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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2002
Kristofer Erik Metz, Meridian, ID (US);
Kristofer Erik Metz, Meridian, ID (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and arrangements enable the maintenance of driver settings when upgrading from an old driver having a first name to a new driver having a second different name. In certain described implementations, a driver upgrade is effectuated by first ascertaining driver settings for a peripheral and then upgrading a driver for the peripheral to an upgraded driver by replacing the former with the latter. After driver replacement, the driver settings for the peripheral are reestablished despite that the driver replacement entails changing driver names. Exemplary implementations may be directed to updating printer drivers in Microsoft Windows® operating system environments. Exemplary implementations may also include driver upgrading using an installation utility or driver upgrading using a new driver.