Configuring Devices and Device Drivers

This chapter is designed to provide you with detailed instructions regarding Windows 10 post-installation tasks, particularly managing devices and device drivers. With that in mind, this chapter explains the importance of device drivers after every installation of an operating system. Tasks such as installation, removal, disabling, updating/upgrading, rollback, and other related things concerning device drivers are part of an IT help desk member's day-to-day job. This requires good knowledge of the triangle composed of the operating system, hardware, and device driver. This chapter also addresses signed and unsigned device drivers by featuring the File Signature Verification tool. The chapter covers the DISM tool too by listing the steps required to add driver packages to the Windows image. Each topic is accompanied with step-by-step instructions driven by targeted, easy-to-understand graphics. The chapter concludes with a chapter labs on operating with device drivers.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

• Understanding devices and drivers
• Resolving device driver issues
• Configuring device driver settings
• Managing driver packages
• Downloading and importing driver packages
• Using the DISM tool to add driver packages
• Chapter labs–operating with device drivers