Device Driver Loading (Compact 7)
3/12/2014
Windows Embedded Compact device drivers are loaded and started by one of three processes, as shown in the following table.
| Device driver loading process | Loads |
|---|---|
Device Manager |
Stream Drivers |
GWES |
Keyboard, video adapter, touch screen, printer, and mouse native drivers. |
File System |
Native file system drivers |
In each case, the process that loads the device driver examines registry settings to determine how to load and start the driver. To configure the OS to load and start a device driver, you select the appropriate process for loading that device driver type and configure the registry settings for that process with information about how and when to load the device driver.