Method for automatically installing and updating drivers

A method comprising automatic installation of device drives in which an operating system or other device installation code obtains a unique identifier from a device, uses that unique identifier to locate a driver for the device, downloads the driver from that location, and completes the installation...

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1. Verfasser: TOLOPKA STEPHEN J
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A method comprising automatic installation of device drives in which an operating system or other device installation code obtains a unique identifier from a device, uses that unique identifier to locate a driver for the device, downloads the driver from that location, and completes the installation. Various methods of using the unique identifier to locate the driver are enumerated.