Driver for HID Global Generic USB Smart Card Reader - downloading and installing it

Generic USB Smart Card Reader is a Smart Card Reader hardware device. This driver was developed by HID Global. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is USB/VID_076B&PID_3A21.

1. How to manually install HID Global Generic USB Smart Card Reader driver

1. Download the driver setup file for HID Global Generic USB Smart Card Reader driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 2.0.0.4 dated 2017-09-14.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is running then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which should be pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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HID Global applied a digital signature to this driver.
File size of the driver: 4698006 bytes (4.48 MB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.7 stars by 55578 users.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 32 bits

2. Installing the HID Global Generic USB Smart Card Reader driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the HID Global Generic USB Smart Card Reader driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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