I found that, when I use msinfo32 command to read system informations. And I can get embedded controller version in windows 8.1. And I don't know how to read this information from windows command line.
Does anyone know how to read it?
thanks a lot.
For anyone stumbling here and looking at a way to get your EC (Embedded Controller) version, it's in the "information" section of your BIOS when starting your computer
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I would like to recognize whether my process under Windows 11 still works or already hangs. Does anyone how can I do it?
Thanks and best regards
I tried using Windows Powershell to get prosess information. I couldn‘t see information about the working status ofvthe process.
Just trying to figure out this little nugget of information. So far I have found a couple of examples that do a similar thing but doesn't quite explain how it is done. I am trying to create program that runs in windows and then reboots the computer and boots into a dos environment or winpe environment stored on a usb (where the program will be running from). Now I know its possible because things like acronis and avast do a similar thing where they reboot and run a pre boot environment to do stuff in and then run windows again.
Also the operating systems this primarily has to operate under is Win Vista, Win 7, Win 8, Win 8.1 and Win 10.
Some of the articles I have covered in my travels to try and find answers:
link: dos boot before win7 boot
now this was the closest to the answer I found which is to read the boot address for windows and then write an the address to boot to the winpe or dos location. But I'm unsure whether going down that path is the right path.
link: Change GRUB's variable using a C language
This was disqualified as a possible route because it uses grub and using grub is not an option for this project (disappointing; I know)
link: Restart a computer using function pointers in C
This I disqualified because it seemed to be sort of answering what I needed but wasn't sure whether it was the right direction again.
Kind of out of my depth here and any advice in the right direction would be awesome.
Also I'm new here so if there is any problems with my post please notify me and I will amend it to provide more information.
Thanks in advance.
currently I use a NSIS script which installs a device driver/.inf file this way:
File /r "mydriver.inf"
File /r "mydriver.cat"
nsExec::ExecToStack 'pnputil -i "mydriver.inf"'
This works smoothly with Windows 7 - when the user first connects the device, it is already known to the system and the correct driver is applied automatically.
Now I found that no longer works with Windows 8.x, here the user has to go to device manager, click the new device and point it to storage place of .inf/.cab files manually.
So how can this be done better? How can I let Windows 8 know about this driver so that it uses them automatically once the device is connected?
Thanks!
Have you tried pnputil -a -i "c:\full\path\to\myinf.inf"?
If you did not write this driver then you should ask the people that wrote it.
This is not really a NSIS specific question so you might want to reformat the question a little bit so the NT driver gurus can find it. You might also have more luck if you try the MSDN driver dev. forums and/or the OSR list...
How do I get Microsoft.Phone.Media.Extended dll file for my project? I am unable to find this anywhere. Can someone help me?
Thanks
Jai
You have to be aware that this DLL is not a part of the public SDK, therefore your application will not pass Marketplace certification if it is using it. You can get it by dumping the emulator OS image, for example, to get the GAC.
Or you could use reflection. I worked on that here.
EDIT: Since you need to access the flash, are you aware of this? It's been in Mango for a while now:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh202949(v=VS.92).aspx
I have a sound card driver and I need to automate the installation of it on windows. Is there any way to achieve this.
This is a question for Server Fault, but many driver install files offer switches that can be used for a silent or unattended install. You could run the program with the /? switch or contact the device manufacturer for more information. Once you have that information, you could schedule the command using Scheduled Tasks in XP or the registry (RunOnce key).
Actually you probably want to read the driver installation section on msdn. (For I am not sure what you mean by "automating".)
This question should be asked at server fault.
Anyways, I assume you mean to want it to be installed with your OS.
One way is to slipstream the driver into your Windows OS Installer.
A good guide is:
Using Nlite (Simple) :
http://www.nliteos.com/
or
(Advanced)
http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp
If not please specify the situation.
nLite (http://www.nliteos.com/) should have the solution you need.