Installation Requirements for Network Services

This topic summarizes the installation requirements for network services.

INF File Section Status Comments

Version Section

Required

Class = NetService

ClassGuid = {4D36E974-E324-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

INF SourceDisksNames Section and INF SourceDisksFiles Section

Required if ...

Required if the INF file is not distributed with Windows 2000. If the INF file is distributed with Windows 2000, a LayoutFile entry must be specified in the Version section, and the SourceDisksNames and SourceDisksFiles sections are not used.

No network-specific requirements.

INF DestinationDirs Section

Required

No network-specific requirements.

ControlFlags Section

Optional

No network-specific requirements.

INF Manufacturer Section

Required

No network-specific requirements.

Models Section

Required

The hw-id should consist of a provider name followed by an underscore and a manufacturer name or the product name--for example: MS_DLC.

DDInstall Section

Required

Characteristics entry--allowable values:

NCF_HIDDEN

NCF_NO_SERVICE

NCF_NOT_USER_REMOVABLE

NCF_HAS_UI

DDInstall.Services Section

Optional

No network-specific requirements.

Add-registry-sections

Required

Creating the Ndi Key

Specifying Binding Interfaces

Allowable binding interfaces:

UpperRange: noupper

LowerRange: ipx, tdi, winsock, netbios, nolower

Optional

Setting static parameters for the component

Requiring the Installation of Another Network Component

Specifying service-related values

Adding a HelpText Value

Adding Registry Values for a Notify Object

Remove Section

Optional

INF Strings Section

Required

No network-specific requirements.