Choosing the correct configuration pass to install pnp drivers

Question

Hi, Which configuration pass should be the best option for the following scenario? Windows 10 /11 image with a combined driver store. The driver store contains drivers for multiple device types /models.
The requirement is to "ignore" the drivers for the devices that are NOT present to avoid the driver conflict or having a blue screen etc.

The PnpSysprep properties are configured as:

So please advise which configuration pass should be the best choice for the scenarios where it has all drivers but ignores if devices are not present.

Answer 1

Hi,

To install PnP drivers, you can use the Microsoft-Windows-PnpCustomizationsNonWinPE component in an answer file. The PnpSysprep properties are used to specify the settings for the Plug and Play (PnP) device installation process.

To ignore drivers for devices that are not present, you can use the PnpSysprep configuration pass. Specifically, you can use the PersistAllDeviceInstalls setting to ensure that all devices are installed during the specialize configuration pass, but only drivers for devices that are present are persisted to the system.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions.