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How to Repair Driver Issues for Windows Hardware Devices

Introduction

If you have any problems with your computer hardware, there is a possibility that the problem is resulted from driver issues since drivers are a type of software that acts as the middleman between your operating system and specific hardware components, such as a printer and monitor. If the driver is down, then the middleman is sick and cant convey the information correctly. That is why your hardware components dont respond.

This article demonstrated several methods that deserve a try to repair driver issues and make hardware working again.

Method 1: Restore Your Computer to a Point before Problems Began

Suppose that you do create a restore point before the problem showed up, you can restore your system to this point.

Start >All Programs >Accessories >System Tools >System Restore
Then follow the on-screen prompts to do the rest.



Note that this will restore all other settings and data in Disk C to the point where you created the restore point. So be careful if you have very important data that cant be erased in C.

Method 2: Uninstall Corrupted/Problematic Driver and Reinstall It

Another common way to fix driver problems is to uninstall and reinstall drivers.

1. Go to Device Manager and pull down the specific device driver.
2. Double click it to open the Properties window.
3. Click Driver tab and choose Uninstall.
4. Reboot after the uninstallation.


Windows will search for the missing driver and try its best to reinstall whatever driver it can. However, sometimes the automatic search and reinstall will fail due to various reasons. In this case, you may download and install specific driver from manufactures website or use driver download and install tool to automatically do this.

Method 3: Restore Drivers from Backup If You Just Right Made the Backup Before

It is always a good habit to make a backup, either for data, programs or settings, configurations because you never know when accidents will happen and you need the old data/programs.

Windows does not provide us with a built-in option to backup and restore drivers so you need a 3rd party tool to complete this. Try 100% free and easy-to-use tool DriveTheLife.

1. Download, install and launch DriveTheLife.
2. It will start an automatic scan of all drivers without advanced configuration.
3. If you need to backup or fix drivers, just go ahead. All the features of this program is free.
4. Now lets skip all that to backup and restore driver. Go to Manage board and you will see three options: Backup, Restore and Uninstall.


If you have made backup before, just click Restore tab and it will display in the available list to restore.
5. Restart computer and done! 

Thats all for what I will demonstrate in this article to fix driver related problems. Updating drivers and rolling backup driver are also methods but they are similar to uninstall/reinstall drivers and restore to restore point so I wont write it here.

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Windows 10 Driver Compatibility Issues How to Resolve

Windows 10 is released and the big day is made, uh? Have you already installed Windows 10? Are you fed up with driver compatibility issues after the upgrade?

Mandatory Automatic Updates on Windows 10 - Benefits and Drawbacks

Have you ever read the EULA when installing Windows 10? The new rule is much different than before and the biggest concern is "automatic updates without any additional notice" which basically indicates mandatory automatic Windows updates regardless if you want them or not.

It cant be denied that there are many benefits of getting Windows updates because you can always keep your computer up to date and benefit from the new features. However, there are inevitable side effects like many users reported:

"Automatic download, especially for drivers is a bad idea. They should be optional. A bad graphics driver can screw your whole week!"

"Please, stop with automatic GPU drivers download in the Windows Update."

Except the driver issues, users are also reporting problems on bluetooth and WiFi connectivity.

"Does anyone know if Bluetooth is working properly...? Only reason I uninstalled Windows 10 Preview was because Bluetooth speaker connection was hit and miss. It works flawlessly on 7"

"Network adapter for WiFi need to be reset on every boot."

There are more reports about the same issues and other such as problems with Intel and AMD, audio, mouse and touchpad drivers. 

How to Resolve Driver Issues after Upgrading to Windows 10?

It is never an easy task to solve driver problems especially you are not familiar with computer working and connecting principle. Generally, there are 3 ways to fix driver issues. If you are not good at solving problems by your own, maybe I would introduce you an automatic driver repair tool DriveTheLife, a free and professional driver updater, finder and manager.

It will automatically scan your drivers and identify the ones in problem, missing, outdated, corrupted and then install the right ones with one click. Try it out to see if the driver problem is cleared up.

No Internet after System Win 10 Update?

If your case is that there is no internet connection after the Windows 10 update, you may need to install a special tool called DriveTheLife for Network Card which will download and install the best-matched network driver without internet connection.

Extended Tip

Share Your Computer Internet with Other Devices without Wireless Router

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