Preinstall hw drivers

[Ondrej Sevecek]

Hello,

I have a USB device for which I have obtained its appropriate drivers -
..INF, .SYS and .CAT files. The driver is signed, that is ok.

I would like to PREinstall the driver on client computers so that when users
first connect their usb devices they do not get the "found new hardware"
message requiring them to provide drivers. Users are only "domain users".

I CAN distribute anything by using a startup script or MSI package so that
the membership is not the problem, but how to PREinstall the drivers?

Many thanks.

O.

 

[Johan Arwidmark]

You can use the dpinst utility which is part of Driver Install
Frameworks (DIFx)

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/driver/install/difxtools.mspx



regards

Johan Arwidmark
Microsoft MVP - Setup/Deployment

 

[Ondrej Sevecek]

oh, many thanks, that is exactly what I needed.


O.