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    Device Driver Development

    File System Filter Driver Tutorial

    Discover how to develop a simple file system filter driver. The demo driver will print the names of opening files to debug output. The article requires basic windows driver and C/C++ knowledge. However it may be interesting to the people without windows driver experience.

    Dynamic Enumeration Made Simpler in WDF

    Discover WDF DDIs provided for dynamic enumeration.

    DOS Info Block: A Definitive Guide

    Tons of information about DOS registers and their functions.

    System Call Optimization with the SYSENTER Instruction

    Windows NT calls system services by using an "int 2e" software interrupt. The "int 2e" instruction uses both an interrupt gate and a code segment descriptor to find the interrupt service routine (KiSystemService) which services the "int 2e" software interrupt. Since the CPU will have to load one interrupt gate and one segment descriptor from memory in order to know what interrupt service routine to call, significant overhead is involved in making an "int 2e" system call. The SYSENTER instruction drastically reduces this overhead.

    How Do Windows NT System Calls REALLY Work?

    Learn about the exact mechanism that Windows NT uses when switching to kernel mode to execute a system service. The description is for an x86-compatible CPU running in protected mode. Other platforms supported by Windows NT will have a similar mechanism for switching to kernel mode.

    RAMDISK Version 1.0 for Windows 2000/Windows XP

    This code and sample are for a RAM disk driver (RAMDisk.sys), an Installer/Property sheet provider (RAMDisk.dll), and an installation file (RAMDisk.inf), which together form an installable RAM disk on Windows 2000 and Windows XP.

    DriverService C++ Class

    Code which implements a C++ class that can install, start and stop a service or driver.

    Communication between GUI APP and Device Driver

    Getting both device driver and GUI App to check and modify the state of the event object.

    Using the Visual Studio 6.0 Driver Build Environment

    Explores how to use the standard Visual Studio environment while developing device drivers