Hardware drivers are software that govern the interactions between Windows and a hardware device. Device Manager provides a simple method of viewing and updating drivers for any device in the system. Windows 10 also supports driver signing, Which provides a method to verify that Microsoft has tested the designated device drivers for reliability.
What Is the Driver.cab File?
Drivers that ship with Windows 10 are stored on the installation CD in a single cabinet file called Driver.cab. Windows 10 Setup copies this file to the %systemroot%Driver Cachei386 folder on the local hard disk during installation. Windows uses this file during and after installation to install drivers when new hardware is detected. This process helps by ensuring that users do not have to provide the installation CD whenever drivers are installed. All drivers in the Driver.cab file are digitally signed.
How to Update Drivers in Windows 10?
It is important to keep device drivers updated for all devices in a system. Using up-to date drivers ensures optimum functionality and reduces the chance of an outdated device driver causing problems.
The Driver tab of a device’s Properties dialog box displays basic information about the device driver, such as the date of the driver and version number. You can also perform the following actions on the Driver tab:
View the names of the actual driver files by clicking the Driver Details button.
Update a device driver to a more recent version by clicking the Update Driver button. Windows prompts you for the location of the newer version of the driver. You can obtain new drivers from the device’s manufacturer. You can also use the Update Driver option to reinstall drivers for a device that has ceased to function correctly because of a driver problem. If updating the drivers does not successfully restore device functionality, consider removing the device by using Device Manager and then restarting the computer. If the device supports Plug and Play, Windows will recognize the device when the computer restans‘ Non-Plug and Play devices require manual reinstallation.
Revert to a previous version of a driver by clicking the Roll Back Driver button, This feature restores the last device driver that was functioning before the current driver was installed. Windows suppoxts driver rollback for all devices except printers. In addition, driver rollback is available only on devices that have had new drivers installed. When a driver is updated, the previous version is stored in the %systemroot°/osystem32 einstallbackups folder.
Remove the device from the computer by clicking the Uninstall button.
You should consider rolling back a driver when you are sure that a new driver is causing a problem and you do not want to affect other system configurations or drivers with a tool such as System Restore.
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UPDATE the device driver in windows 10
In the search box on the taskbar, write device manager, then select Device Manager.Select a category to see names of devices, then right-click (or press and hold) the one you’d like to update.
Select Search automatically for updated driver software.
Select Update Driver.
If Windows doesn't find a new driver, you can try looking for one on the device manufacturer's website and follow their instructions.also
To quickly update device drivers using Windows Update
- Open Settings.
- Click on Update & Security.
- Click on Windows Update.
- Click the Check for updates button.
How to Reinstall the device driver in windows 10
- In the search box on the taskbar, write device manager, select Device Manager.
- Right-click the name of the device, and select Uninstall.
- Restart your PC.
- Windows 10 will attempt to reinstall the driver
How to Configure and Monitor Driver Signing
Hardware drivers can often cause a computer running Windows 10 to become unstable or to fail entirely. Windows 10 implements driver signing as a method to reduce the likelihood of such problems. Driver signing allows Windows 10 to identify drivers that have passed all Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) tests, and have not been altered or overwritten by any program’s installation process.
To configure how the system responds to unsigned files, you can
Disable Device Driver Signing
Run Command Prompt as Administrator and execute the following command:bcdedit.exe /set nointegritychecks on
If you wish to enable this feature again, you need to execute the following command
bcdedit.exe /set nointegritychecks off
Because of the time that it takes for Microsoft to test device drivers before signing them, the most recent drivers available from a manufacturer are rarely signed. If you are managing a small number of computers, you are usually better off not worrying too much about driver signing and just using the most recent driver available from the manufacturer of a device because newer drivers are likely to have bug fixes and improvements that are worth having. Just make sure that you acquire the drivers directly from the vendor.
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