Automatic Configuration Driver Registry Settings (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

1/6/2010

The Wireless Zero Configuration component reads the following registry setting during initialization and sets the requested power saving mode of the wireless adapter on every SSID.

The following table describes the registry settings for the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WZCSVC\Parameters registry key.

Registry key	Type	Description
PowerMode	DWORD	The power mode as defined by NDIS_802_11_POWER_MODE
BackoffFailCount	DWORD	Number of consecutive timeouts/failures to connect before increasing back off time The default value is 3.
BackoffMultiplier	DWORD	Multiplier applied to increase the timeout. The default value is 2.
BackoffAddSeconds	DWORD	Applied to increase the timeout. The default value is 0.
BackoffMaxSeconds	DWORD	Maximum value for the timeout. The default value is 15*60. Note: The starting value of the timeout is the existing TMMS_Tf timer value, which defaults to 60 seconds.
PowerMsgQName	REG_SZ	Provided for debug purposes. The name of the message queue to use instead of using the power manager. Note: A test application can send simulated power manager events to WZC instead of WZC getting real events from the power manager.

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Concepts

Network Driver Registry Settings