add HW driver to default HW list

[Guest]

Hi Everybody,
Is there anybody who can tell how I can add a driver so that windows Xp
recognize this and does a unattended installation of the hardware device (a
example is a USB mouse)
But the Windows XP is alreay installed so, I am not really looking for a
sysprep solution?

Thanks a lot,
Best Regards,
Koen

 

[Michael Niehaus [MS]]

You need to add the directory containing the driver files to the path in the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DevicePath
registry value. This is the path that Windows will search when a new device
is plugged in. (If the device has already been plugged in before adding the
driver, this alone won't "fix" the device.) This is the equivalent of
adding the path to the OemPnpDriversPath in the Sysprep.inf.

-Michael Niehaus
Systems Design Engineer
(e-mail address removed)
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

 

[Guest]

Thanks you very much Michael, for puting me on the right track

Koen

 

[Mats]

or yoy can use the dpinst utillity

Thanks you very much Michael, for puting me on the right track

Koen