The right click drivers are legacy drivers, these are drivers that do not
use the plug and play manager. Typically these are filter drivers or
drivers that provide functionality without supporting a device. The New
Hardware Wizard comes up for plug and play driver's typically these have
hardware and hardware resources, these drivers require more work to
associate the device with the driver.
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Don Burn (MVP, Windows DDK)
Windows 2k/XP/2k3 Filesystem and Driver Consulting
http://www.windrvr.com
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"Andrew" <Andrew.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hey All,
>
> I have these Window's device drivers that can be installed by right
> clicking
> on an inf file and selecting install. Then when the device is plugged
> into a
> USB port, the New Hardware Wizard will pop up and the user can instruct
> it
> to find and install the drivers automatically. Is there an easy way to
> bypass
> the New Hardware Wizard when the device is detected, and have
> Windows find and install the driver automatically without user input?
> Its
> kind of like the hardware wizard is an unnecessary step since the user is
> just telling it to find and install the drivers itself. I havent had
> much
> luck finding information on this subject unfortunately. Any advice or
> links
> would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
> Andrew
>
Microsoft Windows XP