where does win2k/xp store its drivers

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• Nov 25, 2003

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so where do they put them? cuz i need to get one of the network adapter drivers off of 2k and bring it to an xp system but cant figure out where it puts them

 

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the easiest way to do this is to download a driver for your network adapter and install it in winxp environment.

if you want to copy thing, you need to look for a inf file for your network adapter because this file will show where the files are copied to

 

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C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers

On NT machines.

 

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%SystemRoot%/inf
%SystemRoot%/system32/drivers
2k and XP drivers aren't always interchangeable

 

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• Nov 27, 2003

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hmmm... it would seem to me that the drivers for 2k would already be included with xp and the add hardware wizard would find them. is that not the case?

 

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i have a friend and when he goes into add network adapter the only manufacturers that show up is Microsoft but on my 2k machine ( he has XP) it lists a whole lot of them