On Windows 11, device drivers contain the code that allows the system to communicate and control the hardware (such as network adapter, video card, hard drive, etc.) and peripherals, including a mouse, keyboard, monitor, and virtually everything else that connects to your computer.
Although the system can detect and configure most hardware automatically through the local library of drivers and Windows Update, the operating system may sometimes fail to detect some devices. If your computer is missing a particular driver, you have a device using an outdated driver, or you have to update an existing component to the latest version, Windows 11 includes multiple ways to download and install these controllers manually.
