Improvement of installation and operation mode of Win8.1 driver

The driver is the communication software and the hardware bridge, your equipment can run normally, can play full performance, depends on the driver that you install is safe, stable, equipment match degree.

Because the driver runs at the bottom of the system and runs under the kernel, the driver, if it fails, causes the computer to run wrong, and the large system is paralyzed or the hardware is damaged. For example, most computer blue screen problems are caused by improper installation of the driver.

Win8.1 driver is more secure and stable

1. Do not need to restart the computer after installation

Win8.1 system drivers will not run at the kernel level, but run at the user level, so the installation does not need to restart the computer for kernel loading, this improvement makes the user more convenient and labor-saving.

2. Local drive failure will not affect the overall operation of the system

Win8.1 driver as an application, there will not be too much of the previous low-level operations, so even if the driver failure will not cause the entire system crashes or hardware damage, such improvements improve the operating system security and operational stability.

Traditional and improved two kinds of drive installation methods

This paper introduces two kinds of driving and upgrading methods of Win8.1:

In addition to the traditional driver installation upgrade method, another method in Win8.1 is to upgrade the driver via "Windows Update", which is more convenient and stable, the system automatically detects the latest device drivers, and then downloads and installs in the form of a system patch, and from the Windows Update "Download the driver are the official version of Microsoft, with security, stability, the advantages of matching.

1. From charms bar into the Device Manager upgrade

Traditional upgrade method, in the Win8.1 above or more easy to operate: the mouse moved to the bottom right of the screen, pop-up charms bar, click "Settings", and then click "Computer Information" (shown below).

Click on the computer information on charms bar

Enter the system interface and click Device Manager.

Device Manager for the system

Select the device that needs to be upgraded, right click on the menu, select "Update Driver Software" on the menu, and then install the prompts one step at a time.

Update Driver software

Drive upgrades facilitate volume control fine peripherals support richer

2. Upgrade from "Windows Update"

A more convenient installation-driven feature of the Win8.1 system is that the driver does not need to upgrade the installation as before, but instead integrates the installation and upgrade device-driven work into the "Windows Update" System update feature, which installs the driver while the user hits the system patch. And the updated driver of the system is certified by Microsoft, and has high stability and security.

Update driver from "Windows Update"

System Volume Control more granular

In the Windows XP era, users can only adjust the global volume of the system. For example, users listen to music while using the player, while browsing the Web page, and access to the Web page is just embedded in the flash audio and video playback control, will undoubtedly cause interference to users.

Don't worry now, because the WIN8 system driver runs at the user level, so the user's angle of control experience is better, can realize to the equipment more direct and detailed control. For example, to control the volume of the system, we click on the bottom right corner of the speaker icon, the volume controller, and then click the "Synthesizer."

Volume control

After clicking on "Synthesizer", it comes to the "Speaker" interface, which not only has the device volume control, but also the system global volume control, but also controls the application's internal volume. For example, the following figure is more than the volume control of the Web page, QQ software volume control. Of course, the premise of controlling the volume of multiple programs is that these applications are running in memory.

Device, System, application volume control separately

Win8.1 supports more devices via driver and API protocol

Win8.1 introduced the API protocol, through the USB, Bluetooth, wireless network and other connections to the hardware and Windows 8.1 system connection, combined with the standard drive operation, will enable developers directly through the API control device, and no longer like the device also need to install a dedicated driver, Support equipment in the future more and more, including sweep code machine, vending machine, terminal POS machine and so on.

Win8.1 supports a growing number of devices

After careful use of Win8.1, we can see that the driver is running at the user level because the underlying operation becomes less and makes the system more stable and secure. Driver upgrades and installations can also be performed directly from "Windows Update", and are upgraded from Microsoft Certified qualified drivers, allowing users to search the Internet for drivers without any difficulty. In addition, the Win8.1 driver can perform more and finer control than the previous operating system through its unique operating mode. In addition, the WIN8 system from the drive level of improvement, so that it later support more and more devices, so that future users, program developers no longer need to consider the underlying driver details, so that the system's use of the experience become more simple and easy.