http://blogs.technet.com/backroom/archive/2007/02/07/is-windows-vista-wiping-out-their-out-of-box-drivers-here-s-how-you-preserve-it.aspxIn your autounattend.xml, add the Microsoft-Windows-PnpSysprep component. Set the PersistAllDeviceInstalls value to True . Here are the details. PersistAllDeviceInstalls PersistAllDeviceInstalls indicates whether all Plug and Play devices will be uninstalleden-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)