Windows Driver Kit: Kernel-Mode Driver Architecture
Stopping a Device
The PnP manager directs drivers to stop a device in the following situations:
- To rebalance the hardware resources being used by the device. Rebalancing is typically necessary when a new device is enumerated that requires a resource already in use.
- To disable the device in response to a Device Manager request (Windows 98/Me only). Windows 2000 and later systems send remove IRPs in this situation; see Understanding When Remove IRPs Are Issued.
- After a failed IRP_MN_START_DEVICE request (Windows 98/Me only)
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