All About Device Drivers Device Drivers remain a mystifying part of computing. But if you think of them as software programs that make hardware devices work, you’ve got a basic understanding of device drivers. We’re going to start you off with a definition of a device driver from Wikipedia… In computing, a device driver is a… Read More »
How to Stop Windows 10 From Automatically Updating Drivers It never fails. After a Windows 10 update, we always get emails from readers who tell us that this device or that device stopped working. And most of you already know the dangers of installing Driver updaters. So you know you shouldn’t use any kind of automatic driver… Read More »
Have You Got the Blue Screen Blues? This article was written for Windows 10 users… It seems like all of a sudden we’re getting a lot of emails from folks who are having blue screens errors (BSODs). And that’s pretty strange because we rarely get many emails from people suffering from the Blue Screen Blues. It’s… Read More »
How to Stop Windows 10 From Automatically Updating Drivers In Windows 10 Home Edtion, you have very little control over Windows Updates. Most of you know that Windows will automatically download updates for Windows 10 whenever they are available. However, did you know that Windows will also download and update device drivers automatically? We have been advocates against… Read More »
A Word About Drivers “…I told that girl I can start right away And she said, “Listen baby I got something to say I got no car and it’s breaking my heart But I’ve found a driver and that’s a start…” (“Drive My Car” by Lennon & McCartney) Lucky for you, we’re not talking about those kinds of… Read More »
Reminder: Don’t Update Drivers Unless It’s Really Necessary Live and learn. That’s the story of life.. Luckily, I learned long ago a secret that has saved me a lot problems… Don’t update drivers unless it’s really necessary. Case in point… This morning I got a message from Windows that one of my device drivers was missing or corrupted… Read More »