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Copyright 2004-2008 by Conexant Systems. All rights reserved
6/2/2008
Conexant UIU and UCIRelease Notes
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Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS.................................................................................................................. 3
INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................. 6
UNIFIED GUIU/UIU......................................................................................................................... 7
Version 4.0.44.X ............................................................................................................. 7
Version 4.0.43.X ............................................................................................................. 7
Version 4.0.42.X ............................................................................................................. 7
Version 4.0.41.X ............................................................................................................. 8
Version 4.0.40.X ............................................................................................................. 8
Version 4.0.39.X ............................................................................................................. 8
Version 4.0.38.X ............................................................................................................. 8
Version 4.0.37.X ............................................................................................................. 8
Version 4.0.36.X ............................................................................................................. 8
Version 4.0.35.X ............................................................................................................. 8
Version 4.0.34.X ............................................................................................................. 9
Version 4.0.33.X ............................................................................................................. 9
Version 4.0.32.X ............................................................................................................. 9
Version 4.0.31.X ............................................................................................................. 9
Version 4.0.30.X ............................................................................................................. 9
Version 4.0.29.X ........................................................................................................... 10
Version 4.0.28.X ........................................................................................................... 10
Version 4.0.27.X ........................................................................................................... 10
Version 4.0.26.X ........................................................................................................... 10
Version 4.0.25.X ACF modem fixed ONLY.............................................................. 10
Version 4.0.24.X ACF modem fixes ONLY.............................................................. 10
Version 4.0.23.X ........................................................................................................... 10
Version 4.0.22.X ........................................................................................................... 10
Version 4.0.21.X ........................................................................................................... 11
Version 4.0.20.X ........................................................................................................... 11
Version 4.0.19.X ........................................................................................................... 12
Version 4.0.18.X ........................................................................................................... 12
Version 4.0.17.X ........................................................................................................... 12
Version 4.0.16.X ........................................................................................................... 12
Version 4.0.15.X ........................................................................................................... 13
UNIVERSAL COINSTALLER ....................................................................................................... 14
Version 2.0.29.0............................................................................................................ 14
Version 2.0.28.0............................................................................................................ 14
Version 2.0.27.0............................................................................................................ 14
Version 2.0.26.0............................................................................................................ 14
Version 2.0.25.0............................................................................................................ 15
Version 2.0.24.0............................................................................................................ 15
Version 2.0.23.0............................................................................................................ 15
Version 2.0.22.0............................................................................................................ 15
Version 2.0.21.0............................................................................................................ 15
Version 2.0.20.0............................................................................................................ 15
Version 2.0.19.0............................................................................................................ 16
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Version 2.0.18.0............................................................................................................ 16
Version 2.0.17.0............................................................................................................ 16
Version 2.0.0.16............................................................................................................ 16
Version 2.0.0.15............................................................................................................ 17
Version 2.0.0.14............................................................................................................ 17
Version 2.0.0.13............................................................................................................ 17
Version 2.0.0.11............................................................................................................ 17
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IntroductionUIU stands for Universal Installer/Uninstaller program used to install and uninstall modem andaudio drivers together with other supporting applications (like NetWaiting, SmartAudio, etc.).UCI stands for Universal CoInstaller DLL used during the installation and uninstallation of modemor audio drivers.
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Unified GUIU/UIU
Version 4.0.44.X
Problems Fixed/New Features Added OperatingSystem
HardwarePlatform Severity
Add-on program installation (like SmartAudio)
fails in OS with multi-character language (likeJapanese, Chinese, etc.) when an installationfolder contains non-English characters
All All High
Version 4.0.43.X
Problems Fixed/New Features AddedOperating
SystemHardwarePlatform Severity
New Feature: Add an option to removeregistry values during a fresh installation andkeeps the same registry values during theupgrade.
All All Low
New Feature: Support installation of morethan one device if a folder contains morethan one INF file and a system has morethan one device corresponding to PnP IDsmentioned in the INF files
All All Low
New Feature: UIU exit code in case of afailed installation will reflect failure reason(the same code as used for /F2 mode).
All All Low
New Feature: When Programs and Featuresicon is launched from Control Panel in Vistaafter the driver is installed. The driveruninstallation entry is not shown until F5(refresh) button is pressed. UIU now
refreshes the desktop after a successfulinstallation. The driver uninstallation entry isupdated.
Vista All Low
Corrected wording in German during theinstallation
All All Low
Version 4.0.42.X
Problems Fixed/New Features Added OperatingSystem
HardwarePlatform
Severity
Installer product description in the "UserAccount Control" window is incorrect duringthe installation for accounts with non-administrative rights. The wrong";Graphical UniversalInstaller/UninstallerConexant Systems, Inc."string is replaced by"Conexant Universal device Install/Uninstallx86 ApplicationConexant Systems, Inc."
Vista All Low
Failure to install NetWaiting and DLDapplications during installation of the modemdriver in Windows XP.
XP All High
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Version 4.0.41.X
Problems Fixed/New Features AddedOperating
SystemHardwarePlatform Severity
Uninstallation of device driver fails ifuninstaller could not find the DIFxAPI.dllsystem file.
Vista All Medium
Installation of an USB device that has
&MI_nnpart in the PnP ID failsAll USB device Medium
Version 4.0.40.X
Problems Fixed/New Features Added OperatingSystem
HardwarePlatform Severity
Command line option (-DDG) to block driverdowngrade attempt is blocking reinstallation.Now it is possible to reinstall/fix the currentinstallation even when DDG option isspecified.
All All Low
Version 4.0.39.XProblems Fixed/New Features Added
OperatingSystem
HardwarePlatform Severity
New Feature: Added a new command lineoption (-DDG) to block driver downgradeattempt
All All Low
Version 4.0.38.X
Problems Fixed/New Features Added OperatingSystem
HardwarePlatform
Severity
Audio driver upgrade could fail on Windows
XP/Vista. The problem doesnt exist ifpreviously installed audio driver is uninstalledprior to a new installation.
All All High
Version 4.0.37.X
Problems Fixed/New Features AddedOperating
SystemHardwarePlatform Severity
Audio driver fails to install on system with leftover driver service entry
All All High
Version 4.0.36.X
Problems Fixed/New Features Added OperatingSystem HardwarePlatform Severity
Audio driver installation or upgrade takesrelatively long time
All All Medium
Passing a parameter to an applicationinstalled via INI file not working
All All High
Version 4.0.35.X
Problems Fixed/New Features AddedOperating
SystemHardwarePlatform Severity
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Added support of more than one INI filehandling during application installation
All All Low
Third Party HDMI codec driver may stopfunctioning after the installation of audiodriver followed by reboot
Vista All High
Version 4.0.34.X
Problems Fixed/New Features Added OperatingSystem
HardwarePlatform Severity
Intermittent failure to apply part of the INI file(qualifier based); registry value could beapplied to the wrong location.
All All High
Version 4.0.33.X
Problems Fixed/New Features Added OperatingSystem
HardwarePlatform
Severity
Upgrade of audio driver could fail Vista All High
Version 4.0.32.X
Problems Fixed/New Features Added OperatingSystem
HardwarePlatform
Severity
Added an option to enable a pop-up warningwindow during the silent uninstallation.Uninstallation may fail since it is done by auser without administrator privileges.
2K, XP All Low
Version 4.0.31.X
Problems Fixed/New Features AddedOperating
SystemHardwarePlatform Severity
After uninstalling the device fromAdd/Remove Programs, the in-build driverwould not install on the system. Improvementto the method of determining when the UIU isto refresh the PNP Manager to install any in-build driver was implemented.
Windows Vista All High
Version 4.0.30.X
Problems Fixed/New Features Added OperatingSystem
HardwarePlatform Severity
New feature to display icons on the progressbar of the installer tool. It will also highlight
the Icon of the application/device that iscurrently being installed at any given time.
All All High
Any HDA Audio/Modem In-build Driver iswrongly detected as a Conexant device whenno in-build driver is present on the system.During uninstallation the UIU will detect if thein-build drivers exist. If it exists, it will refreshthe Device Manager in an attempt to install it.
Windows Vista All High
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Version 4.0.29.X
Problems Fixed/New Features AddedOperating
SystemHardwarePlatform Severity
After installing the modem driver it wasinheriting a reboot request from a previousdevice installation. The fix is a command lineoption "-DPME". When set it will disable thisenumeration. The UIU will then refreshdevice manager before installation to ensurethe modem is enumerated and appears indevice manager.
All All High
During uninstallation of the driver the UIUdeletes the shortcut on the desktop. The Iconintermittently did not disappear even though itwas been deleted. Fix was to refresh thedesktop to ensure the icon is removed.
All All High
Version 4.0.28.X
Problems Fixed/New Features Added Operating
System
Hardware
Platform
Severity
Add feature to invoke another UIU based onthe devices PNP ID
All All High
If the device is not present in the system andthe driver is installed silently a box will pop upto notify the user. This is now resolved byparsing this error to a log file
All All High
Version 4.0.27.X
Problems Fixed/New Features Added OperatingSystem
HardwarePlatform
Severity
GUI reports success on a failed installation XP All High
Version 4.0.26.X
Problems Fixed/New Features Added OperatingSystem
HardwarePlatform
Severity
Shortcuts can be created on the desktopusing an INI.
All All Medium
Version 4.0.25.X ACF modem fixed ONLY
Version 4.0.24.X ACF modem fixes ONLY
Version 4.0.23.X
Problems Fixed/New Features Added OperatingSystem
HardwarePlatform Severity
An application crash is seen during thedevices uninstallation.
Windows Vista All High
Version 4.0.22.X
Problems Fixed/New Features Added OperatingSystem
HardwarePlatform Severity
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Problems Fixed/New Features AddedOperating
SystemHardwarePlatform Severity
During uninstallation the UIU used by anapplication fails to start when launched byanother UIU.
All All High
If installation of the driver is done via an INI,the UIU will determined the PNP id of adevice and locate the installation path.The failure is in the UIU with the UIU x32failing to launch the UIU x64
X64/Windows
Vista64All High
CoInstaller File is now deleted when device isuninstalled through Add/Remove Programs.
All All High
System was crashing on reboot afteradd/remove programs device removal. Thiswas caused by the UIU uninstalling all files inthe folder where the INF resides. This hasnow been fixed.
All All Medium
Feature added to support the install ofpackages with multiple INFs with the samePNP ID.
All All Medium
Installation fails with decorated INF filesimplementing different capabilities. It is fixedby determining the correct capability for eachPNP ID.
All All High
Windows permits to have more than oneAddReg or CopyFile entry in a section. It wasassumed only one such entry is in a sectionis permitted. This was fixed by removing thislimitation.
All All Medium
Version 4.0.21.X
Problems Fixed/New Features Added OperatingSystem HardwarePlatform Severity
Support for ACF versions of the GUIU andUIU
All All Low
Version 4.0.20.X
Problems Fixed/New Features Added OperatingSystem
HardwarePlatform
Severity
Uninstalling Windows Vista drivers viaAdd/Remove Programs the UIU will refreshthe system and install in build drivers beforeexiting. Prior to this release, UIU was notdoing a refresh after uninstall.
Windows Vista32/64
All Low
Moved UIU Driver (UIUSYS) functionality intothe UIU. The UIU Driver used to determine ifa specific hardware is plugged into thesystem. Instead of reading the hardware, theUIU can replicate its functionality byrefreshing the system for the OS to display alldevices as "Other Devices" in the DeviceManager list.Because of this change, UIUSYS.SYS andUIUDLL.DLL files are no longer needed.
All All Medium
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Problems Fixed/New Features AddedOperating
SystemHardwarePlatform Severity
Installation of HAD Bus drivers can behandled by the installer program (UIU) itself.
Version 4.0.19.X
Problems Fixed/New Features Added
Operating
System
Hardware
Platform SeverityModem driver install by UIU was failing whilstthe PNP Manager installed the inbuildmodem. The fix is to improve the waiting timeby the UIU in order for the PNP Manager tocomplete before installing the new device.
Windows Vista32/64
All Low
Version 4.0.18.X
Problems Fixed/New Features Added OperatingSystem
HardwarePlatform
This issue was specific to upgrading from WIN98SE
VXD drivers to WIN98SE WDM drivers which caused asystem crash (BSOD) when attempting a Dial upNetworking (DUN) connection.This new feature added in the UIU checks if either of thetwo CARP components (CarpServ.exe, Carp.dll) arerunning. If it is, the UIU will attempt to stop thecomponents by deleting the files/registry if they existand prompt for a reboot to stop the components fromrunning. After the reboot, the UIU will continue theinstallation/upgrade of the new modem.
Win98 All
Version 4.0.17.X
Problems Fixed/New Features AddedOperating
SystemHardware
PlatformWhen the UIU calls into the Install Shield baseduninstaller of the DLG (Digital Line Guard) application,Install Shield will mistakenly notify that the task hascompleted. This will cause the UIU to delete the modemwhen a handle is still open to it thus failing to uninstallcorrectly. This issue is only seen when a /clone_waitcommand line option is used when installing the DLGapplication.
All All
Uninstalling the Windows Vista drivers via Add/RemovePrograms does not remove the driver files from theWindows\systems32\drivers folder. The drivers are
reverted back to the inbuild drivers
.Windows
Vista 32/64All
Uninstallation of modem drivers fail on Windows Vista32/64 operating systems. This issue was resolved by afix in the UIU which correctly stop the service anddeletes the files on Windows Vista.
WindowsVista 32/64
All
Version 4.0.16.X
Problems Fixed/New Features Added OperatingSystem
HardwarePlatform
Modem drivers remained on the system after WinME All
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SystemHardwarePlatform
uninstalling the device from Add/Remove programsapplet and then rebooting the system. This would causethe drivers to reinstall automatically.
Version 4.0.15.X
Problems Fixed/New Features Added OperatingSystem
HardwarePlatform
This feature controls the install paths where the driversare located for the device and can determine whichOperating systems it is for depending on the PNP IDdefined in the INI file.
All All
During the setup of the drivers on a Windows Vista X64HDA audio system an installation crash was observed.This was caused by verification that the CoInstaller hadsuccessfully installed the WaveRT INI file. Issue is nowfixed.
Windows Vista 64 All
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Universal CoInstaller
Version 2.0.29.0
Problems Fixed/New Features Added OperatingSystem
HardwarePlatform Severity
Intermittent driver installation failure on
Vista64Vista64 All High
Version 2.0.28.0
Problems Fixed/New Features AddedOperating
SystemHardwarePlatform Severity
New Feature: Add an option to removeregistry values during a fresh installation andkeeps the same registry values during theupgrade.
All All Low
Installation failure occurs if the systemcontains left over information from theprevious driver installation. This is caused byhaving a different service name associatedwith driver binary file
All All Medium
New Feature: Enable/disable Dolbyalgorithm for audio drivers depending on theapproved list provided by DolbyLaboratories, Inc.
All All High
Version 2.0.27.0
Problems Fixed/New Features AddedOperating
SystemHardwarePlatform Severity
Failure to display a reboot prompt when
requested from INI file. This is caused byhaving multiple INI files and there is one INIfile that is installing an application andanother file attempting to do a reboot.
All All Medium
Version 2.0.26.0
Problems Fixed/New Features Added OperatingSystem
HardwarePlatform
Severity
Pop-up window asking for a reboot (as aresult of Reboot command in INI file) couldbe prompted before device driver installationis completed. Resulting in possible failure of
the device driver installation if the userpresses the OK button too fast.
All All Medium
Application installation initiated through INIfile could be done before device driverinstallation is completed. As a result theapplication (e.g. SmartAudio) could fail tocommunicate to the device driver.
All All High
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Version 2.0.25.0
Problems Fixed/New Features AddedOperating
SystemHardwarePlatform Severity
Installation failure if the driver service namechanges when compared to the previousdriver package for the same device.
All All High
Version 2.0.24.0Internal release for testing
Version 2.0.23.0
Problems Fixed/New Features AddedOperating
SystemHardwarePlatform Severity
INI files remain in the system after theuninstallation of the driver when selecting"Delete files" checkbox from DeviceManager.
Windows Vista All Medium
Version 2.0.22.0Problems Fixed/New Features Added Operating
SystemHardwarePlatform
Severity
Finding registry entries for the audio devicewhen parsing an INI file worked only withEnglish OS. It is now fixed and registryupdates for the audio device are successfulregardless of the OS language.
All All High
Version 2.0.21.0
Problems Fixed/New Features AddedOperating
SystemHardwarePlatform Severity
Reboot prompt is displayed when a driverupgrade contains an INI. This is to ensurethe upgrade is successful. This issue waspropagated by a fix in V2.0.20.0.
All All High
Version 2.0.20.0
Problems Fixed/New Features Added OperatingSystem
HardwarePlatform
Severity
When modem is reinstalled ,'Found NewHW Wizard' window prompts on dual bytelanguage supported OS
All All Medium
To ensure contents of the INI file are appliedduring the devices installation a reset isinvoked on the modem after the driver isinstalled
All All Medium
CoInstaller will now reset the device when adriver upgrade is completed to ensure thatnew driver installation is successful.
All All Medium
If there are multiple INFs with the same PNPID in the package. The CoInstaller choosesthe most appropriate INF to install based on
All All Medium
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Problems Fixed/New Features AddedOperating
SystemHardwarePlatform
was implemented to better determine when the audiodevice installation has completed and the coinstallerwould process the INI file that configures WaveRTsettings.
Version 2.0.0.15
Problems Fixed/New Features AddedOperating
SystemHardwarePlatform
This fix was to change the default recording position tothe middle for Sum/Mic-In/Line-In sliders. This wasimplemented via an INI file to in order control the sliderbar.
Windows Vista All
Version 2.0.0.14
Problems Fixed/New Features Added OperatingSystem
HardwarePlatform
If the drivers are preinstalled and the system isrebooted, there should be no user intervention requiredafter the reboot. In this case, although the drivers wereinstalled correctly, the "Found New Hardware" wizardstill appears.
Windows Vista All
Version 2.0.0.13
Problems Fixed/New Features AddedOperating
SystemHardwarePlatform
After uninstalling the modem from Phone and Modemoptions and rebooting the system. The Modem isbanged out in device manager and will not function.
Windows Vista 64 All
Specific system files were not removed during theuninstallation process on Windows Vista 64 operatingsystem. Thus uninstallation process was failing.
Windows Vista 64 All
Version 2.0.0.11
Problems Fixed/New Features AddedOperating
SystemHardwarePlatform
If the INF file is not decorated with ".NT" extension theCoInstaller is unable to locate the HxfSetup.exe file andtherefore fails to copy the DIFXAPI.DLL file. Theuninstaller application cannot use DIFXAPI.DLL. This inturn causes an install after add/remove programs
uninstall failure because the uninstallation process is notgoing through DIFXAPI.DLL.
All All
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