Microsoft KB Archive/182542

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INFO: ASPI on Windows NT Is Not Supported by Microsoft

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Q182542

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Win32 Device Driver Kit (DDK) for Windows NT, versions 3.1, 3.5, 3.51, 4.0
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Driver Development Kit (DDK)

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SUMMARY
The Advanced SCSI Programming Interface (ASPI) software interface is not supported by Microsoft on Windows NT. The ASPI for Win32 is available from Adaptec Corporation and can be downloaded from http://www.adaptec.com. Contact Adaptec for questions on ASPI installation, use, or coding.

On Windows NT, Microsoft provides and supports the SCSI Pass Through Interface (SPTI) as a method to send SCSI requests to peripherals. There is a SCSI Pass Through sample on the Win32 DDK. For Windows NT DDK version 4.0, the SPTI sample is in \ddk\src\storage\class\spti. For Windows 2000 DDK, this sample is in \ntddk\src\storage\class\spti.

MORE INFORMATION
For information about how to contact Adaptec, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

"Q65416 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, A-K" The third-party products discussed here are manufactured by vendors independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance or reliability.

Using the SPTI sample available in Windows NT 4.0 on a Windows 2000 system fails with the message ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED (5L). For more information, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

"Q241374 INFO: Read and Write Access Required for SCSI Pass Through Request" Additional query words: ASPI32

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Issue type : kbinfo

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