Chapter 15. Working with devices and networks

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Hardware devices, such as printers, scanners, cameras, and so on, must be connected to your computer before they can be used. The first time you connect a device, a device driver is installed to let the hardware communicate with the computer and vice versa. Windows 8.1 makes installation of these device drivers easy, because it has a library of drivers available, and if Windows can’t find the right one for your device, it’ll go online to find ...

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