Normally, Windows X? is able to detect if its hardware device has been removed. In this case it automatically removes the device's driver(s). If Windows XP does not automatically detect the device removal, you must manually remove the drivers. An exercise follows that describes how to remove the driver. If you are removing a printer from the system, use the Printers control paneL Access this control panel by clicking on the Start button. Point to the Settings option and click on the Printers option. Right-click em the printer you want to delete and choose the Delete option.

Let's perform an exercise.

The goal of this exercise is to install an updated driver under the Windows XP operating system. You will need a computer with Windows XP installed and Internet access. In this lab, a new driver is loaded, but then the old driver is reinstalled with the driver roll back feature. The student must be logged in as a user with local Administrator rights to perform this lab.

1. Turn the computer on and verify that the operating system loads. Log in to Windows XP using the user id and password provided by the instructor or lab assistant.

2. Pick an installed hardware device and locate an updated driver using the Internet and download the driver to the hard drive. Note that some drivers may come in a compressed file and must be uncompressed before continuing the procedure.

3. Click on Start button, point to Settings, and click on the Control Panel menu option.

4. When the Control Panel window opens, click on the Switch to Category View option if necessary. Select the Printers and Other Hardware category. In the left See also pane, select the System option. The System Properties window opens.

5. Click an the Hardware tab and select the Device Manager button.

6. Click the + (plus sign) beside the hardware category that contains the device being upgraded.

7. Right-click on the device name and click on the Properties selection.

8. Click on the Update Driver button. The Update Hardware wizard screen appears.

9. Select the Install from a list or specific location (Advanced) radio button and click Next.

10. Click on the Don't search. I will select the driver to install radio button and click Next.

11. Click on the Have Disk button, use the Browse button to locate the downloaded file, and click on OK. A list of models might appear. If so, select the correct model and click on Next. Finish the driver update.

12. Use Device Manager and right-click on the device name again and select Properties.

13. Click on the Driver tab and click on the Roll Back Driver button. Click on the Yes button to roll back the driver. If the device driver has not been updated, driver roll back will not be possible and a message screen displays this fact.

14. Close all windows and power off the computer properly.