thank you

Can you tell us please, why you need this?

--PA

i want to have a driver installed (so the new hardware windows won't
pop up) but when i install it to be disabled (and when the user (and
only if) will want it he will enable it manually)

So you want the driver to be preinstalled so that when the user plugs in the
device, he doesn't get the popup to install the driver, and at the same
time you want the device to come up as disabled so that he can go to the
device manager and enable it manually if needed. Is that right? Never come
across this kind of requirement before. Why does the user plug the device in
the first place if he doesn't want to use? Even if he keeps the device
plugged-in, is it going to cause any harm to the system?

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-Eliyas
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