Almost every user connects the phone, tablet, reader, flash drives and external HDD to computer. When working with these Windows devices, Windows sets their drivers. At the end of operation, they are not deleted from the computer (that is, gradually accumulate) and just as temporary files, unnecessary entries in the registry lit up the system.
In addition to this, if the devices are disconnected from the USB port incorrectly (removed without a software shutdown), then the installed drivers not only remain in the system, but also continue to function. Because of which it is often the cause of a software conflict in the process of connecting another USB device (the system "does not see" the device, it gives an error hanging).
This article will help you avoid all these troubles: will tell how to remove the driver of an unused USB drive or gadget from the operating system completely, how to automatically uninstall all USB drivers.
Removal by standard means
Surface cleaning
1. Open the Start menu.
2. Clause the right mouse button in the "Computer" panel. In the list of commands, select "Properties".
3. In the column on the left, the Device Manager clad.
4. In the dispatcher window, in the horizontal menu, open the View section and click "Show Hidden Devices".
5. Open the USB Controllers directory.
6. Delete an old or unused driver: Conduct by right-click it → Click "Delete".
Deep cleaning
1. Hold down the "WIN" key, press the "Pause / Break" key. Or open: Start → Right-click Computer → Properties.
2. In the window that opens, in the left pane, click "Advanced System Parameters".
3. On the Advanced tab, click the Wednesday button.
4. In the upper block, click "Create".
5. In the New User Variable window:
- in the "variable name" line, enter - devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices;
- in the "variable value" - 1.
6. Press "OK" in the variable panel and in the Wednesday window.
7. Return to the System Properties window (Win + Break) and Clause Device Manager.
8. In the dispatcher, open: View → Show hidden ...
9. Click the "Update Configuration ..." button (last in the panel).
10. Icons of unused drivers in the dispatcher are painted in gray (that is, you can delete this driver). Alternately, open the following directories and remove unnecessary items (click right-click → Delete):
Drivers of non-astone devices
Tip! In this directory, you can also delete old drivers installed by programs that are already uninstalled from Windows (for example, a Comodo firewall package).
This section of the devices displays the intensive drivers of flash drives, readers, hard drives. Transparent object icons suggest that they are not used (not connected). So, they can safely get rid of them.
11. Upon completion of cleaning, restart the PC.
Auto removal USBDEView utility
1. Copy this link to the address bar to the address bar - http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html#downloadlinks (the official website of the utility). And then press "ENTER".
2. On the page that opens:
- if you have a 32-bit system, cland the first link "DOWNLOAD USBDEVIEW";
- if 64-x, the second - "... for x64 Systems".
3. Unpack the downloaded archive: Clause on it right-click → Select "Extract everything ..." → In the "Unpacking ..." window, click "Extract".
4. Open the unpacked folder. Run with administrator rights executable USBDEView file.
5. The utility window displays a list of all drivers installed in the system. Red "chips" marked disconnected elements.
To remove the driver from Windows, highlight it with the mouse click, and then click the "Basket" icon in the USBDEVIEW pane. Or click on it right and select "Uninstall Selected Devices" in the context menu.
Note. In addition to the deletion function, USBDEView provides the ability to disable / enable the driver, see its properties.
Delete all USB devices drivers
The global driver cleaning can be performed by the DriveCleanUp utility (download link - http://uwe-sieber.de/files/drivecluanup.zip).
1. Unpack the archive downloaded to the computer.
2. If you have a 32-bit Windows, open the "Win32" folder, if 64-x, respectively, "x64".
3. Run on behalf of the administrator file "DriveCleanUp".
After starting the utility automatically performs cleaning. Upon completion of the procedure (when the message "Press Any Key" appears in the console window), press any key.
Successes in the system setup!
Hello everyone, my dear readers!
I am glad to see you again in my blog! Yesterday I changed software on more recent versions and faced with such a fact that it sometimes has to demolish the old software. Immediately the question arose - how to delete the installed drivers? After all, sometimes, a simple rollback can not do. In this article, tell you all the ways how it can be done safely and unrehareled your PC.
What is it for?
Sometimes demolition drivers are not just desirable, but necessary. If, in the case of updating programs, several files are added to them, then the system software is absolutely different. Manufacturers sometimes completely change the structure of the driver, for example, on audio devices.
Especially with the advent of the new DierCTX. And in this case, you need to delete all old versions of the drivers. You can do this in several ways and programs that I will tell below. By the way, it concerns not only the iron of primary importance and a certain OS. This may be needed even on modern Windows 10.
I want to immediately give an important explanation, do not delete if you do not have a new driver. Remember, as soon as you drive the software, the operating system is simply stopped working with it, and it can turn off it at all. Therefore, it is important to have a new version in advance, or software, with which it can be found and installed.
Deleting the driver using a special software
The option is good because everything is done quickly. However, a high-quality program, and even free, it is quite difficult to find. Driver Sweeper - Soft, which I myself tried. You can download from here. Load and install. After starting on Windows 7, or on any other system, it is desirable that you are activated directly Russian. This is done in the Language tab.
In the left part you need to click " analysis and cleaning" You will have all the devices to which the OS has a driver, even on the printer. Choose that iron that needs to get rid of the old software. Then clake the button Analysis. The system will display all the files related to this device. Also, part of the registry that have a relation to it will be shown.
Then you should click the button " Cleaning" As soon as the process is completed, close the program and restart the PC. So it is done on a stationary computer, and on a laptop. Only the field of this can be set a new software.
There is another program that will help you with this. It is called Driver Genius. Download it can be from here. Download, install and run it. You will find this window.
As shown in the picture, press Driver Cleanup and select the device. Then click the " Next" The program itself will delete everything you need, but you will only stay to restart the PC.
Removing the operating system device dispatcher
First you need to open the task manager. Right-click on the quick start panel, on some free place that are not engaged in shortcuts and in the menu that appears select a line with this title. You need to complete all the processes associated with the driver you want to delete. For example, you want to carry on the laptop that is responsible for the video card, close all the image processes.
Now you need to go to the control panel and open device Manager. You will have a window, as in the image below.
In it, select the desired device, press the right button and select the " driver" Next press " Delete».
The following will appear.
Put the checkbox where it is indicated and click " Delete».
In principle, all this is enough, however, this method does not fully remove all the files associated with the device. For example, the registry will still have records. It is not hazardous, but in the future, without cleaning the registry, it can slow down the system.
Precautions
Installing new drivers, conjugate with the removal of old, can cause problems. For example, you drive the driver, and the new one is simply uninstalled by causing a digital signature error. Especially this happens to the printer or scanner. In this case, reboot in safe mode. To do this, restart your car and click F8.And choose the first line.
Only after loading the operating system in this mode you can proceed to action. In this case, the OS simply disables some functions that block some actions associated with the confirmation of the quality of software. And for the operating systems of new versions, install software without signature, it is simply a potentially dangerous action. Therefore, it is necessary to apply such a method.
Conclusion
At the end of the article, I want to warn you that any operation that is described here must be carried out to the end. Do not interrupt the process associated with the removal of software. Otherwise, your system will slow down. The worst thing that can happen is errors in the registry. It will be very difficult to correctly correct them, so it is important to bring all the procedures to the end. By the way, on this topic there is a great video.
From myself, I can recommend using special programs. They will not harm the system, and accurately delete all files knitted with drivers. All software is free, I tested him myself. Programs work on all versions are visible. By the way, some actions may require permissions of the system itself, so the software is better to always run only on behalf of the administrator, otherwise nothing will work.
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The installation process is simple and simple. In the course of the installation, do not forget to take a check mark from something that you are offered in the appendage (especially if you already have it).
It is possible that you will need to deliver separately. .NET Framework.. More about what it is, how and why I have already written in the material "What is Microsoft .NET Framework and why install it."
As for use, then, running the program, you must first set the Russian language. To do this, go on the link " Language."and choose from the drop-down list" Russian.", and then give a button" Apply":
After this process, the program language becomes Russian, and therefore we are simply moving to the tab " Analysis and cleaning"Select those points with drivers that we want to remove and trash from which we do not need in the system.
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Next, we strongly press the button " Cleaning"(If you suddenly doubt that it will take something more superfluous, then it is better to start to start" Analysis"And see the list of files and registry keys that the program wants to remove).
A, and yes, of course, it is possible to restore the remote, for which there is a corresponding tab " Restoration".
On the sim in the whole process, actually ends, and therefore we can move to the post.
Afterword
As a permanent tool, it is not necessary (the benefit of the versions of the drivers are not changing so often), but keep in mind and keep at hand, as a sweater to avoid possible problems, it is quite possible. For example, I sometimes faced the fact that the driver does not "wash" entirely during normal uninstalling, which makes it difficult to install another (no matter how old or old) version, and therefore it causes blue screens of death, or does not allow them to correctly eliminate (if they are caused current driver).
Somehow here is, briefly and useful. Use on health, perhaps it is useful in the farm;)
As always, if suddenly there are some questions, thoughts and additions, then comments are on your services.
The printer in our time is an indispensable peripheral device for the office and at home. Therefore, it is often from users on personal computers running Windows 7, problems with drivers appear on these devices. Problems can be the most different. For example, the printer does not want to print, the device driver is outdated and it must be replaced or the printing device is not the driver.
To solve this or that task you need delete or reinstall Printer driver. To solve the task, we have prepared the material in which the removal process is described in detail and reinstall the printer driver. In addition, in the material you will find useful information that will help you solve some problems associated with printing devices.
Remove the printer driver from Windows 7
First of all, we turn to the section of the control panel "". You can get there using the program " Perform"And such a command: Control Printers Running the program is performed using a combination on the Win + R keyboard.
After executing the command, the desired section will open. It is also worth noting that this section can be found in the control panel itself.
For example, we took a new MFP.
The next to our action will be deleted from the section that we discovered. To remove it by clicking on it with the right mouse button and select the item "".
Now we need to go to the add-in " Services" For this in the program " Perform"We use the following command: Services.msc Also this superstructure can be found in the control panel in the Administrator section. In this superstructure, we need to find a service " Print Manager" After that, by clicking on this service, right-click and choose the item " Restart».
Procedured operations restart considered service.. It is necessary in order to print the driver normally in the print server. Now let's go directly to the print server. This can be done by the team in the program " Perform": Printui / S / T2
In the window that opens, we find the driver related to the Samsung M2880FW MFP and delete it to the remove button. On this, our actions do not yet end. We need to go to the last superstructure " Print management" To do this, we will perform such a command: printmanagement.msc in the program " Perform" In the supervised add-on, go to the sections " Customizable Filters / All Drivers"After that, we find from the list to our printer and delete it.
Having done all the actions described in the example, you completely get rid of all traces of the Samsung M2880FW MFP driver in Windows 7. All traces will be deleted regardless of how the device is connected: at least it parallel Port. or Wi-Fi.
Now it remains to make the last action, namely remove all software related to MFP Samsung m2880fw. This can be made by the staff of Windows 7 through removal panel program.
From the example, it can be seen as regular tools of the system can easily remove all traces of drivers. In addition, the described method is suitable for all versions of Windows, for example, for Xp.. The only difference in Windows XP will be the name of the printers.
Correct installation for printer
The main causes of improper work of the printer are driversthat user Windows 7 downloaded from unreliable source. Such sources can be various pirated resources and torrent trackers. So if you have this situation that - remove By your device, the method described in the first example. After that you need to download software for printer or MFP from reliable source.
The most reliable and only secure source of the printer drivers is the site of the manufacturer of the printed device.
For example, to download drivers for MFP Canon Pixma MG7740. You need to go to the support site of the company www.canon.ru/support. Then enter the name of this MFP in the search menu.
After completing the search, the site will issue the results in which necessary software For the proper work of the MFP Canon Pixma MG7740..
Remove drivers using Driver Fusion
DRIVER FUSION. It is a wonderful tool for removing software for printing devices. You can download the utility from its official site https://treexy.com. The utility has a Russian interface, though some sections are poorly translated.
Consider work DRIVER FUSION. Read more. Let's start the utility and move on to the section " Driver family" From the Russian-speaking name section it is clear that it is incorrectly translated. Correct translation Driver family».
In the window that opens, you can see almost all manufacturers of printers. To delete all drivers from the Windows 7 operating system, select the desired manufacturer and click the " Delete" After these actions DRIVER FUSION. Start a complete deletion of all traces of the driver of the selected manufacturer. All types of printers with different types of connectivity are deleted - at least via a parallel port or USB interface.
From the example it is clear that using the utility is quite easy. It is much easier to make the task of removing drivers than the standard tools of Windows 7 described in the first example. Therefore, Driver Fusion can be recommended by novice.
Using this utility, you can delete the driver for any device. I also want to note that the utility supports both new and old Windows OS, so you will be able to launch it without any problems Xp. or dozen.
Output
One of the main reasons for the inoperability or improper operation of the printing device are drivers obtained from unreliable sources. Therefore, follow examples and recommendations in the article to solve and avoid problems with your printer. We hope that our material will be useful for you.
Video on the topic
In Windows, in such a procedure, such as removal of drivers, usually no need. The system in most cases gets along with the drivers of the changeable periphery. Yes, and when changing the internal filling of the computer the latest versions Windows 8.1. and 10
, as a rule, quietly launched, without care Bsod. What happens to Windows 7. (and older versions)
When replacing the processor or motherboard. New versions of the system usually dump the binding to the gland and automatically install everything they need.
Nevertheless, cases of conflict of drivers happen, and sometimes it can be the question of their disposal with our, user intervention. Other reason for such a procedure - experimentatories goals. So how to delete drivers from the Windows environment?
1. Deleting application drivers
Drivers are service files formats ".Sys" , ".Dll" , ".Vxd" , ".Drv" stored in Special Windows directors. Most of them are installed using files. ".Inf" And does not have its own interface for user control. But there are third-party drivers that are supplied with their branded applications. Such exist for video, audiocrats, printers and other periphery. And they are installed in the system by type of third-party programs. It is not always possible to get rid of such drivers by conventional uninstallation, their hidden components can remain in the system. And at best, the dead cargo take the place on the disk, at worst - conflict with new drivers . In this case, special-cleaner programs will help.
One of the best programs from the number of advanced uninstallastors is. She, firstly, will help correctly uninstall drivers themselves, i.e. Remove them with stripping residues in the registry and on the disk.
Secondly, the program displays not only the main catalog with third-party software, it also has two separate directory with hidden and system components. There can be hiding the remaining components of third-party drivers, and Conducts them to delete them.
Especially for correct removal of video drivers the program is intended. It is a narrow projectile, it is intended for cleaning Windows from video card drivers NVIDIA , AMD. and Intel Together with all those installed by their branded applications. It is recommended for use before replacing the video card so that the next time you start Windows you can implement a new video driver. In its window, it is necessary to choose the desired grade of the video card - NVIDIA , AMD. and Intel . And on the left to specify the right action - remove video driversAnd then either do nothing, or restart the system, or turn it off.
2. Delete conventional drivers
The cause of problems with iron and periphery can sometimes be left in the system information about old devices of this type. Such devices may already not be in sight, but Windows stores their drivers. Plus, they also occupy a disk space. How to remove drivers old, no longer existing iron and periphery?
For externally connected technology, you can try to resort to the help of device manager. You need to configure the display of hidden devices.
And remove those of them that are no longer used. They will be marked by faded icons.
As for the internal stuffing of a computer, then not everything is so simple. To correct the situation with the conflict, you can make the drivers of component drivers using a regular utility designed to deploy Windows on corporate and OEM. devices.
It returns the system to the state of the first launch, and the entire computer filling is defined in a new way.
But preferably, of course, this utility is used before replacing important components.
Directly yourself drivers (their service files) Neither in the first nor in the second case does not disappear anywhere. Is installation files ".Inf" Separates can be removed to clearing the disk space FROM . This is done using a regular disk cleaning agent or special third-party programs.
3. Deleting drivers from the Windows system directory
To completely delete the usual drivers from the Windows environment - with the destruction of their service files and installation files - can only be a barbaric method with intervention in the Windows system directory. It is advisable to conduct such events, if well, nothing else remains at all. And that, with the mandatory creation of backup drivers, as well as backup of the entire system, if its contents represents value. Or when we are talking about experimental purposes using virtual Windows, systems on other disks, etc. It is not recommended to hold the following actions without a proper level of preparation on the main computers.
Go to the Device Manager. Double click open the properties of the device for which you are going to delete the driver. Go to the tab, click.
Here in a new window we will see the path to the driver file. For some devices such files may be several. We remember all of them, their location in the system directory, and better all this write or make a screenshot.
Next, close the window and return to the properties of the device. Now open the next tab. In the drop-down list, we specify and fix it somewhere in its value. This is an installation file ".Inf" Drivers.
Now turn off the device in the dispatcher.
We go to the Windows system directory where its service file is stored ".Sys" , ".Dll" or other. And delete.
If the service files are somewhat, respectively, it is necessary to remove all of them in this way. We return to the dispatcher, and we see that the device is displayed with the exclamation icon. And it means that for it the driver in the system is not installed. Let's try to update it.
In our case, the experiment was carried out with a network card, because it makes no sense on the Internet. Immediately select the local search for drivers.
Click the choice from the list of available drivers.
Driver recovery has become possible because we are in the system directory deleted its service files, but we haven't touched the installation file ".Inf" . To make it impossible to continue the installation of the driver, go along the way:
C: \\ Windows \\ inf
And delete the previously fixed file in this folder. ".Inf" .
But the system does not want to delete it, requests access to rights. TrustInstaller . And, having received such rights, will come up with a new reason for refusal. Moreover, the system does not want to delete not only the file ".Inf" , but also service files of some drivers. In the case described above, delete file ".Sys" happened due to the choice of the device, which the system does not consider vital - network card. Drivers of vital components it will not allow remove. In such cases it is necessary to boot from any Live. - Disc with the file manager on board. And delete all service files recorded inside the system and if necessary installation file ".Inf" .
After deleting the installation file ".Inf" The system without internet or third-party help will not be able to install the device driver.
From the installer downloaded on the official website;
Search on the Internet or at the update Center;
Resort to the help of specialized third-party software;
Extract from previously made backups.
