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A device driver or software driver is a computer program allowing higher-level computer programs to interact with a hardware device.

A driver typically communicates with the device through the computer bus or communications subsystem to which the hardware connects. Drivers are hardware-dependent and operating-system-specific.

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What drivers to install on Windows Server 2008 R2?

I just installed Win 2008 R2 on the Mainboard with the AMD 785G chipset. Should I install any chipset drivers? Should I install the ATI Catalyst drivers? Are there performance benefits (I use Remote Desktop only)?
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Can I change what displays in the 'Model' field in the printer directory when using a universal/basic driver?

I have a few printers on a Server 2012 print server that make use of "universal" drivers from the manufacturer. When using drivers like these, the description field for the model is sometimes set to the driver name, for example: This matches what's…
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Installing Mellanox ConnectX-5 driver - Debian 9.8

I need to add drivers for new Mellanox MT27800 Family (connectX-5) 100GbE card on Debian 9.7(9.8) I ran into the issue that on theri webpage they have only Debian 9.5 as highest supported…
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R710 with ESXi 6.5 and PERC 6/E - How to update drivers?

R710 PERC 6/E Raid 6 Running a Windows server 2016 and Unitrends in virtual machines in ESXi. So I have a Raid 6 array and need to expand the array. OMSA tells me I have an out of date driver. I have 6.3.0-0001 and 6.3.3-0002 (the latest driver)…
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Simultaneous usage of Nvidia and AMD GPUs

I have a server which hosts three different GPU platforms: Onboard GPU, Nvidia and AMD GPUs. I have not installed X server, as I do not intend to bring the desktop up. I always use ssh and use the GPUs for computations only. Now, I have been able to…
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RDS Server 2016 Disable Easy Print on Epson TM (POS receipt printer)

Currently have RDS setup on Win Server 2016 it is using the "Easy Print Driver" for all locally connected (redirected) Epson TM t20-ii printers (about 10 POS receipt paper stations). I have installed the most recent driver on clients + RDS server…
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What is the max resolution for the Microsoft Basic Display Adapter driver under Win 10 Pro?

First, a bunch of preamble, then the question is 7 paragraphs down. I have a user that we recently upgraded to an Intel NUC 8 w/ the integrated Radeon Vega M graphics. The machine also has the on-chip Intel HD 630 graphics, but it's not hooked up to…
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How to know the origin of a certificate on a windows PC (Especially Win 10 embedded LTSB)

I have a specific type of problem but maybe someone have a hint for me: We have some systems with special PCIe-Hardware for which we wrote and signed a driver. One certificate in the path of trust is the "Versigin Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA" (I…
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Re-enable S5WakeOnLan setting for Realtek NIC driver that's disabled and hidden by inf file

To be able to wake up a PC from the S5 'shut down' state, the OS has to prepare the NIC during system shutdown. For Realtek NICs, this is done by the "Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller" driver, but only if the option S5WakeOnLan "Shutdown…
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DHCP not working on RTL8111 NIC (DHCP Offer not arriving at receiver)

I'm experiencing some strange behaviour with a Dual Gigabit Ethernet NIC; I've setup a computer which has multiple network interfaces to connect some industrial cameras and setup a DHCP Server (isc-dhcp-server, Ubuntu 16.04) to statically assign…
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SFP Card compatibility

We are installing our first "professional" server configuration in the office. We will install a HP ProLiant DL120 Gen9 that will provide a hypervisor based on CentOS / KVM and should be connected to a Synology RS818+ via iSCSI to access the virtual…
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KVM NIC Passthrough troubles - Unknown Header Type 7F && Internal Error: Unknown PCI Header Type 127

I am having some serious troubles passing through my NIC to my Windows guest running on KVM. The current driver in use is vfio-pci and I have done the passthrough via Virt-Manager so the XML format is correct. But when I try to start it, it shows…
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Fibre Optic port moving to 1000Mb/s eventhough it is not in the supported link mode

In my Fibre Optic device (Linux 2.6.27, LXT971A PHY Transceiver), connection to the port is lost intermittently. While debugging with ETHtool, the following observation was observed: Settings for eth0: Supported ports: [ TP MII ] Supported link…
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Windows 2008 server installation asks for Hard Drive Drivers in Dell Power edge sc1420

We are having blue screen from windows 2008 server, even with Safe Mode, so we are trying to repair the OS, but it keeps asking for HD Drivers, we have a Maxtor 6L160M0 (Pretty old, I know) and we are not able to find the firmware for the windows…
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Installing 32 bit and 64 bit Informix drivers on same machine

Currently trying to setup a development environment which can handle both 32-bit and 64-bit ODBC Informix Drivers. I'm was unsuccessful at finding any sort of guide or walk through online, however I did find bits and pieces which could lead to the…
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