SYSPREP Windows 8.1 Update 1 x64 - Drivers

Hi,

I currently have a problem with the automated install of the drivers with SYSPREP of Windows 8.1 x64.

I have a collection of drivers in  c:\Drivers subfolders containing all the machine specific drivers.  Unfortunately, with Windows 8, it does not seems to install the drivers the same way as Windows 7.

The trick i used with Windows 7 to get the drivers to install...

add "C:\Drivers;%SystemRoot%\inf"  to the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DevicePath when syspreping the image.

The following entry in the unattend.xml file do not seem to be working :(

<component name="Microsoft-Windows-PnpCustomizationsNonWinPE" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <DriverPaths>
                <PathAndCredentials wcm:action="add" wcm:keyValue="1">
                    <Path>C:\Drivers</Path>
                </PathAndCredentials>
            </DriverPaths>
</component>

Unfortunately all my tricks are not working anymore with this version of Windows :(.  i also tried modifying the DevicePath key in the Wow6432Node instead... still no luck...

(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DevicePath)

Any idea how to get Windows 8 to install my drivers ?

Note that i don't use MDT or SCCM,

i used WSIM to create/validate the unattend.xml file.  So everything is fine there...

April 7th, 2015 2:08pm
Just letting you know guys that someone helped me on another forum to get the drivers to install.  Here's the answer, if it can help others :
DpInst Method

Basically using the DPInst.exe (provided in the Windows Drivers Kit )and DPInst.xml file i was able to call DPInst within the Specialize phase asking it to install all drivers from a specified drivers folder ex. C:\Drivers
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April 9th, 2015 5:40pm
Just letting you know guys that someone helped me on another forum to get the drivers to install.  Here's the answer, if it can help others :
DpInst Method

Basically using the DPInst.exe (provided in the Windows Drivers Kit )and DPInst.xml file i was able to call DPInst within the Specialize phase asking it to install all drivers from a specified drivers folder ex. C:\Drivers
April 9th, 2015 9:39pm

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