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In Reply to: Re: Warning: your interpretation of "native driver" is confusing and unusual posted by audioengr on February 1, 2007 at 22:33:33:
"Native to Windows" is an oxymoron, and highly confusing. The Microsoft written generic drivers are not treated any differently in the operating system compared to third party drivers.If you mean "bundled with Windows", then the use of the word "native" is still confusing, because Windows XP ships with lots of drivers, some written by Microsoft, but a lot aren't. And USB2 drivers didn't originally ship with Windows - i think they came later in a service pack.
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Although I agree with you Christine, I just happened to come across this on the Creative website. From their Windows Vista FAQ page, the question is:"What are native drivers?"
And their answer:
"Native drivers are a set of software files that come with the Microsoft operating system. These allow the operating system to recognize and control the functionality of a device. Windows Vista™ includes native operating system support for some Creative products while others will require you to acquire drivers from Creative."
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... the Creative drivers that ship with Vista are written by Creative, not Microsoft, so they *are* in fact "native" and not generic :-)Creative seems to be interpreting "native" as "bundled with Windows" as opposed to who wrote the driver and/or whether it is generic or hardware-specific.
Native is generally understood as "pre-existing", such as the Native Americans on the north American continent. This would make the term "Native" appropriate for all of the drivers that come with Windows. Websters calls it "indigenous", "inborn", "characteristic of orginal inhabitants".
USB2 drivers did not originally ship with Windows XP. Therefore, they are not "native" in the sense of "pre-existing".Anyway, I thought your original point was about generic vs specific drivers? That has nothing to do with whether those drivers ship with Windows or not.
My advice to you: try and avoid using terminology like "native" (which create confusion) and use terms like "generic" vs "manufacturer supplied" or "hardware-specific".
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