The Driver manufacturers offer us software programs able to control and perform actions via a certain device attached to the computer. What the Windows Vista Driver manufacturers are offering us is no different in principle or functionality.
The Bios of the computer automatically recognizes and enables system devices such as hard drives, floppy drives, Cd-rom drives, keyboard and mouse. As long as no other system devices are present in your computer configuration there is no need to install additional drivers. But when other devices such as video acceleration cards, removable system devices, web cameras, sound cards, USB ports, etc. are added to the basic configuration of your computer, the Driver manufacturers have to devise software that will help the bios recognize, enable and give full functionality to these devices.
When technology started to evolve very quickly, with it came more and more devices that would improve the computer’s capacity and allow it to perform more and more operations, but even so the prewritten BIOS was not able to recognize them all. Driver manufacturers came to the conclusion that, instead of replacing or upgrading the BIOS every time a new device came along, it would be better to use separate software programs that would enable each new component to be used.
These programs are called drivers. The Driver manufacturers decided to store them on the physical drive of the computer and load them into the RAM memory each time they needed to be used. Using drivers to control the components of your system is a much better idea then modifying the BIOS every time due to the fact that they are easy to install. Also, they are less likely to conflict with the other components, as it might happen when you modify your BIOS.
Driver manufacturers are affiliated with the hardware manufacturer, that obliges himself to offer the specific driver for each component or system that you purchase from him, in order to ensure the fact that any malfunction will not be the fault of the improper driver installation by the user.
Windows has made installing the drivers that the Driver manufacturer provide you with very simple. Whenever a new component is attached to the system, an install wizard will appear on the screen to provide assistance in installing it. Then, you have to select the component name from a given list. Providing the Driver manufacturer gave you the floppy or Cd-rom containing the necessary software, choose the “Have Disk” option and the wizard will search the indicated location for the proper driver.
If you are currently using Windows Vista, chances are that some older components will not work properly. It is probable that, if you have purchased your software before Windows Vista came on the market, the Driver manufacturer provided you with software compatible with Windows XP at most.
Upon installing the driver, you will be prompted by a message that warns you about the incompatibility and asks if you wish to continue installation. Click “Yes”, even though some feature that were available in the previous version of Windows may very well be disabled, chances are that the device will run properly. If not, remove the software given by the Driver manufacturer and try to locate Vista compatible drivers on the Internet. Another way to do it is contacting the Driver manufacturer for support.
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