Plugging in a USB stick? Notice how Windows 7 or Windows 10 automatically detects the make and model of the pen drive by installing the driver and making it ready for use. Drivers of almost all devices are detected and installed automatically.

But with Windows 10, there’s usually no need to manually install each and every driver for your PC or laptop to work. While with Windows 7 and earlier, you sometimes needed to manually update the drivers. Displays throwing tantrums out of the blue? Likely a driver issue. Can’t hear any sound from your computer? It’s likely the drivers are missing.

Without these drivers, your Windows PC loses its ability to send data to the components, and as a result break down. Every component in your PC or laptop, like the graphics card or the keyboard and mouse, require drivers to communicate with Windows and execute their functions.

Drivers in Windows 10 PCs and laptops are chunks of code that allow the devices and the operating system communicate with each other.

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