driverquery

driverquery

new in WS2003

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Displays properties of installed device drivers.

Syntax

 driverquery  [/s   Computer   ] [/u   Domain   \   User   /p   Password   ] [/fo {TABLE  LIST   CSV}] [/nh] [{/v  /si}] 

Options

/s Computer

Name or IP address of a remote computer (if omitted, defaults to local computer)

/u Domain\User /p Password

Credentials for running the command (if omitted, defaults to currently logged-on user)

/fo {TABLE LIST CSV}

Format for displaying driver properties (if omitted, default is TABLE )

/nh

Omits header row from displayed information if /fo is set to TABLE or CSV

/v

Displays verbose driver information

/si

Displays properties of signed drivers

Examples

Display driver properties in table format:

  driverquery  Module Name  Display Name           Driver Type   Link Date = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ACPI         Microsoft ACPI Driver  Kernel        2/4/2003 9:09:10 PM ACPIEC       ACPIEC                 Kernel        2/4/2003 9:09:15 PM AFD          AFD Networking Support Kernel        2/4/2003 9:34:39 PM agp440       Intel AGP Bus Filter   Kernel        2/4/2003 9:09:19 PM AsyncMac     RAS Asynchronous Media Kernel        2/4/2003 9:07:37 PM atapi        Standard IDE/ESDI Hard Kernel        2/4/2003 9:01:09 PM ... 

Display driver properties in list format:

  driverquery /fo list  Module Name:       ACPI Display Name:      Microsoft ACPI Driver Driver Type:       Kernel Link Date:         2/4/2003 9:09:10 PM     Module Name:       ACPIEC Display Name:      ACPIEC Driver Type:       Kernel Link Date:         2/4/2003 9:09:15 PM     Module Name:       AFD Display Name:      AFD Networking Support Environment Driver Type:       Kernel Link Date:         2/4/2003 9:34:39 PM     Module Name:       agp440 Display Name:      Intel AGP Bus Filter Driver Type:       Kernel Link Date:         2/4/2003 9:09:19 PM     Module Name:       AsyncMac Display Name:      RAS Asynchronous Media Driver Driver Type:       Kernel Link Date:         2/4/2003 9:07:37 PM     Module Name:       atapi Display Name:      Standard IDE/ESDI Hard Disk Controller Driver Type:       Kernel Link Date:         2/4/2003 9:01:09 PM ... 

Create a comma-separated text file containing driver information with headers omitted:

  driverquery /fo csv /nh > log.csv  

Display verbose driver information in list format:

  driverquery /fo list /v  Module Name:       ACPI Display Name:      Microsoft ACPI Driver Description:       Microsoft ACPI Driver Driver Type:       Kernel Start Mode:        Boot State:             Running Status:            OK Accept Stop:       TRUE Accept Pause:      FALSE Paged Pool(bytes): 45,056 Code(bytes):       106,496 BSS(bytes):        0 Link Date:         2/4/2003 9:09:10 PM Path:              C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\ACPI.sys Init(bytes):       8,192     Module Name:       ACPIEC Display Name:      ACPIEC Description:       ACPIEC Driver Type:       Kernel Start Mode:        Disabled State:             Stopped Status:            OK Accept Stop:       FALSE Accept Pause:      FALSE Paged Pool(bytes): 4,096 Code(bytes):       8,192 BSS(bytes):        0 Link Date:         2/4/2003 9:09:15 PM Path:              C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\ACPIEC.sys Init(bytes):       4,096     Module Name:       AFD Display Name:      AFD Networking Support Environment Description:       AFD Networking Support Environment Driver Type:       Kernel Start Mode:        Auto State:             Running Status:            OK Accept Stop:       TRUE Accept Pause:      FALSE Paged Pool(bytes): 139,264 Code(bytes):       12,288 BSS(bytes):        0 Link Date:         2/4/2003 9:34:39 PM Path:              C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\afd.sys Init(bytes):       16,384 ... 

Display info for signed drivers:

  driverquery /si  DeviceName                     InfName     IsSigned Manufacturer = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Advanced Configuration and Pow hal.inf     TRUE     (Standard computers) Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Syste acpi.inf    TRUE     Microsoft Processor                      cpu.inf     TRUE     (Standard processor types ACPI Power Button              machine.inf TRUE     (Standard system devices) System board                   machine.inf TRUE     (Standard system devices) PCI bus                        machine.inf TRUE     (Standard system devices) ... 

Notes

The GUI tool Device Manager in Computer Management can display driver information, update and roll back device drivers, configure hardware resource settings, and perform other administrative tasks relating to devices and device drivers.

See Also

Devices