How to install the driver How to install the driver on the computer

Generally, when purchasing hardware, whether it is a motherboard, a sound card, a graphics card, a printer, a scanner, etc., the hardware driver is provided free of charge, and we only need to follow the instructions to complete the installation step by step.

In addition, the Windows operating system also presets some general-purpose drivers. Of course, the built-in universal drivers are generally branded hardware of well-known manufacturers. When installing these hardware, the system will automatically recognize and automatically install the driver without having to install it. This is also an important reason why we should try our best to buy famous brands when purchasing hardware. It should be said that the installation of most hardware drivers should be solved smoothly. There are only a few cases where we really need to download and install from the Internet.

[Method 1] Executable driver installation. There are two kinds of executable drivers. One is a single driver file. Just double-click it to automatically install the corresponding hardware driver. The other is a ready-made directory, or a directory generated after the compressed file is decompressed. There must be a setup.exe or install.exe executable, double-click this executable file, generally click "Next" all the way to complete the installation.

[Method 2] Manual installation. Since executable files often have fairly complex execution instructions and are bulky, some hardware drivers do not have only one executable file. This requires us to manually install the driver in the inf format. For example, to install a sound card driver under Win-dows 98: From the "Settings" menu of the "Start" menu, go to "Control Panel". Double-click "System" (more computer learning, computer basics, please go to http://www.pc6c.com computer knowledge network).

Open the Device Manager. If the sound card driver is not installed, we will find that several items related to the sound card are marked with a yellow question mark or exclamation mark in front. This is because Windows does not recognize the sound card, or can not find the corresponding driver, so use this symbol to mark the device and remind us. The common unknown sound card device is called "PCI Multimedia Au-dio Device". Double-click the device name, select "Upgrade Driver" in the dialog box that appears, then follow the wizard to specify the location where you want to install the driver, or enter the file manually. Location, step by step to complete the installation.

[Method 3] When installing a modem (modem) or printer driver, you can also double-click the device name directly from the control panel and follow the wizard to complete the driver installation step by step.