Device drivers are the essential glue that holds the entire computing environment together and keep your computer run smoothly and efficiently. It is nothing but a software package that gets obsolete with a change of hardware or software component. Besides hardware components attached to your PC, upgrading networking components of your operating system and certain applications software, as mentioned by the tech support experts, can also cause problem with device driver. So, computer support professionals always suggest user to upgrade their device driver at a periodic interval. You will be assured to hear that your device driver can be updated automatically.
Your system will show errors in normal operations like network accessing, printing, faxing, or simply connecting your system to wireless network when device driver obsoletes. So, if a device just stops working the normal way, check your device driver. If you are using Windows Vista or 7, just go to start menu and click on Device Manager. But if you are in XP, go to control panel from Start window and click on Performance and Maintenance where you will find the System icon. Click on it and then on Hardware tab and so you will get the Device Manager option.
Now if there is a problem with any of the system devices, there will be an exclamation mark next to its icon. You can ask your online computer support vendor to help you fix the device error who will help you examine and work to resolve the issue accordingly.