Week 4 Posting - Drivers

 

Within my few years of supporting operating systems, I have came across one issue more than any else, DRIVERS! Yes, the software or firmware that is installed that tells the computer on how to interact with the hardware is often the leading cause to PC issues for HP and Dell computer based off my experience. I mostly work with Windows products, so it is easy for this issue to be resolved by rolling back drivers or by looking for new ones, however on Linux many times it is not as easy. Just today the audio refused to work with one of my client computers and after some diagnosing a simple reset of the device or re-installing the audio drivers fixed it, this is common for Wi-Fi drivers as well. Based off of the Wikipedia link in for week 4, I came across how the drivers are developed. There is many terms that I have never needed to know prior to learning about the development stages, and frankly I am glad that is not what I do.