How can I get a list of all third-party drivers installed on my system with Windows 7?

Q. How can I get a list of all third-party drivers installed on my system with Windows 7?

John Savill

January 2, 2011

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A. The Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) tool command can be used to list all drivers that aren't included with the OS. Use the /online switch to tell DISM to use the current online image and the /get-drivers switch. An example is shown below with part of the output.

C:>dism /online /get-drivers
 

 Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
 Version: 6.1.7600.16385
 

 Image Version: 6.1.7600.16385
 

 Obtaining list of 3rd party drivers from the driver store...
 

 Driver packages listing:
 

 Published Name : oem25.inf
 Original File Name : wacmoumonitor.inf
 Inbox : No
 Class Name : Mouse
 Provider Name : Wacom Technology
 Date : 7/30/2010
 Version : 2.1.0.5
 

 Published Name : oem26.inf
 Original File Name : c027_x64.inf
 Inbox : No
 Class Name : MEDIA
 Provider Name : AVerMedia TECHNOLOGIES, Inc.
 Date : 8/19/2010
 Version : 1.12.64.29
 

 Published Name : oem35.inf
 Original File Name : hpwl750s.inf
 Inbox : No
 Class Name : Printer
 Provider Name : HP
 Date : 7/24/2008
 Version : 61.63.263.23
 

 Published Name : oem42.inf
 Original File Name : rdpdisp.inf
 Inbox : No
 Class Name : Display
 Provider Name : Microsoft
 Date : 8/6/2010
 Version : 15.5527.0.0
 

 Published Name : oem43.inf
 Original File Name : mv91cons.inf
 Inbox : No
 Class Name : System
 Provider Name : Marvell Semiconductor Inc.
 Date : 10/9/2009
 Version : 1.0.0.1200
 

 Published Name : oem44.inf
 Original File Name : rt64win7.inf
 Inbox : No
 Class Name : Net
 Provider Name : Realtek
 Date : 9/20/2010
 Version : 7.27.920.2010
 

 The operation completed successfully.
 

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