How to locate drivers on windows xp

 · I'm not sure what bonk's experience is with the folders posted, but I've never heard of anyone being able to copy system files and folders as a way of backing up or transferring drivers. I looked in my computer's C:\Windows\System32\drivers folder and all it has are a bunch of SYS files. There are no INF files or any of the other driver files.  · When referring to Windows XP Professional are you saying you installed Microsoft Office on Windows XP Professional system? Windows 7 drivers are for Windows 7 units. Windows XP is an older platform and as in the sticks stated you may end up messing up your system.  · If an individual is having trouble with one of her Windows XP drivers, the first thing to do is to go to the "Device Manager." Find out how to get to the "De Author: eHowTech.

The hotfix installer that is included with Windows XP and with Windows post-Service Pack 3 (SP3) updates includes functionality to support multiple hotfix installations. For earlier versions of Windows , the command-line tool that is named "www.doorway.ru" is available for download. I'm not sure what bonk's experience is with the folders posted, but I've never heard of anyone being able to copy system files and folders as a way of backing up or transferring drivers. I looked in my computer's C:\Windows\System32\drivers folder and all it has are a bunch of SYS files. There are no INF files or any of the other driver files. You visit the manufacturer web site (Support and/or Downloads) for either the computer as a whole (if it is something like a Dell, HP, IBM, Gateway, etc - or a laptop) OR you visit each individual hardware compnonent manufacturer's webaise(s) (Support and/or Downloads) and find the specific model (of computer/of each component) and download the proper driver for whatever operating system (OS) you are running (if the manufacturer supports that OS.).

Updating drivers in Windows XP · From the Start menu, select Control Panel. · On the left-hand side, click Switch to Classic View. Double-click. Can you choose let Windows automatically search its drivers (in my experience Win XP does much better job than earlier versions). Anyway, typically, most. Put the CD or thumb drive in your trouble computer. Go back into Device Manager (see steps above), right click on the device you want to install.