One simple issue I see all the time is system errors due to old software drivers. When you first get a device such as a printer or your computer they all come with drivers so the software and hardware will work as it should. Well over time things change and so do the drivers. In almost every case the manufacture will discover some flaws in the making of the driver or they need to change a few lines of code to get the hardware device to play nice with another program or hardware device. The issue is most people have no idea that the reason this one particular program is crashing is due to an outdated driver.
An outdated driver is not always the issue but one that should be considered. You would be surprised by how many times a simple update of let's say a wireless driver can resolve a person's issue of poor connection speeds or constantly getting dropped.
Here is a perfect example. A client of mine calls up and says that Word keeps crashing on him. We go out and run a quick check on Office 2007 to make sure there are no issues with the software. We find none. Then by seeing his office word program crash a few times I see that the issue is nothing to do with office at all. His printer, yes printer is what is causing Word to crash. He was not printing at the time of the crash so he would of never thought this to be an issue. Well after running some missing drivers software we were able to download not just the latest driver but latest software for his printer as well and this 100% stopped the issue. While I was at it I went ahead and updated several other drivers as well. One of the other issues he was having was because of an outdated video driver.
So if you are having issues on your computer then consider checking for newer drivers on your computer. It can be a bit hard to tell what drivers are outdated or missing but there are plenty of programs out there that can help you there.
Jacob_Erdei
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