Reinstall applications and drivers

Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. If I ever have an issue with my Windows 10 laptop, I would probably uninstall and reinstall certain drivers. I know how to uninstall them just go to control panel and uninstall a program , but how do I reinstall them? This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. For business computers, the recovery options might no longer be viable as the image might have been replaced.

To confirm, contact your company's IT department or your local IT service. Use Windows 10 File History to backup and restore your files. For more information, go to Backup and Restore in Windows If prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation. If prompted by User Account Control to allow the program to make changes to the computer, click Yes.

Figure : Recovery Manager. A combined list of applications and drivers to reinstall appears, with the drivers listed first. Figure : List of drivers to reinstall. Figure : List of applications to reinstall. Select the checkbox next to the applications you want to reinstall, and then click Install. The other software was also probably "tester" versions.

This CD is probably no longer of value to you. Quite unnecessary. Of course, given the new Media Reduction Initiative under which Dell sends little or nothing on CD you might keep them just as historical reminders of the good old days. Click on "Software Reinstall Guides" in the left column, enter your service support number or computer model and a page will open with links to instructions for installing each of the appropriate drivers for your system.

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Need Windows 11 help? This document explains how to reinstall software programs and hardware drivers that were originally installed on the computer at the factory. Use the information in one of the following sections to help reinstall software or drivers, depending on whether you have a notebook or a desktop computer. Reinstalling software on HP notebook computers with Windows 8 Use the following steps to reinstall factory installed applications and drivers on computers manufactured with Windows 8.

Restoring applications and drivers on notebook computers with Windows 8 On HP notebook computers manufactured with Windows 8, drivers and applications are restored from the same screen in Recovery Manager. From the Start screen, type recovery to open the Search charm, and then select Recovery Manager from the search results.

If prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation. If prompted by User Account Control to allow the program to make changes to the computer, click Yes. Under I need help immediately , click Drivers and Applications Reinstall and wait for Recovery Manager to generate a list.

Figure : Recovery Manager. A combined list of applications and drivers to reinstall appears, with the drivers listed at the top. Figure : List of drivers to reinstall. Select the checkbox next to the drivers you want to reinstall, and then scroll down to the list of applications. Figure : List of applications to reinstall. Select the checkbox next to the applications you want to reinstall, and then click the Install button.

This is normal and software should be installed from HP's web site or the web site of the software developer.