Update Drivers in Windows

You might need to perform a driver update in Windows for all kinds of reasons. Usually, a driver update is used as a solution to an issue with how Windows works with a piece of hardware. Updating a driver can also enable new or updated features for the hardware.

Drivers are updated in Windows by using a driver update wizard from within Device Manager..

The driver update wizard walks you through the entire driver update process, making updating drivers a fairly painless task.

Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP all have slightly different processes for completing driver updates:


Updating a hardware device's driver is usually the first troubleshooting step to any hardware issue in Windows. In particular, a simple driver update will correct many of the popular Device Manager error.


About.com - Sat 6/6/2009