"silent" installation

NTDEV
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Hi All,
I am trying to make an install application that will preinstall my
driver on XP so that the “Add New Hardware Wizard” does not pop up
when my device is connected but a “silent” install will occur. This
appears to happen with my iPod so I’m pretty sure it can be done. It
looks like the function DiInstallDriver() would be what I want but
unfortunately it is only for Vista and later. I thought that
SetupCopyOEMInf() might work but I still get the wizard popping up. My
driver is not signed yet so that might be having an effect.
So, are there any XP functions for doing this preinstall? Does my
driver need to be signed to make the install silent?

Thanks!
Jeremy

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sign your driver package to enable silent install

d

Sent from my phone with no t9, all spilling mistakes are not intentional.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeremy Ramer
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 6:59 AM
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] “silent” installation

Hi All,
I am trying to make an install application that will preinstall my
driver on XP so that the “Add New Hardware Wizard” does not pop up
when my device is connected but a “silent” install will occur. This
appears to happen with my iPod so I’m pretty sure it can be done. It
looks like the function DiInstallDriver() would be what I want but
unfortunately it is only for Vista and later. I thought that
SetupCopyOEMInf() might work but I still get the wizard popping up. My
driver is not signed yet so that might be having an effect.
So, are there any XP functions for doing this preinstall? Does my
driver need to be signed to make the install silent?

Thanks!
Jeremy

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Thanks Doron!

On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 8:27 AM, Doron Holan wrote:
> sign your driver package to enable silent install
>
> d
>
> Sent from my phone with no t9, all spilling mistakes are not intentional.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeremy Ramer
> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 6:59 AM
> To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
> Subject: [ntdev] “silent” installation
>
>
> Hi All,
> I am trying to make an install application that will preinstall my
> driver on XP so that the “Add New Hardware Wizard” does not pop up
> when my device is connected but a “silent” install will occur. This
> appears to happen with my iPod so I’m pretty sure it can be done. ?It
> looks like the function DiInstallDriver() would be what I want but
> unfortunately it is only for Vista and later. I thought that
> SetupCopyOEMInf() might work but I still get the wizard popping up. My
> driver is not signed yet so that might be having an effect.
> So, are there any XP functions for doing this preinstall? Does my
> driver need to be signed to make the install silent?
>
> Thanks!
> Jeremy
>
> —
> NTDEV is sponsored by OSR
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