If the driver is already installed on your system, updating (overwrite-installing) may fix various issues, add new ... not recommended to install the driver on Operating Systems other than stated ones.

In order to manually ... Ok

About Sound Card Driver:

Usually, Windows operating systems apply a generic audio driver that allows computers ... the product’s usage, add support for new operating systems, and bring various other changes.

As for applying ...

Bear in mind that, even though other operating systems might be compatible as well, it is not ... drivers, software and games

Try to set a system restore point before installing a device driver

This will help if you installed a wrong driver

Problems can arise when your hardware device is too old or not supported any longer