What are the best tools or methods to find device drivers for Windows?

2 Device and Printers

Device and Printers is another graphical tool that shows you the devices and printers attached to your PC, as well as some system devices and settings. You can access Device and Printers by clicking the Start menu and typing Devices and Printers, or by opening the Control Panel and selecting Devices and Printers. Device and Printers lets you add, remove, and configure devices and printers, as well as change their icons, names, and default settings.

3 Command Prompt

Command Prompt is a text-based tool that lets you execute commands and scripts to perform various tasks on your PC. You can access Command Prompt by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Command Prompt, or by typing cmd in the Run dialog box. Command Prompt lets you use some commands to find device information, such as wmic, driverquery, and pnputil. For example, you can type wmic baseboard get product,manufacturer,version,serialnumber to get the motherboard information, or driverquery /v to get the driver details.

5 System Information

System Information is a graphical tool that shows you a comprehensive summary of your system configuration, components, and resources. You can access System Information by clicking the Start menu and typing System Information, or by typing msinfo32 in the Run dialog box. System Information lets you view, save, and print the system information, as well as export it to other formats. You can also use the Find feature to search for specific items in the system information.

6 Device Installation Settings

Device Installation Settings is a graphical tool that lets you control how Windows installs and updates device drivers. You can access Device Installation Settings by clicking the Start menu and typing Change device installation settings, or by opening the Control Panel and selecting System and Security, then System, then Advanced system settings, then Hardware, then Device Installation Settings. Device Installation Settings lets you choose whether to automatically download and install drivers from Windows Update, or to ask you before doing so.