JSI Tip 5219. How do I add OEM Plug and Play drivers to Windows XP?

Jerold Schulman

April 23, 2002

1 Min Read
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Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 314479 contains the following summary:

This article describes the steps required to add original equipment manufacturer (OEM)-supplied drivers to Microsoft Windows installations. This article includes only those drivers that are typically installed during graphical user interface (GUI)-mode Setup or post-Setup by standard Plug and Play enumeration. This permits you to pre-load OEM Plug and Play drivers that you can use later, when the associated hardware is introduced in the system.

This article describes how to add OEM Plug and Play drivers in the following situations:

Unattended Setup

Sysprep Setup

Remote Installation Service (RIS) installations

Riprep images

Existing Windows installations

For additional information about how to add OEM-supplied mass-storage devices during text-mode Setup, click the article number belowto view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

314859 Limited OEM Driver Support Is Available with F6 During Windows XP Setup



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