How To Update Windows Drivers 8 1

Your system may require additional hardware drivers software firmware and or a bios update.

How to update windows drivers 8 1.

Swipe in from the right edge of the screen and then tap search. Select a category to see names of devices then right click or press and hold the one you d like to update. Select search automatically for updated driver software. Windows notifies you if it detects a suspicious or unsafe driver you shouldn t install.

Upgrading between operating system editions e g. Hp s printing in windows 8 page is also very helpful. It s important for you to have confidence in the updated drivers you install. From hp s support page you can see if your specific hp printer or scanner will work with a native windows 8 driver in operating system driver via an update from windows update windows update driver or from a windows 8 driver downloaded directly from hp full feature driver.

Windows can update them automatically or you can install the updated drivers yourself. Windows 7 vista. Windows 10 8. Enter device manager in the search box and click device manager.

To manually update driver in windows 8 and windows 8 1 follow these steps. Drivers are updated occasionally. Right click on the hardware s name or icon choose properties then the driver tab followed by the update drive button. Not all windows 8 1 features may be available when updating to windows 8 1 from windows 8 pcs.

In device manager window expand categories and locate the device that you wish to update the driver for. Once you ve found the device you re updating drivers for the next step depends on your version of windows.