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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2000
Tom Dodson, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An automatic installation program runs on a computer. The automatic installation program includes a system evaluator and a driver evaluator. The system evaluator evaluates the hardware configuration of the computer. The driver evaluator determines the drivers installed on the computer. The installation program assembles a stack from the hardware configuration, and compares the stack with a valid package matrix. If a match is found, the installation program then compares the drivers in the matched stack with the drivers installed on the computer to determine which drivers need to be installed and which drivers need to be updated. The installation program connects to a driver source location, and installs and updates the drivers as needed.