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DriverView - Acquire and Prepare DriverView

• Download the architecture version (x86 or x64) that accommodates the OS architecture:
    · http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/driverview.zip
    · http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/driverview-x64.zip

• Expand the archive file into a temporary folder.

• Execute an administrative driverview.exe in the manner that supports the OS version:
    · On Windows 5.x execute driverview.exe from a user account that is a member of the local Administrators group.
    · On Windows 6.x execute driverview.exe from a user account that is a member of the local Administrators group by right-clicking driverview.exe and selecting 'Run as administrator' and supplying adequate credentials if necessary.

• In driverview.exe's menu, select 'View':
    · Select 'Choose Columns':
        · Check all available columns.
        · Click 'OK'.
    · If you are only interested in non-Microsoft drivers, also select 'Hide Microsoft Drivers'.

• Exit driverview.exe:
    · A configuration file, driverview.cfg, will be created in the same folder where driverview.exe exists:
        · driverview.exe will read its configuration from driverview.cfg on subsequent executions.

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DriverView - View a List of Loaded Drivers

• Execute an administrative driverview.exe in the manner that supports the OS version:
    · On Windows 5.x execute driverview.exe from a user account that is a member of the local Administrators group.
    · On Windows 6.x execute driverview.exe from a user account that is a member of the local Administrators group by right-clicking driverview.exe and selecting 'Run as administrator' and supplying adequate credentials if necessary.
    
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DriverView - Save a List of Loaded Drivers

• Execute an administrative cmd.exe prompt in the manner that supports the OS version:
    · On Windows 5.x execute cmd.exe from a user account that is a member of the local Administrators group.
    · On Windows 6.x execute cmd.exe from a user account that is a member of the local Administrators group by right-clicking cmd.exe (or the 'Command Prompt' icon) and selecting 'Run as administrator' and supplying adequate credentials if necessary.

• In the administrative cmd.exe prompt:
    · Navigate to the folder containing driverview.exe and driverview.cfg.
    · Execute: driverview.exe /stabular Computername--YYYY.MM.DD--HH.MM.SS--driverview.exe--Loaded.Drivers.txt /sort "Company" /sort "Driver Name"
        · Where 'YYYY.MM.DD' is a datestamp.
        · Where 'HH.MM.SS' is a timestamp.
        · Where 'Computername' is the computer name.

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