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| author | Egor Tensin <Egor.Tensin@gmail.com> | 2017-05-01 03:53:16 +0300 |
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| committer | Egor Tensin <Egor.Tensin@gmail.com> | 2017-05-01 03:53:16 +0300 |
| commit | a760716e530a7809d39247eb54596a69569fada9 (patch) | |
| tree | 98a0ae314c82fe190daa3a49e07ee8198746f189 /README.md | |
| parent | um: split root CMakeLists.txt (diff) | |
| download | windows7-drivers-a760716e530a7809d39247eb54596a69569fada9.tar.gz windows7-drivers-a760716e530a7809d39247eb54596a69569fada9.zip | |
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@@ -9,20 +9,16 @@ running in the kernel mode. Development ----------- -* [Using WDK 7.1.0] -* [Using WDK 8.1 Update] - -[Using WDK 7.1.0]: km/build/wdk7.1/README.md -[Using WDK 8.1 Update]: km/build/wdk8.1update/README.md +* [Using WDK 7.1.0](km/build/wdk7.1/README.md) +* [Using WDK 8.1 Update](km/build/wdk8.1update/README.md) Installation ------------ To install a driver as a Windows service, you can use the `sc` utility. -For example, to install `simple.sys` as a service with the name `simple`, -execute: +For example: - sc create simple type= kernel binPath= C:\workspace\personal\windows7-drivers\km\build\wdk7.1\bin\x64\Release\simple.sys + sc create simple type= kernel binPath= C:\workspace\personal\windows7-drivers\km\build\wdk7.1\bin\x64\release\simple.sys You can then load/unload the driver by starting/stopping the corresponding service using the `net` utility. @@ -34,11 +30,11 @@ To uninstall a driver, delete the corresponding service using `sc`. sc delete simple -Please note, that **64-bit versions of Windows 7 disallow loading 32-bit -drivers**! +Please note that **64-bit versions of Windows 7 (or later) disallow loading +32-bit drivers**! -You may also need to explicitly enable loading self-signed drivers on 64-bit -versions of Windows. +You may also need to explicitly enable self-signed drivers on 64-bit versions +of Windows. Using the `bcdedit` utility, execute bcdedit /set testsigning on |