Device Installation
The installation of device drivers during the initial start-up is completely automated: all recognized devices are installed without user interaction, and an Assistant window for other devices surfaces only after a second round of device enumeration occurs. This makes sense, as it permits even USB input devices such as keyboards and mice to be recognized immediately. Those who've booted from a system disk on a new motherboard already know about this problem - namely, that Windows XP requires numerous scans and hardware resets until it completely recognizes all USB devices and permits input from a USB keyboard. This problem is gone in Windows Vista. Given the incredibly widespread use of USB, this improvement is long overdue.
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