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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2002
Applicants:
Karamadai Srinivasan, Rocklin, CA (US);
Rajpal Gill, Rocklin, CA (US);
Thomas M. Tripp, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Inventors:
Karamadai Srinivasan, Rocklin, CA (US);
Rajpal Gill, Rocklin, CA (US);
Thomas M. Tripp, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for diagnosing and repairing hardware and software problems relating to computer peripheral devices and their software drivers. The method and apparatus enumerate the devices, identify devices having errors, detect replacement software drivers and then un-install possibly defective software drivers so that they may be replaced automatically by the operating system, run hardware tests and attempt repairs on hardware devices.