Driver Printout

[Robert]

My mother has been having computer woes and she just re-installed
Windows XP. I am creating a CD with all updated drivers for her
computer since she is still on dial-up. How do I describe to her how
to output a driver / component list? The list would help me download
the appropriate drivers. Unfortunately, her computer is a white box;
so manufacturer brand website is not available. The easiest solution
would not involve third party software since I would need to walk her
through this step too. Remember she is a basic computer user. My
Google search did not reveal the solution.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Hi Robert,

There are several driver utilities available at www.majorgeeks.com. BTW, to
list out the drivers installed in your system, use DriverQuery command.

 

[David Candy]

On the XP CD there is XP Support Tools. Install them and a undocumented one is pstat.

Type in start run after installing and rebooting

pstat > "%allusersprofile%\desktop\driverlist.txt"

The last table in this file is a list of loaded drivers. Other things apart from hardware uses drivers.

Or

Type msinfo32 in Start Run, look under Software Environment. File - Export can export a list.

In Device Manager there is a Print command on the toolbar.