Driverquery

Applies To: Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista

Enables an administrator to display a list of installed device drivers and their properties. If used without parameters, driverquery runs on the local computer.

For examples of how to use this command, see Examples.

Syntax

driverquery [/s <System> [/u [<Domain>\]<Username> [/p <Password>]]] [/fo {table | list | csv}] [/nh] [/v | /si]

Parameters

Parameter Description

/s <System>

Specifies the name or IP address of a remote computer. Do not use backslashes. The default is the local computer.

/u [<Domain>\]<Username>

Runs the command with the credentials of the user account as specified by User or Domain\User. By default, /s uses the credentials of the user who is currently logged on to the computer that is issuing the command. /u cannot be used unless /s is specified.

/p <Password>

Specifies the password of the user account that is specified in the /u parameter. /p cannot be used unless /u is specified.

/fo {table | list | csv}

Specifies the format to display the driver information. Valid values are table, list, and csv. The default format for output is table.

/nh

Omits the header row from the displayed driver information. Not valid if the /fo parameter is set to list.

/v

Displays verbose output. /v is not valid for signed drivers.

/si

Provides information about signed drivers.

/?

Displays help at the command prompt.

Examples

To display a list of installed device drivers on the local computer, type:

driverquery 

To display the output in a comma-separated values (CSV) format, type:

driverquery /fo csv 

To hide the header row in the output, type:

driverquery /nh 

To use the driverquery command on a remote server named server1 using your current credentials on the local computer, type:

driverquery /s server1

To use the driverquery command on a remote server named server1 using the credentials for user1 on the domain maindom, type:

driverquery /s server1 /u maindom\user1 /p p@ssw3d

Additional references

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