How to Install or Update Drivers on Windows 7 | 8

[HappyAndyK]

Nice tips from Capt.Jack's blog on how to find the right drivers

Do’s and Don’ts:

1, Always before removing the Driver find the drivers and download it and keep it ready.

2, Disconnect from Internet once you download the driver so Windows won’t try to download the drivers for you.

3, Please don’t use Windows Update to download the drivers because Windows also won’t find the latest and greatest drivers so that can even crash your System or the root cause might be the drivers from Windows Update.

4, As I mentioned in nVidia Driver cleanup turn off Automatic Driver installation on Window 7 check this link for instructions Drivers – Turn Off Automatic Driver Installation

5, Never ever never use third party application to find Drivers for you I don’t see any point in using them just that you need to do a little extra work find the drivers and download it from trusted location. Well it’s my opinion.

Full read at Captaindbg.com.

These links may also interest you:

• List of Windows 7 Drivers
• Let Windows 7 download latest Drivers and Realistic Icons for your Devices automatically
• How to backup & restore Drivers in Windows 7 & Vista
• How to Find Windows 7 Drivers for Microsoft Hardware
• How to remove old & unused device drivers in Windows 7.

[japp]

Thought I knew it all, but the Capt. had a trick or two I didn't know of