USING THE DEVICE MANAGER

Most of you might not know about the device manage which is a section of the my computer tab that houses the different softwares popularly known as drivers.  A driver according to Microsoft is software that allows your computer to communicate with hardware or devices. Without drivers, the hardware you connect to your computer—for example, a video card or a webcam—will not work properly.

In some cases when you find out that you are not able to browse or hear sounds in your PC, it might just be as a result of the absence of one of the drivers. This usually occurs in special cases when the drivers are outdated or as a result of the fact that you formatted your PC. Always check to see if your drivers is up to date, if not, try and update it by visiting the website of your PC or laptop producer with regards to the version of your windows operating system and your laptop make and version.

HOW TO INSTALL OR CHECK IF YOUR DRIVERS ARE UP TO DATE OR INSTALLED.

To check for the drivers section, right-mouse click on the my computer tab or icon, then follow up the option and chose properties. The screen below will show up, select the marked area (Device Manager) to view the available drivers

After clicking the Device Manager, the screen below will appear showing the installed driver and the missing the drivers. The drivers with the yellow signs are the missing drivers.

 To install the missing driver, download the drivers online or use the general compilation of Drivers CD sold in the market. To install the missing drivers, right-mouse click on the particular driver you want to install and select the UPDATE DRIVER SOFTWARE then follow up the process to select the particular location where the driver is located either on Drive E (i.e the CD) or any other location where you stored the downloaded version. After installing the drivers every other device or hardware in your PC will start working normal.