Patent ID: 8640039

Claim:
An information processing apparatus that includes a customization application for customizing a device driver, the apparatus comprising: a processor coupled to a memory, the processor and the memory cooperating to function to: designate a device driver to be customized; cause displaying of a user interface, which includes a plurality of setting items of the device driver, by executing a user interface program of the device driver under control of the customization application, wherein setting values of the plurality of setting items are customizable; specify that a setting item for which a setting value is customized via the user interface is unadjustable once the device driver is installed or launched; and create an installation set of the device driver, the installation set including a file in which the customized setting value is described, wherein the device driver loads the file in which the customized setting value is described upon an installation or a launch, such that the setting item for which the setting value is customized via the user interface is fixed to the customized setting value and is unadjustable once the device driver is installed or launched in accordance with a specified specification.