Update Drivers in Windows
Hardware manufacturers often update their drivers with new features or to adapt their hardware to new operating systems or new versions of important supporting software. These updates can speed your PC/Windows with a large amount. Most manufacturers do not notify you when they made such updates. They expect you to update these drivers by yourself. Below here is explained how you can do this.
Update Drivers In Windows
First try to automatically update the driver in Windows. There is an automatic service in Windows which you can use:- Click on the Start button in the bottom left corner of your screen
- Click on Control Panel, then click on Device Manager
- Double-click on the hardware component you want to update the drivers for
- In the window that opens click on the Drivers tab
- Click on the Update Driver... button and follow the instructions that follow
No Luck? Update Drivers Manually
Before you update your drivers you need to know the name of the hardware component model and the manufacturer of the hardware. Don't know the name(s)? Follow the instructions below to find it.
Method one:
- Click on the Start button in the bottom left corner of your screen
- Click on Control Panel, then click on Device Manager
- In the Device Manager window find the hardware component you want to know the name for
Method two:
- Find the documentation which was included when you bought your PC or hardware component
- Look up the name of the manufacturer and name of the hardware model you want to update
Method three:
- Open your PC (only do this if you know how to do it and if you're allowed to by the manufacturer!)
- Find the hardware component and look for the model and manufacturer's name.
Download the Driver(s)
Method one:- Visit your favorite search engine
- Type in the manufacturer's name and model name and add the keyword drivers
- If you find the official website of the manufacturer in the search results, click on the link
- If you don't find it, type in the manufacturer's name and the keyword drivers
- If you find the official website of the manufacturer in the search results, click on the link
- Find the download page for the drivers on the official website and download the drivers
Method two:
- Visit the official website address of the manufacturer (if you don't know, search it up in a search engine or search it up in the documentation which was included with the hardware)
- Find a link to the Driver or Downloads section of the website
- See last step of "Search on the Manufacturer and Model Name in a Search Engine"
Install and Update the Drivers
Method one:- When you've downloaded a driver install file, click on it to open it
- Open the download page of the manufacturer and follow the download instructions or follow the documentation files which are included with the download file. Install the drivers.
- If you don't find any instructions how to download the file. Just read the text in the installation screens and install the drivers yourself.