Ed Bott - Windows 10 Support Secrets

91 CHAPTER 6 | Taking charge of hardware This section assumes, of course, that you’re connecting a printer to a Windows 10 PC using a direct USB connection. For wireless and network printers, which can’t be detected automatically, you can click the Add A Printer Or Scanner button and run an extra step, as shown in Figure 6-17. Figure 6-17: To add a network or wireless printer, use this straightforward dialog box. Updating device drivers Throughout this chapter, I’ve mostly avoided mentioning drivers—the software that helps hardware work with Windows. That was a deliberate decision on my part. In general, most users shouldn’t need to think about drivers. But there are times when you can’t avoid the subject. If a device isn’t working properly, the first thing to look for is an updated hardware driver. That usually entails a visit to the manufacturer’s website to see if the device has a more recent driver than the current one. The fastest way to check the current driver version is to open Device Manager. (The easy way: Right- click Start and then click Device Manager.) Find the device in question and double-click to open its Properties dialog box. Finally, click the Driver tab to reveal details like those shown in Figure 6-18.