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How to update a driver in Windows

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Friday November 27, 2009

Drivers tell your operating system how to interact with and address hardware like printers, scanners, DVD drives, video cards and, well, just about everything. Nearly all the devices that work with your computer use a driver to let the operating system know how to talk to it. Driver updates often fix problems and can sometimes speed up your computer and the devices it uses or even unlock new functionality.

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- Click on Start and then on Control Panel.

- In Control Panel double-click on Device Manager.

- In Device Manager you'll see a list of all the components on your computer.

- Click on the device, like a CD-ROM, where you want to update the driver.

- Highlight the name of the device.

- Right-click and select Update Driver Software.

- Now you'll be prompted to either Search your computer and the Internet, or to look on your computer. The first option is the best.

- Windows will now look to see if there is a newer driver for your device.

- If there is it will install it and if not it will tell you so.

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