developers need to write a WIA 2.0 device driver or application. Microsoft Windows Image Acquisition WIA is both an Application Programming Interface API and...
- Tags: Acquisition, Device Driver, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Operating Systems, Software, Investment, Finance, Business Operations
- White papers 2007-05-02
- Plug and Play Device Driver Deployment in Windows Vista and Windows Server Longhorn
- This paper provides information about Plug and Play driver deployment scenarios for the Windows Vista and Windows Server Code Name "Longhorn" operating systems. Original Equipment Manufacturers OEMs, corporate IT support staff, and driver developers can use the information in this paper to better understand driver deployment scenarios and debugging techniques...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Server Longhorn, Microsoft Windows Vista, Device Driver, Driver Deployment Scenario, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Software
- White papers 2007-04-10
- Device Info (exe)
- Device Info lists all your PC's device drivers and their provider and version.
- Tags: Device Driver, Device Info
- Software downloads 2007-02-06
- Plug and Play Device Driver Migration in Windows Vista
- This paper provides preview information about Plug and Play driver migration and installation for in-place upgrades to the Windows Vista operating system. Developers, support staff, and manufacturers can use the information in this paper to better understand driver migration behavior and debugging techniques for Windows Vista. The paper includes an...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Device Driver, Migration, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2007-01-31
- Device Driver INF Guidelines for Windows XP
- This paper collects articles about creation and management of INF files for device driver installation for the Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 family of operating systems. This paper provides an archive of information published in 2001 - 2003 and has not been updated or corrected. For current...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Device Driver, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2006-06-30
- A Measurement Study of the Linux TCP/IP Stack Performance and Scalability on SMP Systems
- The performance of the protocol stack implementation of an operating system can greatly impact the performance of networked applications that run on it. This paper presents a thorough measurement study and comparison of the network stack performance of the two popular Linux kernels: 2.4 and 2.6, with a special focus...
- Tags: Performance, Scalability, Device Driver, Indian Institute Of Technology, Linux, Performance Management, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2007-01-01
- SafeDrive: Safe and Recoverable Extensions Using Language-Based Techniques
- This paper presents SafeDrive, a system for detecting and recovering from type safety violations in software extensions. SafeDrive has low overhead and requires minimal changes to existing source code. To achieve this result, SafeDrive uses a novel type system that provides finegrained isolation for existing extensions written in C. In...
- Tags: Technique, Network Card, Device Driver, University Of California, SafeDrive, Networking
- White papers 2006-11-08
- computer turns itself off because of device drivers! help!
- Hi,Just recently my computer has sporatically been turning itself off at random times.I always send an error report to Microsoft following these annoying instanteous shutdowns.Every time this happens Microsoft directs me to: http://wer.microsoft.com/responses/Response.aspx/10/en-au/5.1.2600.2.00010100.2.0?SGD=7143734c-6c30-4291-9444-555a0eb250dcwhich states that there is a problem with a device driver. However, it doesn't state which device driver...
- Tags: rich_thurlow@..., device driver, computer
- Discussion threads 2007-05-01
