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Getting windows to recognise drivers

Hey guys,

I am working on a project that requires a bit of hardware to be plugged in via USB.

It is in the spec that it is too hard for the end users (bless them) to install drivers manually. So I would like my program, setup or an install script that either installs these automatically, or puts them in a directory/list somewhere so that Windows 7 will find them when the hardware is plugged in..

The driver files I have been given are:

2 *.dll's
1 *.INF
1 *.PNF
1 *.SYS

Is there anyway I can make the driver installation more seamless, without the user having to choose "have disk" and navigating to the files? I have absolutely no idea where to start so even a point in the right direction would be handy.

Regards,

~ Dan

P.S. XP compatibility would be handy too.

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