Systems and methods for driver installation

A system for installing a device driver on a host device using an operating system installation utility, comprising:

• means for consulting an installation instructions file of a driver package;
• means for installing the device driver;
• and
• means for activating a auxiliary component installer of the driver package, the auxiliary component installer being configured to install auxiliary code on the host device that provides functionality not provided by the device driver.

A system for installing a device driver on a host device, comprising:

• an operating system installation utility configured to install device drivers on the host device;
• and
• a driver package, the driver package including:
• an installation instructions file that contains instructions for the operating system installation utility that dictate how the driver package is to be installed,
• a device driver that includes code used to access and control a peripheral device,
• a auxiliary component installer that comprises executable functions that can be called by the operating system installation utility to complete low-level tasks associated with installing auxiliary code, and
• auxiliary code that provides functionality not provided by the device driver.

A driver package stored on a computer-readable medium, the driver package comprising:

• a device driver;
• auxiliary code that provides functionality not provided by the device driver;
• and
• logic configured to install the auxiliary code on a host device.