[wpkg-users] USB hardware drivers

[Tomasz Chmielewski]

Chris Wilcox schrieb:
> If it does work then hundreds of us on a different user forum have been 
> missing a trick for decades!
>  
> I've tried in the past to package non-signed drivers for a scanner - 
> even if you create the MSI for them around plugging the device in as an 
> admin level user it still needs this done on the workstation aswell.  It 
> also needs repeated for each 'set' of USB ports on the workstation 
> aswell e.g. once on rear ports, once on front ports.
>  
> And then add in all the different hardware configurations and you're on 
> a losing path.
>  
> XP/Vista will only install signed drivers under non-admin user accounts.

Repackaging/creating MSI package may not be enough.

Look into a created MSI package to see what files and registry entries 
it adds.
With some luck (and a lot of head scratching), it may be possible to 
figure out what changes where and why.


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Tomasz Chmielewski
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