driverquery

Enables an administrator to display a list of installed device drivers and their properties. If used without parameters, driverquery runs on the local computer.

Syntax

driverquery [/s <system> [/u [<domain>\]<username> [/p <password>]]] [/fo {table | list | csv}] [/nh] [/v | /si]

Parameters

Parameter Description
/s <system> Specifies the name or IP address of a remote computer. Do not use backslashes. The default is the local computer.
/u [<domain>]<username> Runs the command with the credentials of the user account as specified by user or domain\user. By default, /s uses the credentials of the user who is currently logged on to the computer that is issuing the command. /u can't be used unless /s is specified.
/p <password> Specifies the password of the user account that is specified in the /u parameter. /p cannot be used unless /u is specified.
/fo table Formats the output as a table. This is the default.
/fo list Formats the output as a list.
/fo csv Formats the output with comma-separated values.
/nh Omits the header row from the displayed driver information. Not valid if the /fo parameter is set to list.
/v Displays verbose output. /v is not valid for signed drivers.
/si Provides information about signed drivers.
/? Displays help at the command prompt.

Examples

To display a list of installed device drivers on the local computer, type:

driverquery

To display the output in a comma-separated values (CSV) format, type:

driverquery /fo csv

To hide the header row in the output, type:

driverquery /nh

To use the driverquery command on a remote server named server1 using your current credentials on the local computer, type:

driverquery /s server1

To use the driverquery command on a remote server named server1 using the credentials for user1 on the domain maindom, type:

driverquery /s server1 /u maindom\user1 /p p@ssw3d