This section provides installation information specific to smart card reader drivers in Microsoft® Windows® 2000 and later operating systems.
Vendors supplying their own reader driver should make the driver a member of the SmartCardReader setup class in the INF Version Section of the driver's INF file. For example:
[Version]
Signature="$Windows NT$"
Class=SmartCardReader
ClassGuid={50DD5230-BA8A-11D1-BF5D-0000F805F530}
There are no other special requirements associated with installing smart card reader drivers.
For information on the installation of the smart card reader drivers shipped with the Windows DDK, see the INF files for the system-supplied reader drivers, pscr.inf and bulltlp3.inf.
For general information on device installation in Windows 2000 and later operating systems, see Device Installation Overview.