How to update drivers on Windows 7?

Drivers are, in simple terms, smallLink programs that allow a PC to interact with one or another equipment. Some devices are configured in such a way that when they are connected to a computer, the driver is installed in automatic mode, and some are sold along with the disk, and they need to be installed in manual mode.

In this case, sometimes the drivers become obsolete, and the devicestops working. What to do? How to understand which driver is needed, where to get it and how to install it? Let's figure out how to update the drivers for Windows 7 (Windows 7).

Windows 7: Driver Update via Control Panel

Click the Start Menu on your PC.
Go to the "Control Panel".
Select the item "Device Manager".
Before you will be a window in which all the equipment with which the PC interacts will be listed.
Most likely, the device whose driver is obsolete will be marked with an exclamation mark.
Point the cursor at the "tagged" device and click on it with the right mouse button.
In the drop-down menu you will see the item "Update drivers" - we need it - we press it.
After a while, installing the updatewill start automatically, you will now only need to wait for it to finish and restart the computer, after which the update will take effect.

Important! This method will work only if you have access to the network, otherwise the system will not find the required update.

Windows 7: Update drivers without access to the network

If you do not have the Internet on your computer, you need to proceed as follows:

Follow steps 1-6 of the previous instruction.
In the drop-down menu, select "Properties", then click the "Driver" tab.
Now click the "Details" button - a window will appear in which you will see the name of the driver.
Copy the name of the driver, find a PC with network access, download the driver and install it on your computer in manual mode.

Advice! A large selection of fresh drivers for various devices you can find here, also you can search for drivers on the sites of device manufacturers to which you need a driver. As a rule, they are provided for free.

Read more: How to install drivers on Windows 7.