Most drivers are self-installing—after you download them, you usually just double-click the file to begin the installation, and then the driver installs itself on your computer. Some devices have drivers that you need to install yourself. If you download a driver that isn't self-installing, follow these steps: You must be logged on as an administrator to perform these steps.
Administrator permission required If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation. In the list of hardware categories, find the device that you want to update, and then double-click the device name. Click the Driver tab, click Update Driver, and then follow the instructions. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. Note that a Found New Hardware message balloon may appear above the notification area as the device is being installed, and a second balloon notifies the user after the device is installed.
However, you can use Group Policy to disable these notifications. See the section titled "Managing Device Installation Behavior" later in this tutorial for more information. If the vendor-supplied driver requires the installation of support software for example, a control center for a display driver in addition to the core device driver, a Finish Install page is displayed and runs under the User context requires local administrative privileges or elevation to allow the user to install the required support software for the device.
Privacy policy. Windows Setup is the program that installs Windows or upgrades an existing Windows installation. It is also the basis for the following installation and upgrade methods:. Windows Setup can perform both clean and upgrade installations. However, it does not perform computer-to-computer migrations.
Custom installations. Windows Setup can perform a custom installation, also known as a clean installation, which saves your previous Windows installation but does not migrate your settings. The previous Windows installation will not boot after a clean installation. Upgrade installations. The driver store then validates trust for the driver package under the LocalSystem context.
If verification succeeds, the driver package is copied from the temporary location to the driver store under the LocalSystem context. After the driver package has been added to the store, its INF file is parsed to determine the names and locations of the required driver files. This information is added to the index files for the store. The driver package in the temporary location is then deleted. In addition, during the staging process, a system restore point is created to allow for quick rollback to an earlier state in case installing the driver destabilizes the system.
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