Windows Vista Security: Praxisorientierte Sicherheit für Profis

Installing and Managing Hardware

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3. Windows Vista will search the location you’ve specified for the latest driver

for the device, and install the driver if found. If it does not find a more recent

version of the driver, Windows Vista will keep the current driver.

4. Click Close.

• Choose the driver to install.

1. Click “Browse my computer for driver software” and then click “Let me pick

from a list of device drivers on my computer” to select the driver to install

based on the type of hardware device.

2. Select the appropriate hardware type, such as Imaging devices or Printers,

and then click Next.

3. Scroll through the list of manufacturers to find the manufacturer of the

device, and then choose the appropriate device in the right pane.

4. If the manufacturer or device you want to use isn’t listed, insert your device

driver disk into the floppy drive or CD-ROM drive, and then click the Have

Disk button. Follow the prompts. Afterward, select the appropriate device.

5. After selecting a device driver through a search or a manual selection, click

Next to continue.

6. If the wizard can’t find an appropriate driver, you’ll need to obtain one and

then repeat this procedure.

7. Click Close.

Rolling Back Device Drivers

Sometimes you may find that installing a device or a device driver has the unin-

tended consequence of causing your computer to fail to start up. If this occurs, don’t

panic. You should be able to recover your computer using the Last Known Good

Configuration or Safe Mode, as discussed in Chapter 21. You will then need to roll

back the device driver or recover the computer to a previous restore point.

You may want to roll back a device driver for other reasons as well, such as when you

are experiencing problems with the device or the device isn’t working as you expected

after updating the device driver. To roll back a device driver, follow these steps:

1. Click Start and then click Control Panel.

2. In the Control Panel, click System and Maintenance.

3. Scroll down and then click Device Manager.

4. In Device Manager, right-click the device you want to manage and then select

Properties. This opens the Properties dialog box for the device.

5. Click the Driver tab and then click “Roll back driver.” When prompted to con-

firm the action, click Yes.

6. Click Close to close the driver’s Properties dialog box.