Scenario 6: Vendor -supplied media is available

The steps for this scenario depend upon whether you begin by installing software supplied by the device vendor or by connecting the device to your system. In both Windows Vista and Windows 7, if you begin by inserting the vendor-supplied media for the device into your CD/DVD-ROM drive, you are typically presented with an elevation prompt before the installation can continue. Once your vendor-supplied software has been installed, you connect your device and the steps follow as described in Scenario 1.

In Windows Vista, if you begin by connecting the device to your computer, the following steps must be performed to complete the device installation:

1. The user connects the device to the computer.
2. A balloon notification appears, saying "Installing device driver software, click here for status."
3. A Found New Hardware dialog box is displayed, indicating that Windows Needs To Install Driver Software For Your Unknown Device.
4. The user selects the Locate And Install Driver Software (Recommended) option from this dialog box and accepts the elevation prompt to search the driver path for a suitable driver.
5. The Found New Hardware wizard appears with the message "Insert the disk that came with your <name of device>."
6. The user inserts the vendor-supplied media for the device into the CD/DVD-ROM drive.
7. The user selects Next in the Found New Hardware wizard. Windows searches the media for a compatible driver, finds one, installs the driver, and displays the message "The software for this device has been successfully installed." However, because the Setup. exe program on the vendor-supplied media was not run in this scenario, any software provided by the vendor in addition to the device driver will not be installed. This may mean that the full functionality of the device may not be available to the user.

In Windows 7, if you begin by connecting the device to your computer, the following steps must be performed to complete the device installation:

1. The user connects the device to the computer.
2. A balloon notification appears, saying "Installing device driver software, click here for status."
3. The balloon notification message is replaced with another, saying "Your devices are ready to use, device driver software successfully installed."
4. The user inserts the vendor-supplied media for the device into the CD/DVD-ROM drive and responds to the elevation prompt that appears.
5. Once the vendor-supplied software for the device has been installed, the device is ready to use with its full functionality.