Patent ID: 7958275

Claim:
An information processing apparatus which can have network communication means and in which an OS for detecting a network device via the network communication means and automatically installing a corresponding device driver is installed, comprising: input means for inputting identification information for temporarily recognizing a network device whose device driver is to be installed; determination means for, when a network entry message issued from a network device on a network is received via the network communication means, determining whether identification information which matches the identification information input by said input means is described in the network entry message; and control means for, when said determination means determines that the identification information which matches the identification information input by said input means is not described in the network entry message, controlling to block notification of the network entry message to the OS, and when said determination means determines that the identification information which matches the identification information input by said input means is described in the network entry message, controlling to notify the OS of the network entry message, wherein the identification information described in the network entry message is input in advance via an operation panel of the network device, and wherein the input identification information is provided to a module, in the network device, controlling to issue the network entry message.