automatic driver finders

[Jet-Fighter7700]

Hi all;

I am usually very wary of using those automatic driver finders and downloaders;

but a friend recently recommended using "driver navigator" installed it on a test machine; and am quite happy; got all my drivers for my old hardware quite easily;

but Im a bit worried about rootkits and viruses being installed even though I ran all the malware anti-malware on it and it passed;

does anybody use anything similar; that give good results?

 

[rambo919]

Hi all;

I am usually very wary of using those automatic driver finders and downloaders;

but a friend recently recommended using "driver navigator" installed it on a test machine; and am quite happy; got all my drivers for my old hardware quite easily;

but Im a bit worried about rootkits and viruses being installed even though I ran all the malware anti-malware on it and it passed;

does anybody use anything similar; that give good results?

www.drp.su
DriverPack Solution

Big download but worth it, word of warning though, if it gives the choice of a variety of onboard soundcard drivers... it has no clue which one you actually have on your board so don't install those hahaha

 

[backstreetboy]

Hi all;

I am usually very wary of using those automatic driver finders and downloaders;

but a friend recently recommended using "driver navigator" installed it on a test machine; and am quite happy; got all my drivers for my old hardware quite easily;

but Im a bit worried about rootkits and viruses being installed even though I ran all the malware anti-malware on it and it passed;

does anybody use anything similar; that give good results?

Why not use Windows Update?

 

[DA-LION-619]

www.drp.su
DriverPack Solution

Big download but worth it, word of warning though, if it gives the choice of a variety of onboard soundcard drivers... it has no clue which one you actually have on your board so don't install those hahaha

+1

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

Why not use Windows Update?

dosnt always work with older drivers; not accurate sometimes.......
and win XP computers; dosent work properly always.....

 

[Electric]

Windows 7 Update is all I use now.
I never worry about driver disks or the likes anymore.

 

[animal531]

Windows 7 Update is all I use now.
I never worry about driver disks or the likes anymore.

But on a modern OS, apart from the occasional graphics driver update you don't ever really need to update any drivers.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

But on a modern OS, apart from the occasional graphics driver update you don't ever really need to update any drivers.

true, but when your like me, and on a crusade to wipe out win 8 for good
and keep getting asked to downgrade to win 7 and no drivers found on win update; and no drivers on manufacturer website; what do you do?

 

[NomNom]

I like to manually find them from the manufactures but I use http://www.pcidatabase.com/ to figure out which drivers to look for.

 

[Rickster]

Windows 7 Update is all I use now.
I never worry about driver disks or the likes anymore.

What about Chipset and IME drivers?

 

[PsyWulf]

Slimdrivers,found even some very obscure com-to-usb adapter drivers. Smallish download. Never missed a driver yet

 

[Fatality07]

I can vouch for slimdrivers

 

[spiderz]

format ... install Linux

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

format ... install Linux

Yes great idea,

only problem is can't use their old printer in Linux and no drivers release for it