How do I uninstall the driver correctly?

It happens that you stop using the device. But you should remember that there are a number of files that control files in the system. This is part of the driver program. The question is: how to remove the driver correctly?

The easiest way is to use the standard tool of all Windows operating systems - "Device Manager". Simply select the left device to delete from the system, right-click, select the menu, and go to "Properties." We go to the tab "Driver", select the "Delete" button. Then remove the device. Here is the answer to the question of how to properly remove the driver, but there are more advanced and convenient methods.

Now turn off the PC, if this is required to remove the device. But, as already mentioned, these are not all the existing solutions to the problem, since some files still remain in the system after this procedure, which can turn into problems later. Therefore, to purge the system of unnecessary drivers, it is advisable to use specialized programs, especially to people whose activities are related to service engineers and system administrators, as well as technical support specialists.

This will somewhat speed up the performance of the system where such software is used. It's about the automated mode, so how to remove the driver completely is a matter of the algorithm's operation, and it will not bother you anymore. It should be noted that one should not expect miracles. Similar programs are like cleaners of the registry. The benefit that can be obtained using them is estimated at best + 1-5% to productivity. But anyway, many people who are fond of tuning the system like these "whistles", giving the illusion of great benefit.

To be fair, we must add that many of these programs have much more useful functions than removing drivers from the system. But we will return to this issue in the course of the article. While we list the most common of the paid programs - Driver Cleaner, Driver Sweeper, Drivertool. It should be noted and free solutions (although the above listed also have enough functionality in the shareware version). Among the acceptable freeware versions of the programs - DriverPack Solution, Drivers Installer Assistant, Drivers Pack Unpacker & Installer, Guru3D Driver Sweeper.

Consider the functionality of the program DriverPack Solution, the code of which is distributed under the license Opensource, which provides for the publication of the source code and its modification, as well as use. The developers of this useful program did not stop to solve the problem, how to remove the driver. This software not only allows you to remove unnecessary drivers from the system on Windows XP / Vista / Seven, but also to find and install them, as well as update it by downloading it from the Internet, thus making it easier to install the installer.

Note that there are two versions of this software: Full and Lite. The first one is distinguished by the solid size of the distribution, which occupies 3 gigabytes. A very useful thing, because it solves problems with the definition and installation of drivers. Just put the disk, and everything else will be done in automatic mode. The drivers will be taken from the vastest database of packages and installed immediately. We note a huge number of vendors of laptops, for which the problem of compatibility of drivers is especially actual - Lenovo, Toshiba, Dell, Acer, Sony, HP, eMachines and so on. If you want, you can make corrections to the database and remove the driver, unnecessary according to your understanding, thus changing the size of the distribution.

But why do it, if there is a need for a permanent availability of a universal collection of drivers? Simply write DriverPack Solution to an external USB hard drive and take it with you. And now we have no problem how to uninstall the driver or install the latest update. It should be noted and the availability of the Lite version. If you are sure of the future presence on all machines, where you will install the driver, a quality Internet channel, then take this version. All the necessary drivers will be removed after the equipment is determined, and in the future they will be updated in an automated mode.