Patent ID: 7890949

Claim:
A driver software installing system, comprising: a computer that includes a memory, the computer being communicatively connected to an electronic device; an installation system that performs installation of driver software in the computer in accordance with a procedure of an operating system of the computer, the driver software enabling the computer to control the electronic device connected to the computer; and a setup system that performs setup of the driver software that is installed in the computer by the installation system, the setup system including: an instructing module that instructs the installation system to generate identification information for identifying the driver software when the installation of the driving software is performed, the installation system being configured to generate and store the identification information in an area of the memory based on the instruction of the instructing module, the area of the memory being occupied by the installed driver software; an identifying module that identifies the installed driver software by searching the area of the memory occupied by the installed driver software and determines whether the installed driver software is to be set up or not by judging whether the area of the memory occupied by the identified installed driver software includes data indicating that the identified installed driver software is to be set up; and a setup module that performs setup operation for the installed driver software that is identified and determined, by the identifying module, to be set up.