DDK Pass-Through Sample Cannot Pass Signability Test (266710)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional

This article was previously published under Q266710

SYMPTOMS

Network class installers must be able to copy .inf files to the system Inf folder, as the Netsf.inf file does for the Microsoft Windows 2000 Driver Development Kit (DDK) sample pass-through driver. However, when you run the Infcatr tool, you may receive the following error message:

Signability Test 2.00.0059
Windows 2000 and Windows ME Results:
ERROR: netsf.inf is copying an inf in [SFilter.CopyFiles.Inf], please remove this, infs are not allowed to copy inf files to the system.

CAUSE

There is a problem in the Netcfgx network service class installer.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   Date        Time    Version        Size     File name
   -------------------------------------------------------
   09/13/2000  05:07p  5.0.2223.2223  547,600  Netcfgx.dll

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 2.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	9/23/2005
Keywords:	kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbfix kbWin2000PreSP2Fix KB266710