How to Generate list of Drivers Using Driverquery Command

A device driver is a program that controls a particular type of device that is attached to your computer. There are device drivers for printers, displays, CD-ROM readers, diskette drives, and so on. When you buy an operating system, many device drivers are built into the product.

Open the Command Prompt by clicking Start Menu --> All Programs --> Accessories, right-click on Command Prompt, and open it as an administrator. In Windows Vista and later versions of Window operating systems type cmd.exe into Start Screen or Start Menu, right-click on Cmd.exe, and open it as an administrator.

At the Command Prompt, excute the driverquery command. This should bring up a list of drivers installed on the system.

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Using the driverquery command will show the module name of the driver, along with the display name, driver type, and link date. However, that is not all, because it is possible to generate more information about these drivers just by using a different parameter.

Type driverquery /v to displays verbose output. Not valid for signed drivers:

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To generate an even more detailed list, use driverquery /FO list /v. It shows a lot more, including information on whether or not a driver is running.

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To view driverquery command syntax and parameters type:

Code:

driverquery  /?


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