System and method to update operating system services
An information handling system includes a driver and a service. The driver is configured to determine if an operating system is not a restricted operating system, determine if corresponding service is present in response to determining the operating system is not a restricted operating system, and shut down the driver in response to determining the corresponding service is present. The service is configured to determine if a corresponding driver is present, and disable the corresponding driver in response to determining the corresponding driver is present.
1. An information handling system comprising:
an application configured to:
provide a user interface for configuring a subsystem of the information handling system; and
communicate with a service component to make changes to the operation of the underlying hardware;
a driver being a basic version of the service component and configured to:
determine if an operating system is not a restricted version of an operating system, the restricted version characterized by limits on the types of drivers and types of application that can be installed that are not present on other versions of the operating system;
determine if a corresponding service is present in response to determining the operating system is not a restricted operating system, the service being a pro version of the service component; and
shut down the driver in response to determining the corresponding service is present; and
a service configured to:
determine if a corresponding driver is present; and
disable the corresponding driver in response to determining the corresponding driver is present.
2. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the driver is deployed via an operating system driver update mechanism.
3. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the service is deployed via an update service.
4. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein during a shutdown procedure the service is further configured to:
disable a main driver;
uninstall the driver; and
enable the main driver.
5. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the driver is further configured to download and install the service in response to determining the corresponding service is not present.
6. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the driver is a universal driver extension.
7. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the driver has a reduced feature set compared to the service.
8. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the service is further configured to set an indicator when it is installed, and the driver is configured to determine if corresponding service is present by checking the indicator.
9. A method comprising:
determining, by a driver, that an operating system is a non-restricted version of the operating system and a service is not installed, the driver being a basic version of a service component providing a set of functions for a restricted version of the operating system, the restricted version characterized by limits on the types of drivers and types of application that can be installed that are not present on other versions of the operating system, the service being a pro version of the service component and providing analogous functions and additional functions for a non-restricted version of the operating system, a software for configuring a subsystem including the service component and a user interface component;
downloading and installing the service in response to determining that the service is not installed;
detecting the service is installed by the driver and shutting down the driver to avoid conflicts with the service;
disabling the driver by the service when the driver is present;
providing a user interface for configuring a subsystem of the information handling system; and
communicating with a service component to make changes to the operation of the underlying hardware.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the driver is a driver package with a reduced feature set compared to the service.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the driver is a universal driver extension.
12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the service further includes instructions for execution during a shutdown process of an information handling system that cause a processor to:
disabling disable a main driver;
uninstalling uninstall the driver; and
enabling enable the main driver.
13. The method of claim 9 , further comprising setting an indicator when installing the service, and wherein determining the service is not installed includes checking the indicator.
14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the downloading and installing the service includes invoking an on-demand update by an update service.