______________________________________________________________________ DriverView - Acquire and Prepare DriverView • Download the architecture version (x86 or x64) that accommodates the OS architecture: · http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/driverview.zip · http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/driverview-x64.zip • Expand the archive file into a temporary folder. • Execute an administrative driverview.exe in the manner that supports the OS version: · On Windows 5.x execute driverview.exe from a user account that is a member of the local Administrators group. · On Windows 6.x execute driverview.exe from a user account that is a member of the local Administrators group by right-clicking driverview.exe and selecting 'Run as administrator' and supplying adequate credentials if necessary. • In driverview.exe's menu, select 'View': · Select 'Choose Columns': · Check all available columns. · Click 'OK'. · If you are only interested in non-Microsoft drivers, also select 'Hide Microsoft Drivers'. • Exit driverview.exe: · A configuration file, driverview.cfg, will be created in the same folder where driverview.exe exists: · driverview.exe will read its configuration from driverview.cfg on subsequent executions. ______________________________________________________________________ DriverView - View a List of Loaded Drivers • Execute an administrative driverview.exe in the manner that supports the OS version: · On Windows 5.x execute driverview.exe from a user account that is a member of the local Administrators group. · On Windows 6.x execute driverview.exe from a user account that is a member of the local Administrators group by right-clicking driverview.exe and selecting 'Run as administrator' and supplying adequate credentials if necessary. ______________________________________________________________________ DriverView - Save a List of Loaded Drivers • Execute an administrative cmd.exe prompt in the manner that supports the OS version: · On Windows 5.x execute cmd.exe from a user account that is a member of the local Administrators group. · On Windows 6.x execute cmd.exe from a user account that is a member of the local Administrators group by right-clicking cmd.exe (or the 'Command Prompt' icon) and selecting 'Run as administrator' and supplying adequate credentials if necessary. • In the administrative cmd.exe prompt: · Navigate to the folder containing driverview.exe and driverview.cfg. · Execute: driverview.exe /stabular Computername--YYYY.MM.DD--HH.MM.SS--driverview.exe--Loaded.Drivers.txt /sort "Company" /sort "Driver Name" · Where 'YYYY.MM.DD' is a datestamp. · Where 'HH.MM.SS' is a timestamp. · Where 'Computername' is the computer name. ________________________________________ Credits Any external referenced material in this document is hyperlinked. Authors responsible for referenced work should be sought through the reference(s) listed. I am Christopher Etter, a Professional Services consultant. Because you are using this, I welcome you as my customer. These documents are free for you to use. I work diligently to serve you with material such as this. I would appreciate it if PSPRO (professionalservices.pro), my name, and this 'Credits' section remain attached to this work so that I accrue name recognition via your success and peer recommendation. Thank you very much, and I hope this document helps you solve your current information technology issue! | |