From: Miguel Monteiro [jmonteiro@criticalsoftware.com]
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 6:55 AM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] How do I start a kernel-mode driver at boot time

Hi,
Until now I've been installing/starting kernel-mode driver experiments
using local Service Control Manager (SCM) services; these allow me
to install the driver on-demand basis:

hService = CreateService (hSCM, szDriver, szDriver,
                                SERVICE_ALL_ACCESS,
                                SERVICE_KERNEL_DRIVER,
                                SERVICE_DEMAND_START,   // On-demand
start
                                SERVICE_ERROR_NORMAL,
                                szPath,
                                NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);

Now I need to install my driver at boot time. However, using
SERVICE_BOOT_START returns the "invalid parameter" error.

I'm not sure, but on NT 4 I think it was simple to change this. But on
Win2K SP1 (my driver-development environment) the
Settings>Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Services doesn't help
much. I can see my driver at the Software Environment>Drivers on
the System Information tool, but it doesn't help much either, as I
don't know how to change the Start Mode field:

Name/Description: myDriver
File: \??\c:\test\mydriver.sys
Type: Kernel Driver
Started: True
Start Mode: Manual   <--- (I need to change this to "Boot")
State: Running
Status: OK
Error Control: Normal
Accept Pause: False
Accept Stop: True

The idea is simply to install the driver in such a way it remains active
(being re-enabled at boot time - and though surviving reboots) until
explicitly stopped/removed (which is also convenient, of course).

Help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance,

Miguel Monteiro
jmonteiro@criticalsoftware.com
www.criticalsoftware.com
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