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I do not know if this was mentioned elsewhere in the forum.
This is a problem every computer user should be facing.
After updating the drivers several times in my HP EliteBook 840 G5 from late 2018, I backed the drivers up and counted them.
There were a total of 113 drivers.
I found a command to clean unused and redundant drivers from the drivers store.
When one installs a new version of drivers, the previous version of drivers may also be kept in the drivers store.
The below command cleans the previous non-used drivers when run in a Command Prompt console with admin privileges:
rundll32.exe pnpclean.dll,RunDLL_PnpClean /DRIVERS /MAXCLEAN
After cleaning completed (by the way there is no sign that the cleaning job is done), I backed the drivers up and counted them again.
This time the total number of drivers went down to 47.
Size-wise, before cleaning the drivers occupied a space of 2.26 GB. After cleaning, the size went down to 1.87 GB.
If one wishes to integrate the drivers before clean installation of Windows, this will be a good move.
I hope you find this post useful.
This is a problem every computer user should be facing.
After updating the drivers several times in my HP EliteBook 840 G5 from late 2018, I backed the drivers up and counted them.
There were a total of 113 drivers.
I found a command to clean unused and redundant drivers from the drivers store.
When one installs a new version of drivers, the previous version of drivers may also be kept in the drivers store.
The below command cleans the previous non-used drivers when run in a Command Prompt console with admin privileges:
rundll32.exe pnpclean.dll,RunDLL_PnpClean /DRIVERS /MAXCLEAN
After cleaning completed (by the way there is no sign that the cleaning job is done), I backed the drivers up and counted them again.
This time the total number of drivers went down to 47.
Size-wise, before cleaning the drivers occupied a space of 2.26 GB. After cleaning, the size went down to 1.87 GB.
If one wishes to integrate the drivers before clean installation of Windows, this will be a good move.
I hope you find this post useful.
My Computers
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At a glance
Windows 11 Pro build 26200.8524Intel i7-4790Teams DDR3-1600 4x4 GBMSI Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti- OS
- Windows 11 Pro build 26200.8524
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Home Built
- CPU
- Intel i7-4790
- Motherboard
- Asus H97 Pro Gamer with add-on TPM1.2 module
- Memory
- Teams DDR3-1600 4x4 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- MSI Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti
- Sound Card
- Realtek ALC1150
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Dell P2425D
- Screen Resolution
- 2560 by 1440 pixels
- Hard Drives
- Corsair NVMe M.2 Core XT 1000 GB (Windows 11 v.25H2); Samsung SATA Evo 870 500 GB (Windows 11 v.25H2);
- PSU
- Corsair HX850
- Case
- Gigabyte Solo 210
- Cooling
- Zalman CNPS7X Tower
- Keyboard
- Microsoft AIO Wireless (includes touchpad)
- Mouse
- HP S1000 Plus Wireless
- Internet Speed
- 500 Mb fiber optic
- Browser
- Chrome; MS Edge
- Antivirus
- Windows Defender
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At a glance
MacOS 12 MontereyIntel Core i58 GBIntel integrated- Operating System
- MacOS 12 Monterey
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Apple Macbook Air
- CPU
- Intel Core i5
- Memory
- 8 GB
- Graphics card(s)
- Intel integrated
- Screen Resolution
- 1440 by 900 pixels
- Hard Drives
- 128 GB
- Keyboard
- Built-in
- Mouse
- Microsoft Wireless
- Internet Speed
- 802.11 ac
- Browser
- Chrome; Safari
- Antivirus
- N/A
