Transcript Drivers
Drivers & Installation Drivers In computing, a device driver is a computer program that operates or controls a particular type of device that is attached to a computer. A driver typically communicates with the device through the computer bus or communications subsystem to which the hardware connects. Once the device sends data back to the driver, the driver may invoke routines in the original calling program. Drivers are hardware-dependent and operating-system-specific. They usually provide the interrupt handling required for any necessary asynchronous time-dependent hardware interface Drivers Usage A device driver simplifies programming by acting as translator between a hardware device and the applications or operating systems that use it. Programmers can write the higher-level application code independently of whatever specific hardware the end-user is using. Physical layers communicate with specific device instances. The Windows Driver Kit (WDK) The Windows Driver Kit (WDK) is a software toolset from Microsoft that enables the development of device drivers for the Microsoft Windows platform. It includes documentation, samples, build environments, and tools for driver developers. Releases: The Windows Driver Kit (WDK) • Windows Driver Kit for Windows Vista November 29, 2006 • Windows Driver Kit — Server 2008 (x86, x64, ia64) April 1, 2008 • Windows Driver Kit — Server 2008 Release SP1 (x86, x64, ia64 December 1, 2008 • Windows Driver Kit for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 August 6, 2009 • Windows Driver Kit Version 7.1.0 (x86, x64, ia64) February 28, 2010 • Windows Driver Kit 8 August 15, 2012 • Windows Driver Kit 8.1 September 16, 2013 The Installable File System (IFS) The Installable File System (IFS) is a filesystem API in IBM OS/2 and Microsoft Windows that enables the operating system to recognize and load drivers for file systems. It is part of the Windows Driver Kit. Windows Hardware Certification Kit During the Windows 2000, XP, 2003 timeframe there was an old tool Hardware Compatibility Test (HCT) to certify devices. When Windows Vista was released the tool was replaced by Driver Test Manager (DTM) which can certify drivers for all then-supported platforms. At that time DTM was part of Windows Driver Kit (WDK). Later DTM was separated from WDK and changed to its current name, Windows Logo Kit. For Windows 8, the name was changed to Windows Hardware Certification Kit, as announced at the Build conference. Types of drivers • • • • • • • • • • • • Mass Storage(Pen drive/Memory chip) LAN WLAN Chipset Sound A Sound B LAN RIS (Remote Installation Service) TV card Monitors Bluetooth Webcam Modem Installation of Drivers in windows XP Go to start menu Click setting and control panel Double click system Click Hardware tab Install Drivers Left click ->> Properties ->> details Double click on device, click "Details" tab, choose "Compatible IDs" from the drop down menu. With the mouse, highlight the first listing under "Value", and copy using <Ctrl>+<C>, open notepad and paste. Now go to http://www.pcidatabase.com/vendors.php?sort=name The part after "PCI/ven_" and before "&", is the Manufacturer ID. Open the find function and search for that ID on the given website. Then Click the link of the company. You'll now be taken to the device lists of the company. The device ID is after "dev_" and before "&" in the ID. Just use your find function to find the device with that ID, and you'll see its name in front of it. Locate driver. Ideally go to the manufacturer's web site and download the latest released driver. If that is not available, check to see if you have the driver disk. If all else fails, there are a number of sites that have drivers archived. Download http://driverpacks.net/driverpacks For Mass Storage, LAN, WLAN, Chipset, Sound A, Sound B, LAN RIS, TV card, Monitors, Bluetooth, Webcam, Modem Install diver For windows all types of driver Important http://driverpacks.net/driverpacks Thank you