Patent ID: 7546597
Filing Date: 2009-06-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of displaying a progression of installation for a data processing apparatus having an interface to which a peripheral composed of a plurality of devices is connected, the data processing apparatus operating on an operating system provided with a first device data storage, an installer that installs device drivers corresponding to the plurality of devices by detecting the plurality of devices implemented in the peripheral, obtaining device drivers corresponding to the plurality of devices and storing device data regarding the plurality of devices in the first device data storage, and a second device data storage that stores, in advance, target device data regarding all target devices which correspond to the device drivers to be installed in the operating system by the installer, the method comprising the steps of: monitoring a progression of installation of device drivers executed by the installer; recognizing a total number of target devices of which device drivers are to be installed by the installer in accordance with the target device data stored in the second device data storage; and displaying simultaneously the progression of the installation of all the device drivers based on a result of the monitoring step and with the total number of the target devices recognized in the recognizing step.