How to Upgrade Drivers for Windows Vista Home Basic

Update drivers frequently for peripherals.

Device drivers are very important to the general well being of your computer. When a piece of hardware gets installed into your machine, either at the factory level or manually by yourself, a driver gets installed along with it. It is important to keep these drivers updated as they often improve the performance of that device and fix errors. In the Windows Vista Home Basic operating system, you can update all drivers using the Device Manager.

Instructions

1. Click "Start."

2. Click "Computer."

3. Click "System Properties."

4. Click "Device Manager."

5. Browse over the list of hardware installed on your computer. You can choose to update any driver on your computer using this screen, but they will all have to be updated manually one-at-a-time. Locate the hardware component that you want to find an updated driver for.

6. Right-click on the name of the hardware component and then click "Update Driver Software..." Windows Vista Home Basic will connect to the Internet and download any driver updates that are available for that component. You can then repeat this step for any other hardware device you'd like to update.

References

• Microsoft: Open Device Manager