View Information About a Device Driver

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Applies To: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2

This topic provides a procedure you can use to view details about the device drivers that are running on your computer.

Any user account can be used to complete this procedure. However, only members of the Administrators group can make changes to any of the devices or their drivers.

To view information about a device driver

  1. Open Device Manager.

  2. Find and right-click the specific device you want, and then click Properties.

  3. On the Driver tab, information about the currently installed driver is displayed.

  4. Click the Details button.

    The Driver File Details page appears with a list of the individual files that make up the driver.

Additional references

Viewing Device Information

Stage a Device Driver in the Driver Store

Update or Change a Device Driver

Roll Back a Device Driver to a Previous Version