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* Signed drivers are required for usage of PUMA, PAP (Protected Audio Path), and PVP-OPM subsystems.
* Driver packages that are used to install driver software are copied in their entirety into a "Driver Store", which is a repository of driver packages. This ensures that drivers that need to be repaired or reinstalled won't need to ask for source media to get "fresh" files. The Driver Store can also be preloaded with drivers by an OEM or IT administrator to ensure that commonly used devices (e.g. external peripherals shipped with a computer system, corporate printers) can be installed immediately. Adding, removing and viewing drivers from the "Driver Store" is done using {{mono|PnPUtil.exe}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937793 |title=The staging and the installation of driver packages by using the PnP Utility (Pnputil.exe) in Windows Vista |access-date=2007-10-27 |archive-date=2009-07-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090722095346/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937793 |url-status=live }}</ref> A new setting in [[Device Manager]] allows deleting the drivers from the Driver Store when uninstalling the hardware.
* Since Windows Vista, there has a "delete the driver software for this device" clickbox in confirmation dialog when uninstalling a hardware device in Device Manager.
* Support for [[Windows Error Reporting]]; information on an "unknown device" is reported to Microsoft when a driver cannot be found on the system, via Windows Update, or supplied by the user. OEMs can hook into this system to provide information that can be returned to the user, such as a formal statement of non-support of a device for Windows Vista, or a link to a web site with support information, drivers, etc.
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