System and method for checking drivers of hardware devices of a computer

Abstract

The present invention provides a system for checking drivers of hardware devices of a computer (10). The system includes: a traveling module (101) for traveling a tree structure of the drivers by accessing the System Regedit of the computer through an application programming interface; a retrieving module (102) for retrieving an error code for each of the drivers and contents of an initialization file which includes information on a version of each of the drivers; and a determining module (103) for determining whether a driver is installed properly according to the corresponding error code, and for determining whether the driver has a correct version according to the contents of the initialization file. A related method is also provided.

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