One user running a Toshiba laptop complained on tenforums that “The sound system is misbehaving and I suspect a driver issue. Devices might work normally at first, but you might find them malfunctioning after a while.Īn example of a device that malfunctions when you upgrade to windows 10 is the Realtek and the Conexant audio device. So if you choose to update as opposed to a clean Windows 10 installation, Windows will keep all your drivers intact. Windows 7 and 8 users were offered a way to update to Windows 10 without losing any of their data and settings. However, there is an exception when you are upgrading or updating to a new operating system. Windows will always install a compatible driver for your devices from the installation files. If Windows 10 finds a compatible driver, it installs it to your system. This includes the necessary drivers to run essential devices like the DVD/RW, USB ports, keyboards and audio. Windows 10 is no exception it comes with thousands of drivers included. Since drivers change with the type of operating system, Windows finds it necessary to include as many drivers as possible in their offline repository. The drivers are either available from the firmware of the devices on your PC, or from the Windows installation files themselves. When you install your Windows operating system, this software and applications and drivers also gets installed to the system.

The retail and downloaded versions of Window usually come with the necessary software, drivers and applications to run the bare minimum functions of windows.

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