Driver Errors

A common computer error involves device drivers including disabled device drivers. Sometimes when you install a new software program it may disable existing device drivers or replace them with newer versions. Other times, spyware entries or virus infections can change system settings including device driver settings. When this happens, you wind up with a driver error.

You can trouble shoot driver errors by going into the Device Manager found in Windows. In Windows Vista, go to the Start button and type: Device Manager in the Search box. Pick Device Manager from the list of programs.

Device Manager will open displaying all the various devices installed on your PC.

Find the device that is giving you trouble and click on it. For example, let’s look at a DVD drive and its device drivers. First, find the DVD/CD-ROM section and click the + sign to expand the list. Find the DVD drive in question and double-click.

 In this case, the device is working properly. Click the Driver tab.

Here you will find a variety of options that may be suitable for solving your particular driver error. You can update your driver, roll back your driver, disable it, or uninstall it.

Another common driver error occurs when you no longer have the actual device but the driver continues to load. This can confuse Windows as Windows tries to find the required device. Not only will this cause an annoying driver error, it will serve to slow down your PC as Windows is going through a useless, resource-consuming process.

A terrific way to keep your driver errors to a minimum and reduce systems slowdowns related to disabled and uninstalled devices is to use a product that will maintain your system at the registry level. The Windows registry contains information your computer relies on in order to function including what drivers to load for each device installed.

If your registry still has entries instructing Windows to load device drivers but these drivers no longer exist, not only will your system generate driver errors, it won’t perform at its best either. A good registry cleaning is in order.

Doing the registry cleaning manually isn’t recommended because the registry is extremely vulnerable to mistakes. One slight error, including a minor typo, can cause damage so severe that your computer could stop functioning all together. Instead choose a product such as the highly-rated RegCure Registry Cleaner from ParetoLogic Software.

RegCure can go into the registry and compare the driver entries to the installed software on your PC and automatically remove invalid drivers and disabled drivers along with thousands of other problems typically found in the registry. This entire process takes a few minutes once you’ve downloaded the software and it is entirely safe.

Backup and restore functions along with other built-in safeguards ensure your PC’s safety while improving its overall performance.

In addition, you can prevent future driver errors by using this product on a regular basis. RegCure will recognize unnecessary device drivers as well as changes made by malicious programs without your knowledge. It stays current and cross-references its vast database to make sure your registry is as clean as possible and free of entries that will cause numerous errors.

In fact, not only will your driver error problems go away, RegCure fixes thousands of registry-related problems along the way.