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64-Bit or 32-Bit Windows? Your Drivers May Decide

March 21st, 2012 admin
old printer drivers for windows 8 64 Bit or 32 Bit Windows? Your Drivers May Decide If you don’t know much about computers, the question of whether to run the 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows may elicit a shrug. Most hardware architectures – that is, the computer processor and the chips that go along with it on the motherboard – are designed to operate as either 32-bit or 64-bit systems. The operating system isn’t as flexible: you’ll need to decide what you want. The choice may not be as simple as it sounds. Your Windows device drivers may actually determine what version of the OS you run.
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Device Drivers and Windows 8: What Does The Future Hold?

March 10th, 2012 admin
windows drivers windows 8 Device Drivers and Windows 8: What Does The Future Hold? If you’re starting to get interested in Windows 8, you’re not alone. The latest version of the Windows OS is getting a lot of publicity lately, mostly about its mobile-friendly designs. If that’s leaving you wondering about Windows 8′s desktop capabilities, fear not. Manufacturers will still make device drivers for your not-so-mobile desktop computer.
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Third Party Drivers Are Key To Windows 8 Success

March 10th, 2012 admin
windows 7 drivers success Third Party Drivers Are Key To Windows 8 Success You’ll be hearing a lot about Windows 8 in the coming weeks, largely because Microsoft has scheduled the consumer preview of its soon-to-be-released operating system on February 29. While the new operating system is designed to support mobile devices, the key to its success or failure will most likely (still) be  third-party drivers.
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Mozilla Urges Users To Update Windows Drivers

November 24th, 2011 admin
windows drivers hardware acceleration Mozilla Urges Users To Update Windows Drivers In much the same way that Google has, Mozilla is now urging Firefox 4 users to download the latest Windows drivers for their graphics cards in order to make the most of the browser’s hardware acceleration. The company was prompted to issue the suggestion after it turned the feature on in a beta test and noted a sharp increase in the number of application crashes. As part of the fix, Mozilla automatically disabled hardware acceleration for computers whose installed drivers were known to be problematic. Mozilla says that installing the latest drivers often results in stable performance from its hardware acceleration feature.
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What A Difference Updated Windows Drivers Can Make

November 24th, 2011 admin
hardware driver updates 032511 What A Difference Updated Windows Drivers Can Make Most users don’t consider a driver update a welcome part of owning or maintaining a PC. In fact, many a PC have skated through their useful lives without updated Windows drivers, and have performed just fine. Updating Windows drivers is one of those things that sometimes falls into the category of “If-it-ain’t-broke-don’t-fix-it.” If you’ve been around Windows for a long time, you might think there’s something to this, but keeping your Windows drivers updated can produce some very positive results.
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Getting The Most Out Of Windows Hardware Drivers

November 23rd, 2011 admin
windows hardware drivers gone bad Getting The Most Out Of Windows Hardware Drivers If you own a Windows-based PC, hardware drivers are a fact of life. In most cases, the driver is a “set-and-forget” piece of software. That is, until something goes wrong. Hardware drivers can go wrong in a number of very creative ways, leaving the user to figure out what happened and how to clean up the mess.
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Windows Update May or May Not Include Updated Drivers

November 19th, 2011 admin
locate windows drivers Windows Update May or May Not Include Updated Drivers If you follow maintenance guidelines for your PC at all, you should know that Microsoft generally releases updates on the second Tuesday of the month, affectionately known as “Patch Tuesday.” Microsoft also uses the fourth Tuesday of the month to issue updates, and of course, the company can issue critical updates at any time. Do Windows updates include driver updates?
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Microsoft Urges Migration To Windows 7

November 6th, 2011 admin
migration Windows 7 drivers Microsoft Urges Migration To Windows 7 Microsoft is stepping up the pressure on Windows XP users to migrate to Windows 7. The company re-iterated its call to move to Windows 7 ASAP at the company’s Worldwide Partner Conference, reminding users that Windows XP will lose all support in 2014 and Vista will get the same treatment starting in 2012. So far, the migration hasn’t been as fast as Microsoft would have liked, despite the fact that Windows 7 has been well received by consumers and IT professionals alike. One stubborn area remains the availability of Windows drivers.
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Graphics Drivers Hold Up Intel’s Windows 7 Certification

November 4th, 2011 admin
graphics driver failure 082611 Graphics Drivers Hold Up Intel’s Windows 7 Certification By all accounts, Intel had been planning to launch its latest processor platforms for both laptops and netbooks in September, but new reports suggest that Intel’s third-generation Atom chipsets did not achieve Windows 7 certification on schedule. The revised release estimate for the Cedar Trail M and Atom chipsets is November. The holdup surrounds the platform’s graphics drivers.
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Aussie Document Reinforces Update Importance

November 4th, 2011 admin
unauthorized driver download 0812 Aussie Document Reinforces Update Importance A relatively new document released by the Australian Defence Signals Directorate (DSD) indicates that at least 70 percent of computer intrusions are preventable. The document outlines nearly 3-dozen actions computer users can take to reduce the likelihood that their computer will be compromised by unauthorized third parties. One of the top 5 actions is running a host-based intrusion detection system (IDS) that monitors hardware driver loading.
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