JSI Tip 7483. What is the DRIVERQUERY command in Windows XP, and later?

Windows XP, and later operating systems, contain the DRIVERQUERY command.

When I open a CMD prompt and type driverquery /?, I receive:

DRIVERQUERY [/S system [/U username [/P [password]]]]              [/FO format] [/NH] [/SI] [/V]Description:    Enables an administrator to enumerate and display the list of    installed device drivers as well as their properties.Parameter List:      /S     system           Specifies the remote system to connect to.      /U     [domain\]user    Specifies the user context                              under which the command should execute.      /P     [password]       Specify the Password for the given                              user context. Prompts for input if omitted.      /FO    format           Specifies the type of output to display.                              Valid values to be passed with the                              switch are "TABLE", "LIST", "CSV".      /NH                     Specifies that the "Column Header"                              should not be displayed in the                              screen output. Valid for "TABLE"                              and "CSV" format only.      /V                      Displays detailed information. Not valid                              for signed drivers.      /SI                     Provides information about signed drivers.      /?                      Displays this Help/Usage.Examples:    DRIVERQUERY    DRIVERQUERY /FO CSV /SI    DRIVERQUERY /NH    DRIVERQUERY /S ipaddress /U user  /V    DRIVERQUERY /S system /U domainuser /P password /FO LIST

Here is a snippet of the output from driverquery /V:

Module Name  Display Name           Description            Driver Type   Start Mode State      Status     Accept Stop Accept Pause Paged Pool Code(bytes BSS(by Link Date              Path                                             Init(bytes=======

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=====AACMgt       AACMgt                 AACMgt                 Kernel        Boot       Running    OK         TRUE        FALSE        0          29,120     0      09/27/2002 13:56:05    C:WINDOWSSystem32driversAACMgt.sys           2,848abp480n5     abp480n5               abp480n5               Kernel        Disabled   Stopped    OK         FALSE       FALSE        0.00       17,792.00  0.00   08/17/2001 16:51:59    C:WINDOWSSystem32DRIVERSABP480N5.SYS         640.00ACPI         Microsoft ACPI Driver  Microsoft ACPI Driver  Kernel        Boot       Running    OK         TRUE        FALSE        40,192.00  103,936.00 0.00   08/29/2002 04:09:03    C:WINDOWSSystem32DRIVERSACPI.sys             4,736.00aac          PERC 320/DC SCSI RAID  PERC 320/DC SCSI RAID  Kernel        Boot       Running    OK         TRUE        FALSE        0.00       25,856.00  0.00   09/11/2002 21:19:25    C:WINDOWSSystem32driversaac.sys              576.00