A filter driver model to replace filter intermediate driversįor more information about NDIS 6.0 features, see Introduction to NDIS 6.0.įor information about backward compatibility and obsolete features that are not supported in NDIS 6.0 drivers, see NDIS 6.0 Backward Compatibility.A standard interface for obtaining management information.The following improvements simplify driver development: Multiprocessor scaling of received data handling.Major improvements in the following provide significant performance gains for both clients and servers: Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) in Windows XP SP1.Offloading the Processing of UDP-Encapsulated ESP Packets (Windows Server 2003 only).
See Download kits for Windows hardware development Scatter/gather DMA support for deserialized miniport drivers.New INF file format compatible with Windows 95/98/Me.Windows NT DDK with updated NDIS header and library Windows NT 4.0 DDK or Windows 98 DDK for Vxds
Operating systemĪdded support for miniport drivers and Plug and Play.Īdded support for Power Management and WMI. Windows operating system, Microsoft Windows Driver Kit (WDK), and Driver Development Kit (DDK) version support for NDIS versions, as well as support for major NDIS features across NDIS versions, are described in the following table. too much that is.A driver can query the NDIS version by calling the NdisReadConfiguration function with the Keyword parameter set to NdisVersion. Nor am I blown away by the new features, but as long as I can play my games I won’t complain….
I must admit to not having done this many install attempts since Window was delivered on floppy disks.
This issue could possibly have been avoided by upgrading the BIOS before installing the Windows 8.1 update (if such an update is available). This took care of the secure boot error message and I could revert to having the system automatically load the secure boot keys from the BIOS database. To fix this problem I had to access the “Secure Boot \ Key Management” part of the systems bios settings, and manually load the default secure boot keys. The next concern I had with the update was a watermark appearing at the lower right corner of the screen stating that “SecureBoot isn’t configured correctly”. Key management - Load default secure boot keys. This was easily solved by reinstalling the USB-N13 drivers. When I later tried to plug in the USB-N13 adapter the system immediately crashed and threw a reboot.
This time everything went smooth and I was greeted by the Windows 8.1 license terms. Therefore, I removed the Asus USB-N13 adapter before my third attempt at completing the update. The update was a failure as previously, but I could now narrow down the problem to my Asus USB-N13 wireless adapter thanks to the bugcode message (NDIS = Network Driver Interface Specification). In a split second though, I caught an error message saying “Bugcode ndis_driver….” before the installer continued in denial like it never happened. It seems Microsoft won’t bug the user with any technical garble during the update. The rest of the install went by with lots of reboots and short messages like “Getting ready”, “Setting up the system” and more “Getting ready”. Obviously, by “thorough” I mean the pretty pictures on my screen said it did, whether there was any features to back it up is another thing. Keeping an eye on the installer I noticed it did a thorough check of the system to ensure compatibility before proceeding with the actual installation. So I did what any reasonable Windows user would do, which is to rinse and repeat. I had a look at the Windows update log but quickly realized that 5000 lines of information about everything and the kitchen sink wouldn’t get me anywhere soon. When I came back to check out my new Windows system, I was informed that Windows unfortunately couldn’t complete the update. Since the update came at a solid 3.4GB I decided to let Windows handle this one on its own. Having a sick day, I jumped at the opportunity to download and install the latest Windows 8.1 release on my Asus ROG Tytan CG8480 Windows 8-based gaming pc.