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Win7: driver replacement without rebooting

I am debugging an audio driver under Windows 7. When I need to replace it with an updated version, I need to reboot the system because a copy of the current driver under DriverStore is blocked, even though the driver has been unloaded. Is there a way to avoid a reboot? It was possible on XP ...

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You tried to stop the driver using the devcon.exe utility (the old version can also be downloaded at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311272 , the new version can be found in C: \ WinDDK \ 7600.16385.1 \ tools \ devcon \ i386 after deploying WDK)? Are you looking at what kind of processed your driver is using (for example with respect to Process Explorer http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx )? If you more accurately describe your problem, I can try to help you.

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