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Delivering Great Device Installation Experiences

Cameron BrodeurProgram ManagerMicrosoft Corporation

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Adam LenartSoftware Design EngineerMicrosoft Corporation

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Agenda

• What makes a device installation great?• Device Installation & Device Configuration• How to take advantage of Device Configuration• Installing apps with a device• Demo: Diagnosing device installation problems• Q&A

You’ll leave with examples of how to• Improve the performance of device installation • Diagnose common installation problems

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Related sessions

• Designing great devices and drivers (HW-322T)• Building metro style apps that connect to

specialized devices (HW-747T)• Best practices for packaging and distributing device

drivers (HW-903T)• Simplifying wireless and network device discovery

and pairing (HW-286T)

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What Makes a Device Installation Great?

• Great device experiences are designed

• Device setup is fast

• Device apps are Metro style apps

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Relative Device Installation Performance

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Windows 8

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Driver Store

Driver Store

Factory Unattended Setup

Windows Update

Software Installers SetupCopyOEMInf

Offline Image Creation

OS Setup & Upgrade

Windows “Inbox”

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Device Installation

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Driver Store

Class/Co-installers

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Device Configuration

Driver Store

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Device Configuration

Input

Boot Devices

Storage

Other select devices

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• Windows Certification tests

• Passing the recommended certification tests ensures configurability

• Windows 8 Certification Requirements - Preview

Making your device configurable

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Things to watch out for

• Using a Co-Installer or custom Class Installer

• Referencing INF directives not related to installation

• Deleting or modifying registry entries, files or services

• Only specify HKR when using AddReg directive• Only copy files to

• %WINDIR%\System32• %WINDIR%\System32\Drivers

• Specify PnpLockdown=1 in the [Version] section

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…and a couple more

• Only install driver services• Target OS version decoration in an INF file cannot

contain a ProductType flag or SuiteMask flag

Configurable Driver Package INF[Version]...DriverVer = 09/16/2011,1.0.0.3 ; Update date/version with every changeCatalogFile = driver.cat ; Always sign driver package INF and filesPnpLockdown = 1 ; Protect driver files from tampering

[Manufacturer]%Mfg.Desc% = Drivers,NTx86 ; Explicitly target platform/architecture

[Drivers.NTx86]%Device.Desc% = Device_Install,USB\VID_ABCD&PID_1234

[Device_Install.NT]...

[Device_Install.NT.Services]...

Configurable Driver Package INF - Files[Device_Install.NT]CopyFiles = Driver_CopyFiles...

[Driver_CopyFiles]driver.sys ; Keep it simple, no special copying rules

[SourceDisksNames]1 = %Disk.Desc%

[SourceDisksFiles]driver.sys = 1

[DestinationDirs]DefaultDestDir = 12 ; %WINDIR%\System32\Drivers

Configurable Driver Package INF - Settings[Device_Install.NT]...AddReg = Driver_AddReg

[Driver_AddReg]HKR,,Setting,%REG_SZ%,"Value" ; Only specify HKR-based driver software values ...

[Device_Install.NT.Hw]AddReg = Device_AddReg...

[Device_AddReg]HKR,,Bells,%REG_DWORD%,1 ; Only specify HKR-based device hardware valuesHKR,,Whistles,%REG_DWORD%,256...

Configurable Driver Package INF - Services[Device_Install.NT.Services]AddService = driver,%SPSVCINST_ASSOCSERVICE%,Service_Install ; Always associate one service

[Service_Install]ServiceType = %SERVICE_KERNEL_DRIVER% ; Only add kernel driver servicesStartType = %SERVICE_SYSTEM_START%ErrorControl = %SERVICE_ERROR_NORMAL%ServiceBinary = %12%\driver.sysDisplayName = %Driver.Desc%AddReg = Service_AddReg

[Service_AddReg]HKR,,Mode,%REG_DWORD%,2 ; Only specify HKR-based service values ...

Configurable Driver Package INF - WDF[Device_Install.NT.Wdf]KmdfService = driver,KmdfService_Install ; KMDF-based driverUmdfService = UmdfDriver,UmdfService_Install ; UMDF-based driverUmdfServiceOrder = UmdfDriver

[KmdfService_Install]KmdfLibraryVersion = 1.0

[UmdfService_Install]UmdfLibraryVersion = 1.9.0DriverCLSID = {XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX}ServiceBinary = %12%\UMDF\UmdfDriver.dll

[Device_Install.NT.Services]AddService = WUDFRd,0x000001fa,WUDFRD_Install ; WUDFRd service for UMDF driver...

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Delivering the App Experience

• The best device experiences use a Metro style app• Automatic download and setup• Built-in app experiences for common device classes• Printers, webcam, mobile broadband SIM

• Support for custom apps• WPD, Storage, Networking• Custom drivers with custom interfaces

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Metro style appfor Devices

Delivering the App Experience

Driver

Driver Package

Automatic download and setup of Metro

style apps for devices

Faster download of simpler driver package

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Installing Desktop Software With a Device• Recommend use of RequestAdditionalSoftware INF

directive

• Allows a device to indicate that software may be available

• Driver package download is fast

• Provides you with flexibility

• Software can be updated at anytime without the need to update the driver package

• Decouples the driver from the software

• User decides if they need a Desktop app experience

Request Additional Software

Simple INF directive: RequestAdditionalSoftware

[ControlFlags]RequestAdditionalSoftware=*

applies to all devices installed by the driver package, or …

[ControlFlags]RequestAdditionalSoftware=device-identification-string[,device-identification-string] ...

only to specific devices.

Available on Windows 7 and later.

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Diagnosing device problems

demo

Q&A

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Related sessions

• Device and Driver Installation • Windows Hardware Dev Center• Windows Dev Center

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Further reading and documentation

Device Configuration and Windows Certification• Windows 8 Certification Requirements – Preview• Device and Driver Installation (MSDN)

Apps for hardware• Metro style Device App for Specialized Devices - Design Guide• The Device Software Lifecycle – Deployment, Acquisition, Uninstall and Update P

rocess• Metro style Device App for Specialized Devices Custom Driver Access Design Gu

ide• Metro style Device App for Specialized Devices Custom Driver Access Developm

ent Guide

• RequestAdditionalSoftware INF [ControlFlags] directive

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