If you recently upgraded from an earlier version of Windows, your printer driver might work with the previous version but might not work well or at all with Windows On the right, under Related Settings , select Print server properties.
On the Drivers tab, see if your printer listed. In the Printer Driver Selection dialog box, on the left, select your printer manufacturer, on the right, select your printer driver, select Next , select Finish , and follow the instructions to add your driver.
Windows 11 Windows 10 More Windows Update might find an updated version of your printer driver. You can check by following the steps below: Open the Settings app Navigate to Windows Update in the navigation panel on the left of the window Select Check for updates at the top of the page After it's done checking for updates, select Advanced options On the Advanced options page, select Optional updates Select Driver updates if available.
Need more help? Join the discussion. Right click the the device you want to install. Reboot to allow driver installation to complete Once driver installation is complete you can delete the folder on your Desktop. But you may want to save it somewhere should you ever need to reinstall the driver again TIP: fyi Reactions: Iraklis , ravisunny2 and rajevcharudutta. Nice write up mate. I just saw your other post. Glad to hear you found this a successful method to install the driver without exe files.
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How to shrink a disk volume beyond the point where any unmovable files are located. How to move Pagefile. How to Manually Install Drivers in Windows Different versions of a hardware device require different drivers.
Therefore, before you begin downloading, it is important that you are aware of the model number of your hardware device. This information is printed on your hardware device. If this is not the case, or for internal hardware devices, you can get this information from the Device Manager window. Open the Device Manager utility via Control Panel, double-click on your hardware device, and then click the Details tab. If the directory contains executable files or a setup file, you can install the driver using an executable.
If the drivers are compressed into a. If you have not yet downloaded the drivers, you can find drivers for your computer through the computer or device manufacturer.
For links to the websites of prominent computer hardware manufacturers, see our hardware drivers index. If you're downloading drivers to install on another device, you can copy or extract the files to a USB flash drive and connect it to the other computer. After the drivers are downloaded, you must determine how the drivers are packaged. When extracting the drivers, remember where the folder containing the drivers is located since it needs to be known during the driver installation process.
We recommend extracting files to a folder on the Windows desktop , as it's an easy place to remember. Today, many computer and hardware manufacturers are pre-packaging their drivers into executable files or have the drivers installed through the setup file. Double-clicking the executable or setup file should install the drivers to the computer for you.
The executable may be packaged in a compressed file , which means before looking for the setup file, it needs to be uncompressed. For help with uncompressing a file, see: How to extract or decompress a compressed file.
If, after uncompressing the file, it still doesn't contain an executable file, setup file, or doesn't install your hardware device, continue with the below recommendations.
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