Enable windows update for device driver search?

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Hello, I know that windows update does not work with XPe, but for some
reason there are a number of devices that are labelled as "unknown
device" in device manager. I was wondering if there is a way that when
i try to update the driver for the unknown devices, that it could
search windows update for a matching driver?

I ask this because apparently the devices.pmq file that i got from
ta.exe that ran on the target machine did not find everything (i
guess). Would it be any better to run tap.exe on a built image of XPe
running on the target machine, or is that redundant?

My main problem is I'm trying to get a touchscreen working/detected in
XPe, I have the drivers (no setup.exe), but nothing seems to work.

thanks in advance
 
The tact i would take is to fix the configuration in Target Designer.

Try this -
From the desktop of the runtime that shows all the unknown devices, run
TAP.exe. That new PMQ will list the unknown devices, but it will also have
the vendev IDs for those devices!

Then try importing that PMQ into Component Designer and look at the
resulting device components that were detected. This will help you identify
true hardware components that your BIOS failed to report to TA.exe. Some or
all of these you probably want to manually add to your configuration in TD.

Note, i said 'true hardware'. If you're audio is hosed then this trick will
not work because you will still be missing some of the software enumerated
devices that form the audio stack. However, the good news is that there's a
tip article to help you identify them and add to your config (components
like 'Kernel Streaming User Mode Support', yes this is a software enumerated
device that PnP in the ENUM branch with the hardware):
http://msdn.microsoft.com/embedded/community/community/tips/xp/compo/default.aspx
 
The best I can do is run tap.exe from my XPe build running on the
target machine. Importing that resulting devices.pmq into Target
Designer does give me a little more information into what some of the
unknown devices are, but Target Designer was still unable to find
drivers for them.

One of the three has to do with a storage volume (not concerned about)
and the other has to do with the modem (not concerned about at the
moment either). The third one just says "Could not find a driver for
Hardware Device: SERENUM\I0316 (SERENUM\I0316)."

Is there any way of finding out specifically what this device is using
that or other information? Or particularly if it has to do with the
touchscreen?
 
I can't find anything on the net related to I0316 or especially a serial
device close to that. Please look on the XPe runtime's setupapi.log in the
Windows folder for more information about this device. Surely there must be
some more information at hand to locate drivers on the net.

Do you know the make/model of this device's motherboard and peripherals to
check out that manufacturer's site?
 
Forgot to add: I attempted to contact the manufacturer of the
touchscreen controller, and they basically told me to ask my device
manufacturer for drivers (which Gateway hasn't returned my email about
an XP driver).
 
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