Device Drivers are the software through which the kernel of a computer communicates with different hardware without having to go into the details of how the hardware works. It is software that ...

Every operating system places requirements on device drivers. Here's a quick tour of the Windows CE rulebook. Microsoft Windows CE is a modular and scalable operating system that supports a variety of ...

This file type includes high-resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. Dennis Turpitka, CEO, Apriorit Inc. A driver is an essential software component of an operating system, allowing it to ...

If Windows 11 installs buggy drivers or you prefer installing device drivers manually, I’ll show you how to prevent your system from automatically finding and installing the connected devices’ drivers ...

Without the appropriate Windows drivers, your printer won't print, your scanner won't scan and you may have trouble even using your mouse. Windows installs default drivers for many devices when you ...

There are various types of kernel drivers; the first that come to mind are device drivers that provide a software interface to hardware devices like plug and play interfaces or filter drivers. These ...

In my last column [see LJ December 2002], we covered the serial layer in the 2.5 (hopefully soon to be 2.6) kernel tree. We mentioned in passing that a USB-to-serial driver layer in the kernel helps ...

If you find that some of your newly installed devices are not working correctly or in fact, your Windows computer freezes frequently, you might want to consider removing old, unused, unwanted or ...

In typical PCIe based systems, PCIe busses are enumerated and resources allocated to each PCIe endpoint device during system initialization. Due to limitations in the enumeration and resource ...

We have consistently stressed the importance of backing up your PC data either online or offline. Even if you are not serious enough to backup all your data, it is very important to backup your ...