ABSTRACT

Plug and Play Device Driver VxDs The last chapter provided an overview of Windows 95 Plug and Play, introducing the different kinds of Plug and Play VxDs (Configuration Manager, enumerators, device loaders, arbitrators, device drivers) and the role played by each in the Windows 95 installation and boot processes. This chapter will focus on the Plug and Play Device Driver VxD, which I’ll define as a VxD that interfaces to a hardware device and that obtains a device’s configuration using methods that conform to Plug and Play rules.