[Spice-devel] Windows QXL driver - low pixel depth, low resolution, laggard mouse

[John A. Sullivan III]

On Thu, 2011-06-16 at 11:19 -0400, Yaniv Kaul wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> > On Thu, 2011-06-16 at 10:22 -0400, John A. Sullivan III wrote:
> 
> <SNIP>
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> > <snip>
> > The first test of the signed drivers was on W2K8. Then it struck me
> > that they might be signed specifically for W7 so I tried it there but
> > with the same results. I'll try resigning the W7 drivers now - John
> 
> Win7 and Win2008 *R2* share the same signature. Win2008 and Vista share the same signature.
> In short:
> To view which folder corresponds to which operating system, double-click the .cat file in the driver folder and, on the Security Catalog tab, click a hash. Under Entry details, you will find the OSAttr, which means the following:
> 
> 2.5.0 = Windows 2000
> 2:5.1 = Windows XP
> 2:5.2 = Windows Server 2003
> 2:6.0 = Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008
> 2:6.1 = Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 x64
> 
> 
> (from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg463054 )
> Y.
> 
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Thanks.  As you can probably tell, I am a Microsoft ignoramus.  Does
that imply I can use the drivers I compiled and signed under W7 in my
W2K8 server? We just had some splendid success on W7 with Alon's patch -
John