How to configure the autounattend.xml file so that Windows will look for drivers

Which configuration pass inside the autounattend.xml answer file makes Windows look for the correct drivers eg. WIFI etc? I am looking to upgrade my answer file so that I won't have to inject the necessary driver files into my image.

A stereotypical problem is for example when I create the reference image inside a VM, and a laptop I buy comes with no OS, I will need Ethernet plugged into my laptop or else I won't have Internet on it. If I however look up the drivers the laptop uses for WIFI and inject them into the image pre-deployment, this issue will cease to exist

Does this make sense? Is the autounattend.xml file responsible for this? Can I modify it in a way I won't have to inject manually the drivers into the image file ?

You can run scripts with the RunSynchronousCommand section, so in theory you might be able to have the drivers on the USB, detect which drive letter is the USB and run a command to install them.

neemobeer said:

You can run scripts with the RunSynchronousCommand section, so in theory you might be able to have the drivers on the USB, detect which drive letter is the USB and run a command to install them.

RunSynchronousCommand (microsoft-windows-setup-runsynchronous-runsynchronouscommand)

RunSynchronousCommand (microsoft-windows-setup-runsynchronous-runsynchronouscommand)

learn.microsoft.com

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I meant I want windows to find and download device drivers necessary for the given model of hardware (laptop, desktop etc) via the Internet

Is this possible in the WinPE? During deployment that is.

Well you're still not guaranteed that the NIC driver will work, also I don't think WinPE has Windows updates, so it's probably not likely with Windows natively.