Key issue I have is not that the drivers on my Vista machine have issues. Key issue is that manufacturers of old hardware are not proving updated drivers.
My HP all-in-one, Logitech webcam, analog microphone, all are perfectly working pieces of hardware, yet none of them functions fully with Vista.
With HP PSC 1210, cannot have good photo quality prints anymore since HP advices using generic driver rather than one they had provided (for XP).
With Logitech webcam, I attempted to isolate and fix BSODs for some four weeks before I bought a new webcam.
Philips microphone still remains nonfunctional. Interestingly, this just plugs into an analog input port of my sound card, yet does not work! Weeks on search on the Internet revealed that many people using analog microphones have issues with Vista, they end up buying USB microphones.
When Windows Vista was first released, many early adopters complained of device driver incompatibilities with older hardware. Since then, most hardware vendors have released updated, Vista compatible drivers, but unfortunately even updating your drivers doesn’t always put a stop to erratic driver behavior. In this IT Dojo, Bill Detwiler shows you two handy tools that can help you solve those pesky Vista driver problems–Driver Query and DriverView.
For those of you who prefer text to video, you can also read Greg Shulz’s article, “Troubleshoot Vista system drivers more efficiently with these tools,” on which this video is based.
