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What are the best tools or methods to find device drivers for Windows?

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If you need to troubleshoot a device problem, update a driver, or install a new hardware component on your Windows PC, you need to know how to identify and locate the devices on your system.

Learn how to use some built-in tools and methods to find device information, drivers, and settings on Windows 10, 8, and 7.

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1 Device Manager

Device Manager is a graphical tool that shows you all the devices connected to your PC and their status, properties, and drivers. You can access Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager, or by typing devmgmt.msc in the Run dialog box. Device Manager lets you view, enable, disable, update, uninstall, and scan for hardware changes. You can also check for device errors, conflicts, and resources by double-clicking a device and opening its Properties window.

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2 Device and Printers

Device and Printers is another graphical tool that shows you the devices and printers attached to your PC, as well as some system devices and settings. You can access Device and Printers by clicking the Start menu and typing Devices and Printers, or by opening the Control Panel and selecting Devices and Printers. Device and Printers lets you add, remove, and configure devices and printers, as well as change their icons, names, and default settings.

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3 Command Prompt

Command Prompt is a text-based tool that lets you execute commands and scripts to perform various tasks on your PC. You can access Command Prompt by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Command Prompt, or by typing cmd in the Run dialog box. Command Prompt lets you use some commands to find device information, such as wmic, driverquery, and pnputil. For example, you can type wmic baseboard get product,manufacturer,version,serialnumber to get the motherboard information, or driverquery /v to get the driver details.

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4 PowerShell

PowerShell is another text-based tool that lets you execute commands and scripts to perform various tasks on your PC. You can access PowerShell by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Windows PowerShell, or by typing powershell in the Run dialog box. PowerShell lets you use some cmdlets to find device information, such as Get-WmiObject, Get-PnpDevice, and Get-WindowsDriver. For example, you can type Get-WmiObject win32\_diskdrive to get the disk drive information, or Get-PnpDevice -Class Display to get the display device information.

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5 System Information

System Information is a graphical tool that shows you a comprehensive summary of your system configuration, components, and resources. You can access System Information by clicking the Start menu and typing System Information, or by typing msinfo32 in the Run dialog box. System Information lets you view, save, and print the system information, as well as export it to other formats. You can also use the Find feature to search for specific items in the system information.

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6 Device Installation Settings

Device Installation Settings is a graphical tool that lets you control how Windows installs and updates device drivers. You can access Device Installation Settings by clicking the Start menu and typing Change device installation settings, or by opening the Control Panel and selecting System and Security, then System, then Advanced system settings, then Hardware, then Device Installation Settings. Device Installation Settings lets you choose whether to automatically download and install drivers from Windows Update, or to ask you before doing so.

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