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The driver is special program, which connects the hardware and software parts of the computer. Therefore, without them, the system simply will not work, or it will not work correctly. In this article I will tell you several ways in which you can install drivers for Windows 8.

First, move your mouse cursor to the right top corner to bring up the pop-up sidebar and select Options from it.

In the control panel, go to "Device Manager".

Automatic search

In the list, find the device opposite which there is or Exclamation point, like mine, or a yellow question mark. Expand it by clicking on the arrow on the left.

If the drivers for devices from the list are not installed, they will have a yellow exclamation mark next to them. Click on one of the devices and select the "Update ..." item from the context menu.

The operating system will search for suitable ones on the computer or on the Internet, and install them. Wait for the installation process to complete.

Manual installation

To do this, right-click on the device and open "Properties".

In the properties window, go to the "Details" tab and select from the drop-down list "Equipment ID"... In the "Value" field, select one of the items, right-click on it and click "Copy".

Now enter devid.info into the address bar of your browser - you can download drivers on this site. Paste the copied string into the search bar and click "Search".

In the next window, specify the operating room Windows system 8, a list of available drivers for your device will open. To download them, click on the floppy disk.

Confirm that you are not a robot and click on the link below.

Find the downloaded file in the Downloads folder on your computer.

Further on system disk, I created a folder where all manually created drivers will be stored - "instal_drive". In it, create any empty folder - "new", and unpack the downloaded driver into it.

Now we return to the device manager again, right-click on the device for which we will install drivers and select "Update ..." from the context menu.

In the next window, click on the item "Search for drivers on this computer".

In the next window, click on the "Next" button.

Select item "Have Disk".

After that, the driver will be successfully installed on your computer or laptop.

Download from the official site

To do this, you need to go to the official website of the manufacturer of your computer or laptop. Enter in search bar browser model of the device, and in the same place you can add the word driver. Then go to the official website.

The "Drivers & Tools" page immediately opened for me. Here you need to select the installed operating system and select from the list the device for which you want to download the driver.

By device instance code

Finding the required drivers by the device instance code is another option.

To do this, in the device manager, right-click again on the device for which we will look for a driver, and select "Properties" from the list. In the properties window, go to the "Information" tab and select from the drop-down list "Equipment ID"... Here, pay attention to the underlined numbers in the figure opposite the words VEN and DEV.

Then go to the website www.pcidatabase.com. Here in the field "Vendor Search" enter the numbers opposite VEN, in the field "Device Search" - opposite DEV, then click "Search".

In a new window, in the "Chip Description" field, the full name of your device will be written, in the "Vendor Name" field - its manufacturer.

Manual download and update procedure:

This Windows 8 built-in driver must be included with the Windows® operating system or be available for download from the Center Windows updates® (Windows® Update). The built-in driver supports the basic functions of your Windows 8 hardware.

To perform automatic download and update:

Recommendation: Beginners Windows users It is highly recommended that you download a driver update tool like DriverDoc to get updates Windows drivers eight . DriverDoc is a utility that automatically downloads and updates Windows 8 drivers to ensure that the correct driver is installed for your operating system.

With over 2,150,000 drivers (updated daily), DriverDoc ensures that all drivers for your computer are always up to date!

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Windows 8 Update FAQ

What do Windows 8 device drivers do?

Drivers are essentially small software applications that allow your device's Windows 8 to "interact" with the operating system, and are essential to the functionality of the hardware.

What operating systems are compatible with Windows 8 drivers?

Windows supports drivers for Windows 8 hardware.

How do I update Windows 8 drivers?

Manual driver updates for Windows 8 hardware can be done through Device Manager, while automatic updates can be completed with a driver update software.

What are the benefits and risks of updating Windows 8 drivers?

Updating your drivers will improve your PC's performance, unlock hardware features, and fix any incompatibilities. Risks of Installng the wrong Windows 8 drivers include software crashes, loss of features, PC freezes, and system instability.

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No matter what you do in your Windows 8.1 OS, you cannot do without drivers, pieces of code that interpret signals between your computer and internal and external hardware.

However, drivers can cause problems, so it's worth talking about the process of installing, managing, and restoring untrusted drivers.

Device Manager in Windows 8.1 has not changed compared to earlier versions of the operating system. And, as always, it contains some usually hidden, extremely useful tools.

Device Manager.

By default, a hierarchical view of all connected and installed computer devices is displayed here, grouped into drop-down sections. If there are any devices that have not been installed properly, have been misconfigured, or disabled, they are highlighted in the list with a small yellow triangle warnings. If the device is not working properly, it may also have a warning icon.

There are other useful views in Device Manager that can show you all kinds of additional information about the computer. The Device Manager View menu offers several options for this. Resource View - Provides information about I / O ports, and interrupt requests (IRQs). Cycles of information exchange with the processor. If you are experiencing hardware problems, this view will help you determine if too many devices are communicating with the processor at the same time.

Resource view in Device Manager.

Attention... What types of hardware problems can you resolve with Device Manager? The most common are defective or incompatible drivers. Moreover, you can get them from any source, both by direct download from the Internet, and through Windows Update.

Also, you can use custom views and see if conflicting drivers are trying to use the same Windows resources at the same time. This problem is quite rare and is always caused by dirty-coded drivers. Another rare problem is a driver unintentionally installed windows twice. Interactively on Windows, viewing the driver path, such as viewing IRQ requests, will help you see if duplicate driver instances have been loaded. A restart will usually fix this problem.

Here you can also view the hidden devices of your computer. These are usually Windows system drivers and have no specific relationship to a piece of hardware. However, some hardware can also set hidden devices, and you shouldn't hurt to check if that hardware is causing the problem.

Show hidden devices.

If you want to install the driver for a piece of non-visible hardware, select the Update Hardware Configuration option from the Device Manager action menu. You can then do whatever you want to do with the hardware drivers, including installing, uninstalling, and updating them. The following sections describe how to do this.

Installing Drivers

Windows 8.1 usually detects new hardware by itself and tries to install drivers for them. If the hardware is new, ie released after the operating system was released, the required driver may not be available. In this case, right-click on the driver and select update drivers.

Manual driver update.

You will then be asked if you want Windows to search for drivers automatically or if you want to install the drivers manually. For hardware that Windows 8.1 has already failed to install correctly, select search for drivers on this computer.

Device Driver Wizard.

Here you have two options.

• Commit automatic search new drivers in the preconfigured driver kits that come with Windows 8.1. If you have an active Internet connection, the search also occurs in Windows Update. And also on any optical or connected to USB disk your computer.
• Searching this computer provides additional control. Here you can specify the location (s) of the drivers on your hard drives, storage devices or optical discs manually. And also you can specify the location on the attached hard drive, flash memory card, or network location. You can choose drivers from a very long list that comes with Windows 8.1.

Manual selection of drivers.

If you select the option to locate the driver on your computer, Windows will try to identify the hardware. Further, if you know where you are located required drivers, select the option you want from the list and point Windows 8.1 to the correct driver.

Search for compatible hardware.

If you do not see your hardware in the list, uncheck the Show Compatible Hardware checkbox. You will be presented with a long list of hardware from different manufacturers... These are the drivers that ship with Windows 8.1, and if you find your hardware in this list, select the manufacturer and product name that matches the hardware you are trying to install.

Select from default drivers.

Removing and restoring drivers

Sometimes device drivers cause problems and need to be removed or reinstalled. When you uninstall most (but not all) of the hardware on your computer, you are presented with the option to completely uninstall the drivers for that device as well.

"Since I'm not going to delete the video card, the next picture is taken from the Internet."

Removing device drivers.

Checking this option will completely remove these drivers from your PC. This may prevent automatic reinstalling Windows erroneous driver. If you need to repair a driver, you can now reinstall it using Windows Update or from another source, such as the original disc supplied with this hardware.

Alternatively, if an updated device driver misbehaves, you can rollback it to previous version driver. This is done in the properties window of the device driver.

Prompt. You can disable unused or problematic hardware by right-clicking on it and selecting disable.

Working with drivers

As mentioned above, in addition to removing the drivers, you can roll back the driver to the earlier installed version(if it was updated through a service such as Windows Update) by right-clicking on it and selecting its properties.

And, if, there are more early version driver, the button to return to the previous driver is also available.

Revert to the previous version of the driver.

The driver properties dialog provides a lot of information about it, but here, you cannot change anything. A common tab provides you with information about the correct operation of the driver.