Ed Bott - Windows 10 Support Secrets

92 CHAPTER 6 | Taking charge of hardware Figure 6-18: Double-click any entry in Device Manager to see its properties. The Driver tab shows details about the current driver, including the most important detail of all, the version number. In most cases, updating a device driver is relatively simple: Download an executable file that replaces the currently installed version. In some cases, though, you need to forcibly remove the current version first. To do that, click Uninstall from the Driver tab, and then select Delete The Driver Software For This Device, as shown in Figure 6-19. Figure 6-19: Select the check box at the bottom of this dialog box if you want to remove an older driver version before installing a new one.