Driver installation dates

How to find the date a particular driver was installed? I am running Windows Vista Home premium sp 2. I can find the version number of pilot and the date of the revision in the Device Manager - properties, but not the date on which it was installed on the pc.  I also tried the event viewer but could not identify installation dates here either. I'm getting to diagnose and resolve blue screen issues that may be related to drivers and would like to determine if an update of the HP driver could be the cause of the problem. I don't want to do a rear roller until I have determine the date on which it was installed.

I watched for a while and went completely through the Device Manager and it seems that the date of the installation is not something that keep the system.  I can see where this could be useful, and I'm frankly surprised to discover this (I never looked before is was never occurred to me it would not available if I wanted to) - I think it's a bug in the system (it SHOULD keep this date and display it in the properties of the device driver as well 40 other items it displays most of which have no meaning for me).  It seems that it does not record the cancellation date (or the date of the driver has been installed) - more information that might be useful at times like this.

Is what device?  If you do the restore and it no longer functions, you can always reinstall the most recent version to find the feature (or download a new copy from the manufacturer of the computer or the device manufacturer sites).  Of course, you don't want to do it with some devices because you may lose your ability to start successfully and even not need to re - install to get it back (for example, I wouldn't do with the motherboard or the processor, but I would have no problem with the CD/DVD device or even the video card {if the latter can be tricky and you have to start in safe mode use out-of-date drivers to get the basic functionality until solve you the problem}).  Are you sure the HP update that you have installed is compatible with Vista and is the most recent available - it might be useful a check on the HP site just to be safe.  Download and install a new copy also could not hurt where the original driver file has been altered somehow.

The blue screen has a lot of information about it (for the most part difficult to read because it's in the code), but him, you can usually identify the device (or at least someone can).  The following software http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html can help that process of identification (at least to freeze the screen so he's not flash and perhaps in other ways as well).  You can use Bing or Google (I personally prefer Bing but that's just me) to search for the error code (for example, 080070f04) or even the error message (even if it is not as good but worth it if the code does not help) and it will pull up a bunch of links referring to this error code.  Often, you can find the answer you are looking for here - this is how I do it when I get a question here on a problem of error code.  It can save a lot of time if you know in advance which device is causing the blue screen and it's a way to experience (rather than test each driver).  It can even be a pilot.  It can be a real hardware problem and check the drivers will do nothing to solve that.

There are several devices, you can check on a PC without special equipment or the ability to change the part with a known good part, but I have the means to check the hard drive and RAM.

To test your hard drive, check the manufacturer and then get the diagnostic utility of: http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/hard-drive-support/302602-hard-drive-diagnostic-utilities.html.  If she failed the test, replace it.  If she passes the test, then it's probably nothing wrong with it.

You can also test your RAM to http://www.memtest.org/.  If it fails, test each piece individually to find those who are bad and replace.  If it passes, the RAM is probably OK.

I'm sorry I couldn't answer your question to your satisfaction (I don't show you how to get the dates), but I don't think that information is saved - unless he buried somewhere in the registry to which case honestly, I do not know how to find it (but I doubt that or they afficheraient in Device Manager because it serves nothing hidden).

I hope this helps.

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