Sentences with phrase «own hardware drivers»

Ubuntu's automated Hardware Drivers utility seeks out proprietary drivers for devices in your system, simplifying the task of grabbing the latest proprietary nVidia driver, for instance, so that you can enable Desktop Effects.

(except for the camera, due to NVidia's lack of adequate hardware drivers for it).

The operating system exists solely to handle the hardware drivers and run the browser and associated applications.

The Windows environment is beholden to those hardware drivers that lets your components talk to the OS.

Luckily, Linux uses primarily open - source drivers, so you shouldn't need old hardware drivers that are only available in 32 - bit form.

If you don't want Windows touching your system's hardware drivers, you can configure Windows to never update the drivers for a specific hardware device.

You may also want to use the 32 - bit edition if you have proprietary hardware drivers that are only available in 32 - bit form, but this is very unlikely to happen on Linux — it should primarily apply to Windows users.

If you're a Windows developer working on hardware drivers, the information in these memory dump files could help you identify the reason your hardware drivers are causing a computer to blue - screen and fix the problem.

A PC with a «precision touchpad» doesn't do all the hard work in its own hardware drivers.

You might not need them yourself, but you may need to send them to a developer if you're experiencing a problem with low - level software or hardware drivers on your computer.

Windows Update automatically updates your hardware drivers — whether or not you want it to — so you shouldn't need to dig up new driver versions from your motherboard manufacturer's website to go looking for performance improvements.

The hardware drivers you need should be automatically downloaded from Windows Update after you're done.

For example, many hardware drivers include hardware utilities that run in the background and stay in your notification area.

To take advantage of it, an attacker would have to install a new hardware driver, and then use that driver to crack the chipset and run code on the chipset processor itself.

Compatibility data includes information about installed Internet Explorer add - ons, app usage information (how long an app was used and when it was started, for example), and details about connected accessories and hardware drivers.

If you build your own desktop PC, you'll find hardware drivers for each component on each manufacturer's website.

Windows will download hardware drivers for most of your devices and keep those drivers up to date automatically if necessary.

You'll get a clean Windows system and you can install only the hardware drivers and other software you need.

If you do this on a new computer, be sure not to uninstall any hardware drivers.

Hardware drivers are the software that allow your operating system to communicate with your hardware.

If everything is working properly, you probably don't need to install hardware drivers.

Some device manufacturers may even recommend against installing their hardware driver packages on modern versions of Windows like Windows 8, as Windows already includes the necessary drivers.

Your computer won't be faster just because you regularly update your hardware drivers, and it also won't be slower just because you're using drivers that are a few versions old.

Hardware drivers are kind of a special case.

As part of an ongoing series, we're taking a closer look at the processes spawned by macOS, common third - party apps, and hardware drivers.

We don't recommend updating hardware drivers — this can introduce problems.

You'll often have to download and install hardware drivers from your computer manufacturer's website after the reinstall.

Restore points are snapshots of your Windows system files, certain program files, registry settings, and hardware drivers.

Alternatively, you can check this information before updating the device driver, and if the date and version information increases, then you've successfully updated the hardware driver.

Registry problems can occur for many reasons, including references left behind after un-installation; incorrect removal of software; missing or corrupt hardware drivers; or orphaned start - up programs.

In this Windows 10 guide, we'll walk you through the steps to successfully update hardware drivers on your computer.

iTunes bundles various system services, background processes, and hardware drivers that allow it to do that.

Using telemetry data, Cable said, «We can tell which apps, hardware drivers, and firmware will cause certain issues.»

If you installed a program or hardware driver and the problem started after that, you can visit the Control Panel and uninstall that program or hardware driver.

As part of an ongoing series, we're taking a closer look at the processes spawned by Windows, common third - party apps, and hardware drivers.

Many people claim it removed hardware drivers like Intel Rapid Storage Technology and AMD Catalyst Control Center, too.

PC manufacturers will still be able to customize the computer's state after the refresh or reset — for example, adding their own hardware drivers and any other software they want, including junkware like Superfish.

When you uninstall the existing hardware driver, the uninstaller could fail to clean up properly and leave some of these files behind.

Note that your hardware drivers may still be updated by Windows Update in some situations.

If you've set up your system properly, Windows takes snapshots of its settings, or restore points, before you make any major changes to your computer — install a new hardware driver, a new program, or (frequently) the latest Windows update.

Instead of shutting down normally, Windows 8 employs a clever trick — it saves the state of low - level software such as the kernel and hardware drivers to the disk and restores them when you boot it up.

When Windows starts normally, it launches startup programs, fires up all the services configured to start, and loads the hardware drivers you have installed.

Now, each HAL can only access the hardware driver that it controls.

A complete Windows reinstall rules out any software problems, unless there's a faulty hardware driver that needs to be updated.

It's got the clean Windows 10 «Signature Edition» software, all the hardware drivers are working beautifully (except for one time when the fingerprint scanner didn't work, requiring a reboot), the hardware itself is working beautifully, and the one added Huawei Assistant program is minimal, non-obtrusive, and absolutely useful.

In the geek community we all know the 2nd Tuesday of every month is called «Patch Tuesday», when the team from Redmond send out the latest security fixes to plug holes and fix vulnerabilities in the OS, hardware drivers — including wireless patches, and other installed software like MS Office.

If your computer is infected with malware or has unstable hardware drivers that cause blue screens, Safe Mode can help you fix it because those things aren't loaded the way they are when Windows starts normally.

Sure, you might occasionally want to reboot Windows to solve problems — you'll have to reboot after updating Windows and installing many hardware drivers anyway.

In general, you shouldn't mess with hardware drivers too much.

When you install Windows, you'll need to install hardware drivers provided by the hardware's manufacturer — motherboard chipset drivers, graphics card drivers, Wi - Fi drivers, and more.