To rollback to previous version of drivers

[Bilal]

I have Windows (XP) operating system at my home. Everything was working and running fine - all hardware devices, drivers, was uptodate. few days back, I thought to upgrade my drivers using device manager........but when I tried to do so I faced certain problems. I think my previous version of drivers were better. How can I rollback to the previous version of the drivers ?

[Devasis]

Windows XP provides this roll back to a previous, working, device driver -


Right-click the device for which the previous version of the driver is desired and then click Properties.

Click the Drivers tab.

Click Roll Back Driver.

[Solomon]

To roll back a driver:

1. Log on as Administrator.

2. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.

3. Click Performance and Maintenance, and then click System. On the Hardware tab, click Device Manager.

4. Navigate to the driver you wish to roll back, right click the name of the driver and choose Properties.

5. Click the Driver tab and then click Roll Back Driver.

[jesse]

Device Driver Roll Back reinstalls the driver you were using previously and restores any driver settings that were changed when you added the new driver. Note that you cannot restore printer drivers with Device Driver Roll Back.

To roll back a device driver to a previous version:

1. Log on to the computer by using an account with administrative privileges.
2. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
3. Under Pick a category, click Performance and Maintenance.
4. Under or pick a Control Panel icon, click System.
5. On the Hardware tab, click Device Manager.
6. In the device list, expand the device type branch that you want to work with. For example, Display adapters.
7. Right-click the device that you want to work with, and then click Properties.
8. On the Driver tab, click Roll Back Driver. Click Yes when you receive the following message:
   Are you sure you would like to roll back to the previous driver?
9. The previous device driver is restored. Click Close.
10. Quit Device Manager, and then click OK.