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How to rollback a device driver
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Thursday July 2, 2009
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Thursday July 2, 2009
A PC can connect to an unlimited number of devices. Printers, scanners, DVD players, TV cards, external hard drivers, and so much more. The link between a device and the computer is the
device driver
. Sometimes a device starts behaving strangely and one thing you can try to fix it is torollback its device driver
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Windows Media Show Notes
- In Windows Vista click on Start then on Control Panel.
- In Control Panel click on
- The
- In Windows XP right-click on My Computer and select Properties.
- In the dialog that opens click the Device tab.
- In XP and Visa select a device you want to rollback, like the DVD player.
- Click on the device and highlight it.
- Right-click and select Properties.
- Click on the Driver tab.
- If you have
- If not Windows will tell you there's no backup and ask if you want to run the troubleshooter.
- If a backup driver exists Windows will roll it back to the previous version.
- In Control Panel click on
Device Manager
and in Vista click Continue.- The
Device Manager
shows all of the devices connected to your computer.- In Windows XP right-click on My Computer and select Properties.
- In the dialog that opens click the Device tab.
- In XP and Visa select a device you want to rollback, like the DVD player.
- Click on the device and highlight it.
- Right-click and select Properties.
- Click on the Driver tab.
- If you have
updated drivers
you'll have the Rollback option available.- If not Windows will tell you there's no backup and ask if you want to run the troubleshooter.
- If a backup driver exists Windows will roll it back to the previous version.
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