Compatabilty between windows 95 &windows 98 device drivers
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I would like to know about the Compatabilty between windows 95 &windows 98 device drivers. Can a device driver running on win95 successfully be run on win98 without any upgradation? Can the device drivers be used on both the platforms interchangeably? TELL ME WHY
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I would like to know about the Compatabilty between windows 95 &windows 98 device drivers. Can a device driver running on win95 successfully be run on win98 without any upgradation? Can the device drivers be used on both the platforms interchangeably? TELL ME WHY
The biggest difference between windows 95 and 98 is that 98 supports plug and play (WDM drivers) and 95 does not. That would mean that you can use win95 drivers for windows 98, but not vice versa (should be the same with NT and 2k). Don't try it, just do it! ;-)
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The biggest difference between windows 95 and 98 is that 98 supports plug and play (WDM drivers) and 95 does not. That would mean that you can use win95 drivers for windows 98, but not vice versa (should be the same with NT and 2k). Don't try it, just do it! ;-)
Thanks Alexander. Would also like to know : How to write device drivers compatible with both Win 95/98 – resources, steps, what development tools are needed, etc. If you could please guide further. Thanks & Regards Neha Tell me why
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Thanks Alexander. Would also like to know : How to write device drivers compatible with both Win 95/98 – resources, steps, what development tools are needed, etc. If you could please guide further. Thanks & Regards Neha Tell me why
Your best bet would be to look at the Windows DDK and samples to learn about specific platform differences. Knowledge of assembly and C are helpful.
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Thanks Alexander. Would also like to know : How to write device drivers compatible with both Win 95/98 – resources, steps, what development tools are needed, etc. If you could please guide further. Thanks & Regards Neha Tell me why
Have a look at the Windows DDK. When you want to use the same driver for Win98 and Win95, you can't use WDM. The Windows DDK includes the headers, libs, docs and a compiler for the source code. But I'm not sure if the Win95 DDK still exists since Microsoft stopped the support for this product some time ago. Don't try it, just do it! ;-)