How to Use Driver Verifier on Windows 10

This step-by-step guide explains how to use driver verifier on Windows 10. It covers the required setup, the main actions, and the checks that help prevent common problems.

The blue screen of death or the Blue Screen of death error (BSOD) is an extremely annoying error on Windows, so the computer will not automatically recover or continue. There are many blue screen error codes, including Driver Power State Failure error on Windows.

This error will relate to drivers on the computer, when the driver expires or use incompatible drivers. To fix driver errors we will use the Driver Verifier tool. This tool will check the drivers on your computer, or 3rd party drivers. Outdated, incompatible drives will be detected by the tool and will be fixed. The following article will guide turning on Driver Verifier tool on Windows.

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How to Use Driver Verifier on Windows

1. How to Turn on Driver Verifier

There are many different ways for us to turn on Driver Verifier on the computer.

Method 1:

You can select Verifier on the search bar and then select Verifier Run command To open Driver Verifier.

Method 2:

Or you can open Command Prompt and enter Verifier keyword into it then press Enter to open Driver Verifier.

Method 3:

Alternatively, open Task Manager On Windows 10, select File Next, select Run new task .

In the new dialog box enter The Verifier keyword To open Driver Verifier on the computer.

2. How to Set Up Driver Verifier

Step 1:

In the first interface when Driver Verifier is opened, we select the Create custom settings (for code developers) And then select The Next button Below.

Step 2:

In this interface we will be selecting the test drivers in the list. In this list, select on I / O verification , Force pending I / O requests , IRP Logging And select The Next button Below.

Step 3:

Next, select Select driver names from a list And select Next Below. We wait for the tool to load all the data.

Step 4:

In the new interface, select The non-Microsoft drivers In the display list. Provider column will provide full manufacturer for each driver so you can easily check.

To finish, select Finish In the interface to perform driver testing.

Next you will be asked to restart the computer so that the tool can work, conduct driver error checking on the computer.

3. How to Turn Off Driver Verifier on Windows

To turn off the Driver Verifier tool on the computer, we also restart Driver Verifier. Then in the Select a task interface select Delete existing settings And select Finish below to perform the Driver Verifier off on the computer.

Driver Verifier will solve all the problems related to the driver on the computer, as well as fix the error code of blue screen death driver. Driver Verifier is available on Windows XP to Windows 10 and the above procedure applies to all Windows versions. To limit driver related issues, users should update the driver to the latest version to be compatible with the operating system.