Device Manager may show wrong driver date and version

[mr_nuub]

@Fernando

Example: The Device Manager shows the driver date of all on-board Controllers, but it doesn’t even check the driver itself. It just reads the associated .INF (=text) file. So if you change the driver date entry by editing the INF file yourself, the Device Manage will show that date and not the correct driver date, which only can be verified by right clicking onto the driver itself (= .SYS file) and choosing "Properties" > "Details".

But you can still view the file versions in device manager. There is a "Details" button in the driver tab of a device. No need to find the driver directory (everyone messing around with drivers should know the directory anyways).

[Fernando]

@mr_nuub

But you can still view the file versions in device manager. There is a "Details" button in the driver tab of a device.

This tab just shows the same date, which has been written into the .INF file. The final compilation of the driver itself is often much later. In case of >this< Intel SRT driver the shown driver date and the real driver date differed at least 1 year.

[plutomaniac]

mr_nuub is talking about the version, not date. Basically this:

The date is indeed .inf-based

[Fernando]

mr_nuub and plutomaniac are right: Only after having clicked onto the "Driver Details" button from within the "Driver" tab the Device Manager shows the correct driver version.
Look here:

In this case the correct driver version was 1.1.0.0. dated 05/27/2014, but shown within the "Driver" tab as being v1.0.11.0 dated 10/31/2013.