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How To: Update Vista/Windows 7 Drivers Instantly

Last Updated on November 7, 2018 by admin 14 Comments

Most of the Windows users don’t know the fact that hardware drivers play a vital role in the performance of Windows. Having a faulty/outdated driver may cause many serious performance related issues including the big blue screen of death (BSOD).

We need not to have third-party software like DriverMax to update installed drivers or even you don’t need to uninstall the present version of the driver to install the latest one. You can easily update the drivers with a few clicks if you follow the simple instructions given below.

Update Windows 7 device drivers without any software

1. You need to open the Device Manager first. To open Windows Device Manager, type in devmgmt.msc either in Start menu search box or run dialog box and hit enter to validate.

2. Click continue button if you are presented with UAC prompt.

3. Next find out the device for which you want to update the driver. For instance, you can expand the Display Adapters tree to know about the graphics related hardware.

device management

4. Right click on the device and select “Update driver software” option. Here you will be presented with two options to choose the update type. You can select “Search automatically for updated driver software” as you don’t have offline copy of the driver.

update driver

5. Once you select the option, Windows will check for the latest updates and will update the driver.

Don’t worry if the device fails to work after updating the driver. You can roll back to the previous version by choosing the Roll Back option. To get Roll Back Driver option, right-click on the device, select “Properties” and then switch to “Driver” tab.

Filed Under: Windows 7 Guides Tagged: Vista, Windows 7

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Comments

  1. anneg says

    February 23, 2020 at 7:26 am

    have been trying to fix this issue for MONTHS. I can’t update a wifi network driver because it has disappeared! nothing is there. the automated helper is NO HELP. have tried numerous ‘fixes’ but nothing exactly fits my problem.

    please help!

  2. FatimaTakeda says

    November 26, 2014 at 11:14 am

    i never be able to do that. so i download another app 4 this kind of prob.

  3. Nathaniel Fleur says

    November 23, 2012 at 5:40 pm

    Thank you into Windows for this review. I just checked out Device Doctor and it’s interesting but I also came across with another popular tool today for updating drivers: driver detective software – driverdetectiveregistrationkey.com. Which one is better for me? Any feedback guys?..thanks

  4. Khaled says

    September 22, 2012 at 8:46 pm

    it say is installed this and again not working

  5. somebody says

    May 15, 2012 at 4:59 pm

    What if my driver is all
    ready updated to the latest version?

  6. steven pritchard says

    March 4, 2011 at 1:20 pm

    tried all that it doesnt work Windows says best update already installed but its hasnt a digital signature therefore cant let it fekn work sorry
    all dvd blu rays were working before windows update
    goddam piece of crap

  7. adam says

    January 28, 2011 at 3:22 am

    i am trying to update my graphics card driver software so i can play amnesia but when i do as this website tells me it says i got the latest software any help would be much apreciated

  8. Jack says

    December 1, 2010 at 10:29 am

    Amazingly helpful. Thanks so much.

  9. faith joy currie says

    October 10, 2010 at 5:26 pm

    I’m unable to download any files or attachments. Can you help me

  10. admin says

    September 8, 2010 at 10:37 am

    No, you can’t do update drivers at a time. Use Double Driver freeware to update at a shot.

  11. Matthijs says

    September 8, 2010 at 1:32 am

    Is it possible to do this in one go for all the items in the device manager? I just installed windows and now I have to do this for all the items that need it (including video, sound etc.).

  12. William says

    August 10, 2010 at 9:47 am

    Windows dosent keep up to date with all the driver updates for every product outside their control. This process only works for known driver updates via Windows. They dont go out of their way to find all your updates.

  13. john says

    May 31, 2010 at 6:08 pm

    what if this way does not work?

  14. Roy says

    March 1, 2010 at 5:41 pm

    Great info saved me using an update driver software thanks

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