the operating system, \?? is equivalent to \DosDevices. • For example, the object name of the C:\WINDOWS\example.txt file is \DosDevices\C:\WINDOWS\example.txt. Path Type Description \\abc\xyz MSDN C:\abc\xyz MSDN \\.\C:\abc\xyz MSDN \\?\C:\abc\xyz MSDN \\?\UNC\abc\xyz MSDN \??\UNC\abc\xyz MSDN ?\UNC\abc\xyz Actually in WindowsServer 2012 2016
WFP internet socket filter (Windows Filtering Platform) • It is similar to minifilter but focus on internet rather than storage device. > • Speed up • Shutdown reset
if you try to use sign function within VS project, that’s another issue. • You should already have .cat, .sys & .inf. (with sign function in VS, you will get your own usable .cer if you set it right.)