How To Determine The Correct Drivers To Download; Develop Good Computing Habits - Toshiba Portege Z20-B Series User Manual

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4 Download and install the most recent drivers.
5 Follow the on-screen instructions.
6 Restart your device, see
page
How to determine the correct drivers to
download
When downloading or updating drivers, it is important to
choose the correct driver that will work properly for the
specific device in (or connected to) your device. On the
"Drivers & Software" area of the Toshiba support Web site,
there may be several drivers listed for the same device.
Often, a particular device is made by several vendors, each
may require a specific driver made by that vendor.
The following steps will help ensure you choose the correct
drivers for your device by using the Device Manager
application in Windows:
1 In the
2 Click or touch the
3 Locate the device for which you wish to update the
driver. (e.g. If you want to find the touchpad driver you
would look under
4 The above example indicates the touchpad vendor's
name.
This tells you that when you go to
http://support.toshiba.com/drivers
model and/or serial number to find drivers, you should filter
your search by
from that vendor.
Develop good computing habits
Save your work frequently.
You can never predict when your device will lock, forcing you
to close a program and lose unsaved changes. Many
software programs build in an automatic backup, but you
should not rely solely on this feature. Save your work! See
"Computing tips" on page 74
53.
field, type
Search
Device Manager
Mice and other pointing devices
Touchpad driver
"To Restart your device" on
Device Manager
application.
and enter your device's
to find the latest driver
for instructions.
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