Table 23.9 describes the network component types.
Table 23.9 Network Component Types
Component type | Meaning | |
Adapter | A piece of hardware | |
Driver | A software component associated directly with a piece of hardware | |
Transport | A software component used by services | |
Service | A software component providing capability directly to user applications | |
Basic | A token used to represent a fundamental class name (that is, a class with no parent) |
Each type of network component requires subkeys for both software and services. Therefore, the installation of a single network card usually results in the creation of four distinct subkeys in the Registry:
For example, the path for the driver for an Etherlink adapter is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Elinkii\CurrentVersion.