What is Windows Error Code 10?

Most of the Windows users face system errors one time or another while working on it. Flickering blank screen, blue screen of death, frozen cursors, unexpected system restart and other system errors always annoy the users. In most of the cases some kind of error message is flashed which is used to fix or troubleshoot the problem. Quite similar to that Windows Error Code 10 is also an error message that appears while viewing device manager or when PC interacts with certain kind of hardware.0x0 0x0

The device which is responsible for the error 10 if contains the value 'FailReasonString' in its hardware key, then it displays an error message which is mentioned below -

"This device is either not present, not working properly, or does not have all the drivers installed. (Code 10)"

This error message clearly indicates that the hardware is faulty and, so user need to go to the properties of this hardware and look for the error code, if it is same as mentioned above then user need to rectify this issue using the steps mentioned under.

How to fix Windows driver error code 10?

In order to fix this issue just follow the below mentioned steps -

Update driver by updating Windows - Updating the Windows automatically updates the PC along with the drivers. It also helps user to keep their system up to date which is good thing to do and it also ensures that the system integrity is maintained properly. Windows operating system checks about the version of the driver user is using. If it is found that user's driver is outdated, then it updates the driver automatically, user just need to click the 'Download' button when it prompts for the updation.

Update any third party driver if installed - It is quite possible that you are using some of the third party hardware's which are not available over Windows updates. So, those drivers need to be updated manually in order to resolve error code 10.

Clean the Windows Registry - As everyone knows, Registry is the central database of Windows system which keeps the track of all the files and directories installed in the system. It is very much like a library that Window system and other drivers use to open different files and settings depending upon the software and hardware in use. So, cleaning and keeping the Windows registry tidy will certainly help user to resolve this error code 10.