Driverquery command

Updated: 11/12/2023 by Computer Hope
drivparm command

The driverquery command enables an administrator to display a list of installed device drivers.

Availability

Driverquery is an external command and is available for the following Microsoft operating systems.

Driverquery syntax

DRIVERQUERY [/S system [/U username [/P [password]]]] [/FO format] [/NH] [/SI] [/V]
/S system Specifies the remote system of where to connect.
/U [domain\]user Specifies the user context under which the command should execute.
/P [password] Specify the password for the given user context.
/FO format Specifies the type of output to display. Valid values to be passed with the switch are "TABLE," "LIST," "CSV."
/NH   Specifies that the "Column Header" should be hidden. Valid for "TABLE" and "CSV" format only.
/SI   Provides information about signed drivers.
/V   Displays verbose output. Not valid for signed drivers.

Driverquery examples

driverquery

Displays the list of device drivers on the computer similar to the example output below.

Module Name  Display Name           Driver Type   Link Date
============ ====================== ============= ======================
...
PptpMiniport WAN Miniport (PPTP)    Kernel        7/15/2016 8:28:13 PM
Processor    Processor Driver       Kernel        7/15/2016 8:10:42 PM
Psched       QoS Packet Scheduler   Kernel        7/15/2016 8:25:21 PM
QWAVEdrv     QWAVE driver           Kernel        7/15/2016 8:28:46 PM
RasAcd       Remote Access Auto Con Kernel        7/15/2016 8:29:11 PM
RasAgileVpn  WAN Miniport (IKEv2)   Kernel        7/15/2016 8:27:00 PM
Rasl2tp      WAN Miniport (L2TP)    Kernel        7/15/2016 8:27:35 PM
RasPppoe     Remote Access PPPOE Dr Kernel        7/15/2016 8:28:21 PM
RasSstp      WAN Miniport (SSTP)    Kernel        7/15/2016 8:27:11 PM
...