Systems and methods for driver installation
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United States of America Patent
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Dec 13, 2005
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Nov 20, 2003
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May 17, 2002
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May 17, 2002
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Systems and methods for installing device drivers are provided. In one arrangement, the systems and methods pertain to consulting an installation instructions file of a driver package, the installation instructions file containing instructions as to the manner in which the driver package is to be installed, installing the device driver with the operating system installation utility, and activating a auxiliary component installer of the driver package, the auxiliary component installer being configured to install auxiliary code on the host device that provides functionality not provided by the device driver. In another arrangement, the systems and methods pertain to receiving a call from an operating system installation utility configured to install a device driver, and installing auxiliary code on the host device, the auxiliary code being configured to provide functionality not provided by the device driver.
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