Microsoft-provided USB drivers
This topics in this section describe the class drivers, generic client driver, and the parent composite driver that are provided by Microsoft.
Microsoft-provided USB drivers for host controllers and hubs
Microsoft provides a core stack of drivers for USB host controllers and hubs. For more information, see USB Driver Stack Architecture.
Other Microsoft-provided USB drivers
Device setup class | Microsoft-provided driver and INF | Windows support | Description |
---|---|---|---|
USB |
Usbccgp.sys Usb.inf |
Windows 8.1 Windows 8 Windows 7 Windows Vista Windows XP | Usbccgp.sys is a parent driver for composite devices that supports multiple functions. For more information, see USB Generic Parent Driver (Usbccgp.sys). |
Biometric |
WudfUsbBID.dll WudfUsbBIDAdvanced.inf |
Windows 8.1 Windows 8 |
Microsoft supports USB biometric devices (fingerprint readers) by providing the Windows Biometric Framework. See the Windows Biometric Framework website. |
Media Transfer Protocol Devices | Wpdusb.sys (Obsolete) |
Windows Server 2008 Windows Vista Windows Server 2003 Windows XP |
Note Starting in Windows 7, Microsoft has replaced the kernel mode component of the Windows Vista USB driver stack (Wpdusb.sys) for Windows Portable Devices (WPD) with the generic Winusb.sys. Microsoft provides the Wpdusb.sys driver to manage portable devices that support the Media Transfer Protocol. See WPD Design Guide. |
USBDevice |
Winusb.sys Winusb.inf |
Windows 8.1 Windows 8 Windows 7 Windows Vista Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2) | Winusb.sys can be used as the USB device's function driver instead of implementing a driver. See WinUSB. |
Microsoft-provided USB device class drivers
Microsoft provides drivers for several USB device classes approved by USB-IF. These drivers and their installation files are included in Windows. They are available in the \Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository folder.
See, USB device class drivers included in Windows.
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