WinRT.sys

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Richard Dunn

What is WinRT and where can I shut it off? After doing a
critical update I received the message from the event
manager "WinRT dev0 service not started" I can't find it
in services.
 
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Abhijeet Nigam [MSFT]

Hi,




The WinRT™ 4.1 development toolkit provides the flexibility and power to
develop hardware control programs in Microsoft® Windows® 2000, Windows NT®,
Windows NT Embedded 4.0, Windows 98, and Windows 95 without being an expert
in the Microsoft Driver Developer's Kit. With WinRT developers write one
hardware control program without having to create custom drivers. It helps
reduce development time while creating high-quality products. Applications
built with WinRT are binary compatible between Windows 2000, Windows NT,
Windows NT Embedded, Windows 98, and Windows 95. WinRT 4.1 includes new
features such as a PCMCIA card for Plug and Play support for all busses
(except USB) and a wizard that generates basic WinRT code. See additional
new features in WinRT 4.1.
Removing WinRT from Windows NT

Log on to the computer as Administrator.

Disable WinRT.

Open the Control Panels folder and double-click Devices.

Select WinRT from the list (abort this step if WinRT is not listed).

Click Startup and click the Disabled radio button.

Click OK and close the Devices window.

Reboot the computer.

Remove WinRT. To do this you must know the location of the systemroot
folder. This is on the boot drive and likely is called "C:\Winnt," but may
be called something else depending on your installation.

Open systemroot\system32\drivers\

Delete the file named WinRT.sys (abort this step if WinRT.sys is not
present)

Use the Run command in the START menu to run regedit

Navigate the registry tree to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE?System?CurrentControlSet?Services?WinRT

Delete the WinRT folder.

Close regedit.




Removing WinRT from Windows 98SE

Disable WinRT.

Open the Control Panels folder and double-click System.

Click the Device Manager tab and view by type.

Expand the WinRT device category (abort this step if WinRT is not listed).

Select the SEII PCI device driver, click remove, and confirm.

The WinRT device category will disappear.

Close the System Properties window.

Reboot the computer.

Remove WinRT. To do this you must know the location of the systemroot
folder. This is on the boot drive and should be called "C:\Windows," but
may be called something else depending on your installation.

Open systemroot\system\

Delete the wrtdev0.vxd file.

Open the systemroot\inf\Other folder and locate the 4pi .inf file. It
should have the string "4pi" in its filename and likely will end with
"FPXDRVR.INF." When this .inf file pertaining to 4pi is found, delete it.

Use the Run command in the START menu to run regedit

Navigate the registry tree to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE?System?CurrentControlSet?Services?Class?WinRT

Delete the WinRT folder.

Close regedit.


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