Win8.1 driver installation operation mode improvement

Drivers are a bridge between communication software and hardware. Whether your device can function properly or not, depends on whether the drivers you install are safe, stable, and device-matched.

Since the driver runs at the bottom of the system and runs under the kernel, if the driver fails, the computer will run incorrectly, and the system will be damaged or damaged. For example, most of the problems with blue screens on computers are caused by incorrect installation of drivers.

Win8.1 driver is more secure and stable

1. It is not necessary to restart the computer after installation

The driver of Win8.1 system will not run at the kernel level, but in Run at the user level, so you don't have to restart the computer to load the kernel after installation. This improvement makes the user more convenient and labor-saving.

2. Local drive failure will not affect the overall operation of the system

Win8.1 driver is like an application, there will not be too many low-level operations, so even if the driver fails This can cause the entire system to crash or hardware damage. This improvement improves the security and operational stability of the operating system.

Traditional and improved two driver installation methods

Introduce two driver upgrade methods for Win8.1:

In addition to the traditional driver installation and upgrade method, Win8.1 Another way is to upgrade the driver by “Windows Update”. This method is more convenient and stable. The system automatically detects the latest device drivers, then downloads and installs them in the form of system patches, and downloads them from “Windows Update”. The drivers are all officially certified versions of Microsoft, which are safe, stable, and adaptable.

1. Enter the “Device Manager” from the Charms Bar. “Upgrade

Traditional upgrade method, it is more convenient to operate on Win8.1: mouse moves to the bottom right of the screen, pops up Charms Bar, click “Set”, then click “Computer Information" (shown below).
Click on the computer information on the Charms Bar

to enter the system interface, and then click <;Device Manager”.
System“Device Manager&<<>

Select the device that needs to be upgraded, right click and the menu will appear, select “Update Driver Software” on the menu, and then install the prompt step by step. Just do it.
Update Driver Software

Driver Upgrade Convenient Volume Control Fine Peripheral Support Richer

2.Upgrade from "Windows Update"

Win8.1 System It is more convenient to install the driver function, that is, the driver does not need to upgrade the installation as before, but integrates the work of installing and upgrading the device driver into the “Windows Update” system update function, and the user installs the driver while playing the system patch. And the drivers updated by the system update are all certified by Microsoft and have high stability and security.
From “Windows Update Update Driver

System Volume Control is more detailed

In the Windows XP era, users can only adjust the system global volume. For example, while the user listens to music while using the player, while browsing the webpage, the visited webpage is just embedded with the Flash video playback control, which will undoubtedly cause interference to the user.

Don't worry now, because the Win8 system driver runs at the user level, the control experience of the user's perspective is better, and the direct and detailed control of the device can be realized. For example, to control the volume of the system, we click on the speaker icon in the lower right corner of the desktop, the volume control appears, and then click on "Synthesizer”.
Volume Control

After clicking “Synthesizer”, it will come to the “Speaker” interface, where not only the device volume control, but also the system global volume control, and the application control. The internal volume. For example, the following picture will increase the volume control of the web page and the volume control of the QQ software. Of course, the premise of controlling the volume of multiple programs is that these applications are running in memory.
Device, system, application volume control separately

Win8.1 supports more devices through driver and API protocol

Win8.1 introduces API protocol via USB, Bluetooth, wireless Connections such as the network connect the hardware to the Windows 8.1 system. Combined with the standard driver operation mode, the developer will directly control the device through the API, instead of having to install a dedicated driver as before, the support device will be more and more in the future. , including scanners, vending machines, terminal POS machines, etc.
Win8.1 supports more and more devices

After careful use of Win8.1, we can find that the improvement is that the driver runs at the user level because there are fewer operations involved in the underlying Make the system run more stable and secure. Driver upgrades and installations can also be performed directly from “Windows Update", and upgrades from here are Microsoft Certified Qualified Drivers, allowing users to find drivers without the hassle. In addition, the Win8.1 driver can perform more and more detailed control than previous operating systems through a unique operation. In addition, the improvement of the Win8 system from the driver level, so that it will support more and more devices in the future, so that future users, program developers do not have to consider the underlying driver details, so that the system experience is more simple and easy.