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Put the drivers on a USB drive and you can point Windows to it when prompted.

• perching_aix 2y ago
  Or I could buy a Macbook. Or I could get a machine that's preinstalled. Or I could just not reinstall. Or... Not the point man. It doesn't prompt you by the way.
  • p_ing 2y ago
    Yes, it does. I've been through that dance with Windows. And Windows has prompted for drivers since _at least_ Windows NT4. Yes, get a brand new $1k+ machine because you can't be arsed to grab an inf. If you have that money laying around, absolutely your choice of course. Here's some instructions for you: https://teamsbackground.net/how-to-install-network-drivers-during-windows-11-setup/ https://teamsbackground.net/how-to-install-network-drivers-d...
    • perching_aix 2y ago
      No, it doesn't - not at the post-install network check phase, which is where people will hit this issue unexpectedly. You have to pop a terminal and load the drivers that way, or for now, trigger the bypass. > Here's some instructions for you To clarify even more explicitly, I don't need your instructions or help. My point was to illustrate that this is unacceptable, not that I'm in need of IT help. I shouldn't need a second computer to download drivers to a USB drive, and I shouldn't need to know in advance that I'll need to do this, and I shouldn't need to be able to recall it during an unrelated part of the installation where the installer decides to grace me with a button to load drivers. This is nonsense. Even requiring network connectivity is plain nonsense in its own right.