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INF file or Setup Information file, is a plain text file used by Microsoft Windows for installation of drivers.

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Find corresponding .INF file for device driver

I am trying to solve a problem with devcon for which I need to locate the INF file for a device driver. I can find out which device driver a device is using via the device manager (driver details). It will point me to the driver, in my case, stored…
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What causes "The INF file you selected does not support this method of installation." error?

This question is related to this one. Also, I think it's not duplicate of this question, since I'm not asking about specific device but a more general case. Where can I find information about driver .inf files and how windows checks if they are…
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Convert a 32 bit windows driver to 64 bit. Is it possible?

I'm in a real mess now. I have a 32bit driver for my Frontech 2215 e-cam . I have searched the internet was unable to find a 64bit driver even in the manufacturer's site. Hope someone could come up with a solution. I'm ready to go to any extent of…
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Can I uninstall a device driver through an INF section?

At MSDN it is stated that there are two techniques to install INF files on Windows XP or later: Programmatically through SetupCopyOEMInf function. Add an entry called CopyInf on an INF section. Are there an equivalent entry on an inf section to…
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How Windows uses .inf files to load the correct drivers

What happens when a hardware device matches two or more inf files when Windows is loading the drivers for that devices? For example, the disk drive in my PC has two drivers loaded for it, cdrom.sys and iaStorF.sys. cdrom.sys was loaded from the…
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How to install a dummy printer by command?

i need to install a fake/dummy printer on windows using a command or a batch file. I was able to install a dummy printer using the wizard and selecting a NUL port. The problem is that i need to add the dummy printer automatically, so the wizard is…
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What exactly are device drivers and INF files?

I know that a device driver is a piece of software that enables the OS to communicate with a piece of hardware, but recently I've heard about INF files and have gotten quite confused. Some sources say that an INF file is used during driver…
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Error: "The inf file you selected does not support this method of installation"

I'm asking this here because a Google search for this error string turns up poor results, so hopefully some people will post better answers here and Google will index it! While trying to install this RNDIS driver for my Linux smartphone: …
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Installing a driver's INF file?

I've been fixing a friends computer which had all manner of things wrong with it, so I just wiped the whole thing and reinstalled Windows 7 (with the debugged service pack update). Everything was fine but there was no driver for the wireless…
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Install .INF on Windows 7?

I have a bunch of Vista-compatible drivers from Sony for my laptop. All the ones that come with installers work just fine. However a large number of them only came with an .INF file. I could right-click and "Install" these in Vista just fine, but…
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How to check inf manufacturer

I am trying to create a WiX installer that should install USB drivers as well. It installs the application but not drivers. In the log file I have: DIFXAPP: INFO: Installing INF file 'driver.inf' (Plug and Play). DIFXAPP: INFO: Looking for…
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What is the linux equivalent of altering a .inf file?

I am using an FTDI USB to UART breakout bridge. It has an inbuilt timer, the Receive Buffer Latency Timer, that starts timing when a piece of data is received to a buffer and on timeout then sends data. This timeout is set as a default to 16…
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the hash for the file is not present in the specified catalog file- Creating a .cat file for an edited .inf?

I got a rock candy xbox360 controller today and its not plug and play as an xbox 360 controller on pc. I edited the .inf file and now the driver may work, but i dont know how to make the .bat file agree with my edits. Ive tried this:…
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converting .sys to .inf file, is there any software or method to do this?

Converting .sys to .inf file, is there any software or method to do this? I scoured the net and could not find any software or any explaining if possible and how. Any helpful responses welcome.
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Change a value in the driver INF file

Driver: Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter OS: Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 - x64 Purpose: Changing the Channel of wifi For knowing which files are being used by the above mentioned driver, I used a tool called DriverExtractor. The result…
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