[MyDeviceList.NTamd64] %MyDeviceName% = MyInstall, USB\VID_1234&PID_5678

[Version] Signature="$WINDOWS NT$" Class=Net ClassGuid={4d36e972-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} Provider=%ManufacturerName% DriverVer=01/15/2024,10.0.0.1 [Manufacturer] %ManufacturerName% = DeviceList, NTamd64

Save this as mydriver.inf , place your MyDriver.sys in the same folder, right-click install, and Windows will now recognize your custom USB device (assuming you wrote the .sys file to handle the actual communication). With the rise of Windows Driver Frameworks (WDF) and Universal Windows Drivers (UWD) , the complexity of INF files has actually decreased. Microsoft is pushing towards DCHU (Declarative, Componentized, Hardware Support Apps, Universal) drivers, where the INF file does less work, and more logic moves to user-space apps or firmware.