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Managing Hardware
Devices and Drivers
(70-290)

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Lesson 1: Installing Hardware Devices and

Drivers
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Devices and Drivers

Using Device Manager

Users, Administrators and Device Installation

Driver Signing Options

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Devices and Drivers

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A device driver:
Is a program that allows a specific device to communicate with
the operating system
Is loaded automatically when a computer is started

Before Windows can use an attached device, the appropriate

device driver must be installed

Use Device Manager to:

Identify, install, and update device drivers
Roll back to the previous version of a device driver
Disable, enable, and uninstall devices

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Device Driver Properties

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Device driver
property

Description

Driver Name

Name of the driver file and its location, such as

C:\Windows\System32\drivers\e100b325.sys

Driver Provider

Name of the company that provided the driver

to Microsoft, such as Intel

Driver Date

Date that the driver was written, such as

7/1/2001

Driver Version

Version number of the driver, such as 5.41.22.0

Digital Signer

Name of the entity that tested and verified the

driver to be working properly, such as

Microsoft Windows XP Publisher

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Using Device Manager

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Device Manager provides a view, similar to Windows Explorer,

of the hardware that is installed on your computer.

You can use Device Manager to update the drivers for

hardware devices and modify settings related to devices.

Device Manager is accessible through the Control Panel by

selecting System, the Hardware tab on the Systems Properties
dialog box, and then Device Manager to access the Device
Manager Properties page, or as part of the Computer
Management console, accessible from Administrative Tools.
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Driverquery Command-Line Utility

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Driverquery is a command-line utility to display the list of

device drivers on local as well as remote systems.

Driverquery Parameters
/S System
/U domain\user
/P password
/FO format { TABLE | LIST | CSV }
/NH
/V
/SI
/?
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Driver Signing Options

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Digital signature indicates that the device driver meets a certain

level of testing and that it has not been altered by another
programs installation process

Use signed device drivers to ensure the performance and

stability of your system

To ensure that device drivers and system files remain in their

original, digitally-signed state, Windows provides:
Windows File Protection
System File Checker
File Signature Verification

Driver Signing Options

Ignore, Warn, Block
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Practice: Installing Device Drivers

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Install a Network Adapter

Set Driver Signing Options

Return Computer to Default

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Lesson 2: Configuring Hardware Devices and

Drivers
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Updating Drivers

Rolling Back Drivers

Uninstalling Drivers

Resource Configuration

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Updating Drivers
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Demo

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Rolling Back Drivers

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After updating device drivers, you might encounter problems

such as stop errors or startup problems
If a problem occurs, you can revert to the previous version by
using a Device Manager feature called Roll Back Driver
You cannot:
Roll back beyond one driver version
Roll back printer drivers
Simultaneously roll back drivers for all functions of a multifunction
device

Why use device driver rollback:

If a problem occurs immediately after you update a device driver,
you can restore the previous version by using device driver
rollback
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Uninstalling Devices and Device Drivers

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If you use Device Manager to uninstall a device driver, the

device driver is removed from memory and not from disk

Uninstall a Plug and Play device by disconnecting or removing

the device from your computer

Disable the Plug and Play device instead of uninstalling a

device that you do not want enabled but that should remain
attached to the computer, such as a modem

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Practice: Configuring Devices

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Disable a Device

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Lesson 3: Troubleshooting hardware Devices

and Drivers
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Recovering from Disaster

Device Manager Status Codes

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Recovering from Disaster

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Disaster Recovery Tools

Driver Rollback
Last Known Good Configuration
Safe Mode
Recovery Console

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Device Manager Status Codes

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Code

Friendly Text

This device is not configured correctly.

To update the drivers for this device, click Update
Driver. If that doesnt work, see your hardware
documentation for more information.

The driver for this device might be corrupted, or

your system may be running low on memory or
other Resources.

10

The device cannot start. Try updating the device

drivers for this device.

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This device cannot find enough free resources that

it can use. If you want to use this device, you will
need to disable one of the other devices on this
system.

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