A driver, or hardware driver, is needed so that computer devices like the mouse, monitor or video card, can communicate with the operating system. The Windows operating system ships with a huge number of drivers, which means that some users do not have to install a single third party driver to get all of their [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Driver Sweeper 2.1 Completely Uninstall Drivers
Our last review of Driver Sweeper dates back to March where we reviewed version 1.5.5 of the system software (read: Device Driver Cleanup) that can be used to uninstall drivers completely from the operating system. The developer has been busy in the past months releasing several new versions of the system driver uninstaller. Driver Sweeper [...]
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Use Unsigned Drivers In Windows Vista And Windows 7
One of the security enhancements that Microsoft has added to Windows Vista and Windows 7 is the enforcement to only accept digitally signed drivers in 64-bit editions of those operating systems. The operating system would refuse to install and run a driver without digital signature. There are several points of view on the purpose of [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Computer Driver Updates
Many users never update their computer drivers after the initial setup. They are either unaware of the possibilities or do not see a reason to update the drivers. Many face the problem of not knowing how to update computer drivers on a system. The major problem for many is that there is no official way [...]