Microsoft® Windows® Desktop Deployment Resource Kit

Adding Third-Party Drivers

The most common reason for customizing an $OEM$ folder is adding third-party device drivers to the Windows XP Professional source files. If you’re using recently released hardware, chances are good that Windows XP Professional doesn’t ship with all of the device drivers needed to properly configure the computer. Don’t deploy a configuration that doesn’t work on the hardware configurations in your enterprise. First, in locked-down environments, users won’t be able to install device drivers. Second, configurations that don’t work properly out-of-the-box have a severely detrimental effect on users’ satisfaction. Adding third-party device drivers is too easy to let it slip.

First, you must identify the device drivers that ...