Drivers & Installation

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

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.

Drivers Usage

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.

• 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

Releases: The Windows Driver Kit (WDK)

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

Double click on device, click "Details" tab, choose "Compatible IDs" from the drop down menu.

Left click ->> Properties ->> details

Now go to http://www.pcidatabase.com/vendors.php?sort=name

With the mouse, highlight the first listing under "Value", and copy using <Ctrl>+<C>, open notepad and paste.

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/driverpacksFor 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

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