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You may have heard about computer drivers, but what are they really? And why should you care? These are legitimate questions that computer users have. Fortunately, computer drivers aren’t nearly as mysterious as they first appear.

Computer drivers, or device drivers as they’re more commonly called, are simply a type of program that is used for interacting between your computer’s operating system and the hardware and devices installed on your computer.

Take a look at your computer right now. You can see a monitor, a keyboard, and a mouse at first glance. Your computer has potentially dozens of devices installed including memory, graphics cards, sound cards, USB controllers, CD-ROM drives, floppy drives, hard drives, printers, scanners, and so on. In addition, you might have several portable devices that you connect occasionally such as digital cameras, MP3 players, USB flash drives, and cell phones. These are all devices and they all require device drivers.

The device drivers are needed because otherwise, how would Windows know what to do with them? Imagine how many hardware manufacturers are out there tinkering in their labs creating new hardware for your computer. While they may keep the Windows operating system in mind as they design their products, Windows has no way of knowing how to interact with all of the unique features of all of these hundreds of thousands of products. A computer driver solves this problem. The hardware manufacturer creates a file that tells Windows what it needs to know about the hardware. It’s as simple as that – almost.

When you first purchase a new piece of hardware for your computer, it will either come with a device driver on disc that you will install or it will be “plug and play” which means Windows will automatically recognize the device and install the required drivers on its own. While these original drivers will serve the primary purpose of facilitating communication between the operating system and the device, you’ll eventually want to update the drivers as new editions are released.

Hardware manufacturers tend to release their products and then go back to their labs where they continue fine-tuning them. Once the products are released, they will discover technical bugs, conflicts, and other mistakes. Being responsible to their customers and striving for continuous improvement, most manufacturers correct these mistakes and issue updated drivers. Meanwhile, they also add their latest improvements at the same time. By taking advantage of the latest computer driver updates for your devices, you can easily solve known problems as well as get the latest improvements. This helps prevent device-related errors and keeps your system in tip-top shape.

Many device drivers are available directly from the manufacturer right on their Web site. However, before you begin downloading drivers, you must take care to download the correct driver for your exact device and your exact operating system. A device driver designed for Windows XP will be completely wrong for your computer if your computer has Windows Vista.

Computer drivers are simply software, so once you’ve found the correct driver, it’s a simple matter of downloading and installing it. This can be a do-it-yourself job so long as you use care to select the correct device driver for your system.