Automatic installation of drivers. Installing drivers

Automatic installation of drivers is a question that really worries most users after setting up the Windows system. It's about a program through which the operating system can interact with various computer devices.

Why is this necessary?

If there is no corresponding driver (in slang simply "firewood"), the operating system simply does not know how to work with the device. And often she does not understand what it really is for the adaptation and for what it's needed. For this reason, the process of installing drivers must be carefully considered. Otherwise, you will not be able to get full pleasure from working on the computer.

How to configure the software package

Ideally, the driver installation should take place in the following order: the chipset software on the motherboard, then the video adapter setup (discrete or built-in), and after the remaining components.

How to do this with a disk?

Motherboards in themselves include a large number of devices. For example, a USB 3.0 controller , a network card, an audio card. All these drivers can be conveniently installed directly from the special disk that comes with your computer or motherboard. It would be wise to create a copy of the specified disk.

We find a file named Setup.exe (Autorun.exe, Run.exe, maybe also the resolution * .msi), run it. Go to the Drivers tab. We accept the conditions. All - automatic installation of drivers has started.

Programs for peripherals (for example, for a printer) are installed similarly. Sometimes it may be necessary to first install the driver, and then connect the device. Most often the relevant recommendations are available on the packaging.

How can I check if all the drivers for the devices are already installed?

To cope with the task, you need to start the "Start" menu, then select "Computer", right-click the context menu, and go to "Properties". Also, you can open the "System" window by pressing the Win + Pause / Break key combination. After that, select "Device Manager". If everything is done correctly, you will see a picture without yellow question marks, that is, without unknown devices. Hence, all the mechanisms that are connected to the computer have already received their own "firewood".

Automatic installation of drivers. Free installation from the official site

The following method is good in case you for any reason do not have an installation disc to the motherboard or computer, which was discussed above. The positive side of this situation is that the official website of the manufacturer allows you to get the latest drivers. If you also do not know which motherboard is installed in the computer, the easiest way to find out is to open the PC case and look at the label on the board. As a rule, this information is placed in the most prominent place, and also indicated in large letters.

Here is the manufacturer of your motherboard. If you want to learn both it and the motherboard model without opening the computer case, use the CPU-Z program. A handy portable version is also available. Download and run the program. On the tab called Mainbord you will find the motherboard manufacturer and model.

With a laptop all the same. We go to the site of the manufacturer of this device, go to "Support" and look for your model. We select the operating system installed on the laptop at the moment and download all the drivers.

Unpack the downloaded archives. Install the drivers by running Setup.exe. Above described methods can do about 95 percent of the cases. And what about the remaining 5 percent, consider below.

Updating Intel Product Drivers

"Firewood" we have successfully installed, but sometimes (for example, every year) it would be good to update them. Various manufacturers continuously refine and improve the software of their products. They significantly expand their functionality through the release of new versions of drivers. That's why it makes sense to install them.

Check for new versions of drivers on the site of the manufacturer of the motherboard or computer. However, in many cases, you can take them from the site of Intel. In the search bar of the browser, enter "Intel support". Next, in the results, select "Update Intel Drivers". We get to the page where "we check our system for updates".

If you do not see such a button, try setting up Java. As a rule, you will be offered to download it here. Install by clicking on the link you suggested. After the Java configuration is complete, restart the browser, in order to activate it.

Updating AMD drivers

If your computer has a processor or AMD video card, you can download and then install more recent drivers from the company's website. On it you will immediately be offered to acquire fresh updates for video cards and for processors. We are interested in the "support and drivers AMD" tab. You must select DRIVERS DOWNLOAD CENTER.

To automatically determine the drivers you need, download and install them, click Download Now in the appropriate section. Run the downloaded file and follow the instructions.

Automatically find and install drivers

Above we figured out what a driver is and how to work with it, but that's not all. Next, we'll look at programs with which you can install drivers automatically.

DriverPack Solution. This is a free program for automatically installing drivers. It is noteworthy that it can work without access to the Internet, because this solution comes with an impressive database of various drivers. Thus, you can significantly speed up the process of reinstalling the operating system and save a huge amount of your time.

With this program, automatic driver installation turns into a pleasant rest. You start the program, independently it determines all the devices and drivers to them, then click "Install All", everything else for you will make this wonderful tool. In the arsenal of the program there are mechanisms for checking the level of urgency of the drivers, thanks to which you can update the installed drivers to new ones in a few mouse clicks. Automatic installation of Windows XP drivers is also available.

Another program is Driver Robot. With it, automatic installation of Windows 7 drivers is possible. It will automatically scan the computer and give out a list of devices with installed "firewood". Also you will see the drivers for which the tool found updates. After the analysis is completed, the program will offer to download, and then install them automatically.

At the disposal of the application is a huge database, which has the latest versions of official drivers, which determine more than 100,000 devices. The program received mirrors on the servers of the producer of "firewood" - you can download them if the manufacturer's website is not available. For the program is developed crack.

Uniblue DriverScanner. This is a development that is necessary literally for all users. This program is a really useful tool for your operating system. It serves for the successful search and instant download of missing system drivers. Also the opportunity of their updating is realized.

The program allows you to make a full backup of the system drivers in case of problems with the operating system or problems with the equipment after the procedure for updating the "firewood". You can restore the system and return it to the working state. The program has a clear and pleasant user interface.

This software allows you to scan the system and look for outdated drivers, download the latest versions, select the number of simultaneous downloads, see the status of "firewood". And also observe the process of scanning, create backup copies of previously installed drivers. Using it, you can restore the system after a crash, minimize the program interface in the system tray or taskbar, see a special notation in the tray, and use an understandable and user-friendly interface.

In conclusion

In addition to the above programs, there are many other solutions that will help to detect all the devices on your personal computer by selecting the optimal driver versions for them.

The choice is always yours. The main thing is not to forget about the importance of running all the devices on the computer.