Driver installation for targeted and non-present devices
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1. A computer-implemented method for managing device drivers comprising:
- requesting one or more drivers for one or more devices connectable to a computing device, wherein the requested one or more device drivers includes a first driver for a disconnected device, wherein the disconnected device is a device that was previously connected and is disconnected from the computing device at the time of the request;
receiving a device driver update set, the update set including at least the first driver and a second driver for a new device, wherein the new device is a device that has not previously been connected to the computing device;
installing the first driver and the second driver on the computing device; and
configuring the first driver to activate when the disconnected device is detected by the computing device.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method for managing device drivers includes requesting a device driver update set for a plurality of devices connectable to a computing device. The method also includes receiving the device driver update set, installing each driver of the device driver update set on the computing device. At least one updated driver in the update set is an updated driver for a device that is disconnected from the computing device at the time of the request. The method further includes configuring the at least one updated driver for the non-connected to activate when the device is detected by the computing device.
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1. A computer-implemented method for managing device drivers comprising:
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requesting one or more drivers for one or more devices connectable to a computing device, wherein the requested one or more device drivers includes a first driver for a disconnected device, wherein the disconnected device is a device that was previously connected and is disconnected from the computing device at the time of the request; receiving a device driver update set, the update set including at least the first driver and a second driver for a new device, wherein the new device is a device that has not previously been connected to the computing device; installing the first driver and the second driver on the computing device; and configuring the first driver to activate when the disconnected device is detected by the computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for managing device drivers, the instructions, when executed, causing a computing device to perform a method, the method comprising:
requesting, from an update service, one or more drivers for one or more devices connectable to a computing device further including; compiling a list of device drivers stored on the computing device, wherein the list includes at least a disconnected device driver and a second device driver and further includes disconnected device driver version information and second device driver version information, wherein the disconnected device is a device that was previously connected and is disconnected from the computing device at the time of the request; determining one or more computing device attributes; sending the computing device attributes and the list of device drivers to the update service; receiving, from the update service, a device driver update set, wherein at least one driver in the update set is a driver for the disconnected device; installing the at least one driver for the disconnected device on the computing device; and configuring the at least one driver for the disconnected device to activate when the disconnected device is detected by the computing device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer-implemented method for managing device drivers comprising:
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receiving a request for device driver updates for one or more devices connectable to a computing device; receiving computing device configuration information for the computing device, the computing device configuration information including information regarding at least one device driver for a disconnected device, wherein the disconnected device comprises a device that was previously connected and is not connected to the computing device at the time of the request; comparing the computing device configuration information to stored driver information; retrieving a device driver update set including at least one updated device driver for the disconnected device; adding a new device driver to the update set, wherein the new device driver is for a new device that has not previously been connected to the computing device; and providing the update set to the computing device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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