unit drivers are one of the more important elements of a Windows computer.

Drivers ensure that your setup can easily detect and manage all of your installed hardware.

But at times, you might not be able to install drivers on your rig.

Back up and restore Windows 10 drivers

In this article, we’ll see what stops Windows from installing drivers and how to overcome this situation.

Why Is Your Windows Computer Not Installing Any Drivers?

As aforementioned, machine drivers double-check that your system can interface and interact with installed hardware.

Update Keyboard Driver option in the Device Manager

Without the keyboard driver, your keyboard is just a rig that doesn’t respond to your inputs.

But there are times when Windows fails to download any new or update current drivers.

This situation mainly arises when there’s corruption in Windows files.

Scan for hardware changes option in Device Manager

Here are all the working fixes to get rid of the issue for good.

As it turns out, the problem can appear due to a temporary bug in your system.

it’s possible for you to power cycle your gear to get rid of such bugs.

Hardware & Device troubleshooter window

Use a Different Method to Install Your Drivers

There are multiple ways to download drivers on Windows.

Sometimes, a specific method might not work correctly on your system.

In this situation, you could try anyother method to download drivers.

The Real-time protection option

But before getting into that, consider updating drivers and see if it helps.

Before you do, check outhow to check your Windows PC specsso you know what your hardware is called.

The troubleshooter will now scan your system for any available issues.

Full Scan option in Windows Security

If it finds any, it will automatically fix it.

The solution, in this case, is to temporarily block the antivirus program.

If not, then the issue is probably triggered by malware.

Troubleshoot option in Boot menu

In this situation, try running a full system scan.

To do this, first enable Windows Defender by enabling Real-time protection.

After that, come to the home screen of Windows Security and choose Virus & threat protection.

Startup Settings in Boot menu

ChooseScan optionsand then selectFull scanin the following window.

Windows Security will run a full system scan and give a shot to remove any available malware.

Fortunately, this issue is prevalent, and you might easily overcome it using the above fixes.

Meanwhile, you might be interested in moving old gear drivers to a new Windows PC.