Driver’s Updating in Windows 7
Windows 7 was created to make your communication with computer easier. Considering it became more safe and reliable and had some bugs removed from the previous versions Windows 7 is really more user-friendly. Even in respect of device driver’s installation it has become more convenient to use hardware with this OS.
Microsoft developers did their job well and already included the main drivers you are likely to need onto the Windows. So if you used to always install drivers for every single piece of hardware on your computer the good news is now you don’t have to do it, because Windows 7 already knows how to work with most of the main hardware peripherals.
Of course I can’t say that all of the driver’s problems are sorted out completely. No it’s not the case because new hardware appears on the market every day and Windows just can’t follow them all. You still have to install drivers for some devices you want to use. Apart from that, Windows’ installed drivers are generic and have only the basic features. If you want to take full advantage of the hardware it’s recommended you update and install a driver manually.
The installation process is not difficult if your driver has been certified by Windows. In this case just follow the installation wizard.
But sometimes it doesn’t go very smoothly and you might have some tiny niggles. The thing is your Operating System is developed to increase security and stability. A digital verification of the drivers signature is required by Windows before it will allow you to proceed with the installation, it’s the OS’s in-built security. If they won’t be verified the installation process won’t go any further.
Here is some advice about how you can fix this problem. First of all you should create your own digital certificate. When it’s done install the certificate onto your Windows 7 as a trusted publisher. Then use the Microsoft’s Authenticode signing tools to sign the device driver packages. It’s only three steps to sort it out. After doing this there won’t be any warning messages from your system and you can install the driver swimmingly.
At times it happens that the updated driver works not quite as you expected it to, for instance it has some bugs or causes resource or hardware conflicts with the other installed devices. On occasions like this you might want to bring your previous driver back in to play.
Windows 7 has a great feature called “Driver Roll Back” which allows you to replace the updated driver you have just installed with the previous version installed on your computer. There are two “BUTs” though. Firstly, it saves only the very last version you have had, you can’t roll back any other drivers. And secondly, this feature is available for all hardware apart from printers. So if you have installed a driver for a printer and want to replace it with the previous one, the system won’t let you do it, you will have to download and install the driver all over again.
To roll back the previous driver, open the Device Manager in the Control Panel window. Then you will be offered the option of choosing the device which you want to replace the driver for. When found right click on the device and go to “Properties”. In the next window that will be open find the Driver tab. There you will see the button “Roll Back Driver”, just click on it and confirm that you accept the warning message and that you want to proceed.
This is a guest post from Andy Groaning who writes on behalf of Bravofiles, which provides driver and software updates.

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