User manual UNIBLUE DRIVERSCANNER 2010 V1

[. . . ] FollowthewizardbyclickingontheNextbutton. YouwillbeaskedtoreadandaccepttheEndUser License Agreement and then to specify a location where to install DriverScanner 2010. We recommend you choose the default location unless you have a specific reason not to. 4I DriverScanner 2010 Help Manual www. uniblue. com 2. Programoverview The overview page will describe some features within the DriverScanner interface. To learn how to scan and updatedrivers, youmaychoosetomovestraighttosection3. figure 1 figure 2 Overview: · Usethenavigationpanel(figure1)toshiftthroughthedifferentpagesoftheapplication. Eachtablinks to a particular page. [. . . ] Note that drivers need to be installed one by one. Beforeclicking, checkforthedriver'ssafetyrating, displayedtotherightoftheinstallbutton. Systemdrivers are labeled risky as their installation is particularly delicate. We recommend that you do not install risky drivers unless you are an advanced user taking a considered decision. Once you click on Install, DriverScanner launches an automatic restore point which will allow you to roll back drivers on demand. DriverScanner will then install the new driver automatically and silently. A pop-up will confirm a driver's successful installation. 3. 4 Ignoring drivers If you decide not to install a driver for safety reasons, you might want to omit this driver from subsequent scan results. To do this, go to the Driver Scan page from the navigation panel. From the left hand side menu, select Update drivers. Youwillfindalistofdownloadeddrivers. Toomitadriverfromthenext search results, click on the Ignore option from the right hand side. To unignore a driver, select the Manage tab from the navigation panel and then Ignored driversfromthelefthandsidemenu. Selecttheappropriatedriverbyclickingthetickboxon the left hand side. An Unignore selected button should turn blue. Click on the Unignore selected button and the driver will be offered once again in subsequent scan results. 7I DriverScanner 2010 Help Manual www. uniblue. com 4. Usingrestorepoints Everytimeyouinstallanewdriver, DriverScannerkeepsarestorepoint. Thisisasnapshotofyoursystem that you will be able to resort to in case of system problems. To roll back to a restore point, click on the Manage tab from the navigation panel. Select Restore from the left hand side menu. Any restore points will be listed together with the date and time that they were set. To resorttoyourcomputeratapreviousstate, selecttheappropriaterestorepointbyclickingonthetickbox on the left hand side. Once selected, a Restore selected button should change color from grey to blue. To complete the rollback you will need to restart your computer. Note: Rolling back to a restore point will undo any other changes made to your computer since the restore point was set. 8I DriverScanner 2010 Help Manual www. uniblue. com 5. Configuring DriverScanner DriverScanner can be configured through a number of options from the Settings tab. 5. 1 Change display language To change display language, click on the Settings tab from the navigation panel. In the General settings screen, the first in the left hand side menu, you will see a drop down menu for language. Click on the downward arrow and select your language of choice. A pop up will inform you that DriverScanner needs to be relaunched for the change to take effect. [. . . ] InserttheserialnumberintheEnterSerialNumberfieldandclickonActivate now. The serial number shouldstartwiththelettersDSandbeinthefollowingformat, whereXrepresentsacharacter: DS-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX. Alternative registration For registration to take place, DriverScanner needs to connect to the Uniblue server. If it cannot establish aconnection, apopupshouldpromptyoutocheckyourInternetconnection, firewallandproxysettings, then provide you with an option to activate the program manually through the Uniblue website. [. . . ]