Automating driver installation

NTDEV
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I have posed this question in a few other forums but there were no responses.

Basically I want to do the following after a Windows XP computer detects the insertion of a particular CardBus device in the PCMCIA/CardBus slot:

  1. Install the driver “testdriver.sys” in the windows/system32/drivers folder

  2. Copy an application, “testApp.exe” to the C:\testApp folder as well as Windows Startup folder

  3. Launch testApp after the installation is complete.

All the required files will be in the root of a CD rom disc.

The goal is to have a non user interaction installation of the driver and accompanying executable.

Thanks for any response or link to resources regarding this issue.

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You would have to write your own installer using the DDK Devcon as a
template, and install the software prior to installing the hardware. If the
AddHardware wizard runs, you depend upon it to kick off your install, your
package will have to be submitted to and signed by WHQL for “automatic”
installs.

For Vista, your package may need to be signed, and for 64bit Vista it MUST
be signed.

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The personal opinion of
Gary G. Little

wrote in message news:xxxxx@ntdev…
>I have posed this question in a few other forums but there were no
>responses.
>
> Basically I want to do the following after a Windows XP computer detects
> the insertion of a particular CardBus device in the PCMCIA/CardBus slot:
>
> 1. Install the driver “testdriver.sys” in the windows/system32/drivers
> folder
>
> 2. Copy an application, “testApp.exe” to the C:\testApp folder as well as
> Windows Startup folder
>
> 3. Launch testApp after the installation is complete.
>
> All the required files will be in the root of a CD rom disc.
>
> The goal is to have a non user interaction installation of the driver and
> accompanying executable.
>
> Thanks for any response or link to resources regarding this issue.
>
>
>