re: [Identifying and backing up] Computer drivers Saturday, March 7, 2009 at 8:17 am Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by viking (2 messages posted) I think I can follow all of that OK. On Friday, March 6, 2009 at 1:14 pm, gewg_ wrote: >[Order of items altered by me.] >Viking wrote: >|I would like to know about the driver programs that I have on my computer. >|How can I delete a driver? >| >Driver == Device Driver >To manage devices: Device Manager. >Start; Settings; Control Panel; System; Device Manager. > >NOTE: When you Remove a device driver, >that device will no longer work under Windoze. > >|How can I add [a device driver]? >| >Control Panel. >Start; Settings; Control Panel; Add New Hardware. > >Generally, connecting new hardware to your system will throw an error at Startup >and Windoze will offer to add the item to the Windows Registry. >You simply point it at the media that contains the install file for the device. > >Alternately, to manually add a device driver, >right click the install file and select Install. > >|Where on my system do I find them? >| >All data about your system's configuration is contained in the Windows Registry >(which uses a bloated, clumsy, proprietary database format). >Manually poking around in your Registry is not advised for novices. > >|How can I list them? >| >What you seek is called a SysInfo Utility. There are several: >cache of http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000017.htm > >|How can I copy them to a CD or flash drive? >| >Use Mike Moniz's utility: >http://web.archive.org/web/20070106035713/http://www.safe-install.com/programs/windriversbackup-personal-edition.html > >The page where you can actually download the file is very busy at the moment >and is having problems keeping up with traffic demands. >Here is a copy of the description to read in the meantime: >cache of >http://www.downloadfile.org/Utilities/Backup_and_Copy_Utilities/WinDriversBackup.html > > >NOTE: There is a scumbucket who goes by many names, including HunterSoft. >AVOID that imposter's plagiarism of the original. >cache of http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/Huntersoft.php Written in response to: [Identifying and backing up] Computer drivers (gewg_: Friday, March 6, 2009 at 1:14 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Computer drivers (Viking: Fri, Mar 6, 2009, 9:24 am) [Identifying and backing up] Computer drivers (gewg_: Fri, Mar 6, 2009, 1:14 pm) re: [Identifying and backing up] Computer drivers (Rudy Kreubel: Sat, Mar 7, 2009, 8:12 am) re: [Identifying and backing up] Computer drivers (viking: Sat, Mar 7, 2009, 8:17 am) re: Computer drivers (Bill: Fri, Mar 6, 2009, 3:25 pm) re: Computer drivers (viking: Sat, Mar 7, 2009, 8:19 am) re: Computer drivers (Keith Stanier: Sat, Mar 7, 2009, 9:09 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum