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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2002
Lonny Dean Mcmichael, Duvall, WA (US);
George Evangelos Roussos, Seattle, WA (US);
Eugene Lin, Seattle, WA (US);
Jason Ty Cobb, Sammamish, WA (US);
Santosh Sharad Jodh, Sammamish, WA (US);
Bjorn Levidow, Bellevue, WA (US);
Vadim Bluvshteyn, Redmond, WA (US);
Mark Derbecker, Seattle, WA (US);
Lonny Dean McMichael, Duvall, WA (US);
George Evangelos Roussos, Seattle, WA (US);
Eugene Lin, Seattle, WA (US);
Jason Ty Cobb, Sammamish, WA (US);
Santosh Sharad Jodh, Sammamish, WA (US);
Bjorn Levidow, Bellevue, WA (US);
Vadim Bluvshteyn, Redmond, WA (US);
Mark Derbecker, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided that prevent faulty drivers from being loaded and/or can prevent faulty drivers from being installed. Thus, instability of a computer system can be mitigated. Additionally, the occurrence of data corruption, system halting and the like can be reduced. A requested driver is compared to a list of faulty drivers from a faulty driver database. If the requested driver is in the list of faulty drivers, the requested driver is deemed faulty or defective, and is prevented from being loaded. Additionally, if the requested driver is in the list of faulty drivers, the requested driver can be prevented from being installed. Otherwise, the requested driver is operable and can be installed and/or loaded.