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Driverview

View a summary of the drivers installed on a computer

Platform Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP
Type freeware
Manufacturer NirSoft
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Tim Smith, 05 Dec 2007

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This is the software publishers description:

The DriverView utility displays the list of all device drivers currently loaded on your system. For each driver in the list, additional useful information is displayed: load address of the driver, description, version, product name, company that created the driver, and more.

Using The DriverView Utility
This utility is a standalone executable, so it doesn't require any installation process or additional DLLs. Just run the executable (driverview.exe) and start using it. There is only one exception: If you want to run this utility on Windows NT, you should download the 'psapi.dll', and copy it into the system32 folder.

The main window of DriverView utility displays the list of all loaded drivers on your system. You can select one or more drivers from the list, and then copy the details of these drivers to the clipboard, save them to text or HTML file, or watch them as HTML report in your browser.
In addition, you can change the order of the columns in the drivers table by dragging them to the desired position, or by using the 'Choose Columns' dialog-box.

Command-Line OptionsOption Description
/stext <Filename> Saves the list of all drivers into a regular text file.
/stab <Filename> Saves the list of all drivers into a tab-delimited text file.
/stabular <Filename> Saves the list of all drivers into a tabular text file.
/shtml <Filename> Saves the list of all drivers into horizontal HTML file.
/sverhtml <Filename> Saves the list of all drivers into vertical HTML file.
/sxml <Filename> Saves the list of all drivers into XML file.

System Requirement
This utility works under Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows NT. Windows 98 and Windows ME are not supported. If you want to run this utility on Windows NT, you should download the 'psapi.dll' and place it in your system32 directory.

License
This utility is released as freeware. You are allowed to freely distribute this utility via floppy disk, CD-ROM, Internet, or in any other way, as long as you don't charge anything for this. If you distribute this utility, you must include all files in the distribution package, without any modification.


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Verdict

A useful utility for diagnosing driver problems

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