Lesson 3: Installing, Updating, and Troubleshooting Windows Vista Device Drivers

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Answers

Answers to these questions and explanations of why each answer choice is correct or incorrect are

located in the “Answers” section at the end of the book.

1. Which of the following items in the Control Panel can you use to determine whether or

not updated device drivers are available for the hardware on your Windows Vista com-

puter? (Choose all that apply.)

A. Windows Update

B. Device Manager

C. Network and Sharing Center

D. Add Hardware

2. Last week you updated your graphics adapter manually after downloading new device

driver software from the vendor’s website. This is the third time you have done this since

you purchased your Windows Vista computer. Until now, you have never experienced

any system instability. Since the installation of the latest version of the driver, the com-

puter appears to crash randomly. You suspect the new driver. What should you do?

A. Uninstall the driver.

B. Run Windows Update to obtain a new driver.

C. Roll back the device driver.

D. Roll back using System Restore.

3. You are working on installing a new hardware device on 1000 Windows Vista comput-

ers. Because you have a copy of the latest signed device drivers for this hardware on a

USB thumb drive, you do not want Windows Vista automatically querying Windows

Update looking for new drivers. You want to configure Windows Vista to ask you

whether it should check Windows Update for new drivers when you attach a new hard-

ware device. Which of the following steps should you take to ensure that this happens?

A. Configure Windows Update Driver Settings.

B. Configure User Account Control.

C. Configure Device Manager.

D. Configure Startup and Recovery.