At 11:48 AM 3/10/2003, DJ Sisolak wrote: Hello Brian, The strings in the descriptor are taken into account after the device = has been enumerated into the system. Therein lays the problem. Before = the descriptors can be read, the device has to be discovered. Therefore = the name in the INF is used in device manager, but the descriptor = strings ARE used in the control panel apps since they can be read once = the device is started by the driver. Essentially this means that the Device Manager depends on the (static) INF file to provide the device names, correct? I wish there was a way for the Device Manager to obtain the device names directly from the driver rather than rely solely on the INF files. I mean bus drivers do provide names that appear in the new hardware found wizard (in response to (IRP_MN_QUERY_DEVICE_TEXT?). But then, there are times (say on a PCI bus) when bus drivers have no way of telling the actual device name! I guess there is no simple solution. Thanks. Devendra. ****************** WDMAUDIODEV addresses: Post message: mailto:wdmaudiodev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subscribe: mailto:wdmaudiodev-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe Unsubscribe: mailto:wdmaudiodev-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe Moderator: mailto:wdmaudiodev-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx URL to WDMAUDIODEV page: http://www.wdmaudiodev.de/