GOOD Win10 driver updater ?

digitaldreams · 9 Dec 2022 at 15:51

Came across a driver updater the other day yet it was rubbish, false positives, some 'updates' didn't work at all etc. Today noticed on the ASUS motherboard website there was a LAN and Chipset driver update so downloaded them, just a flash on the screen then nothing. What software is out there that properly detects and installs driver updates, if any ?

Thanks in advance

Orcvader · 9 Dec 2022 at 16:14

None. Even the ones on the manufacturer site is usually out of date.

Bare in mind you don't have to try keep all your drivers up to date. The only one I bother doing these days is GPU, even then I only check every couple of months. Chipset as well sometimes. And I usually go directly for the drivers (AMD, Intel, Nvidia, etc).

Shoza · 9 Dec 2022 at 16:20

Ccleaner pro is good. The licence has recently been £1 for a years licence. Ran it once and it updated several random drivers and all been good.

Deleted member 77746 · 9 Dec 2022 at 16:55

You don't want to be using automatic updaters. If things are working leave stuff alone.

something daft already!! · 9 Dec 2022 at 17:30

Only manually update when required or if having issues.

darael · 9 Dec 2022 at 19:15

Snappy Driver Installer Origin

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andy_mk3 · 9 Dec 2022 at 19:16

Windows does a half decent job of keeping most drivers up to date.

heatonpkmassive · 9 Dec 2022 at 20:25

andy_mk3 said:
Windows does a half decent job of keeping most drivers up to date.

Half decent isn't decent.

GaryTheSnail said:
You don't want to be using automatic updaters. If things are working leave stuff alone.

This, 100%. And if you must update drivers, find them yourself.

andy_mk3 · 9 Dec 2022 at 20:31

heatonpkmassive said:
Half decent isn't decent.

This, 100%. And if you must update drivers, find them yourself.

It's a figure of speech but sure. It does a good job of keeping on top of the majority of drivers. GPU and Chipset drivers are pretty much the only thing I ever download manually.

heatonpkmassive · 9 Dec 2022 at 20:37

andy_mk3 said:
It's a figure of speech but sure. It does a good job of keeping on top of the majority of drivers. GPU and Chipset drivers are pretty much the only thing I ever download manually.

This I agree with!

bledd · 14 Dec 2022 at 07:49

Get chipset driver from Intel or AMD

LAN driver from the LAN manufacturer

GPU from Intel/AMD/Nvidia

If you have any gaps in Device Manager, hopefully Windows Update will sweep up the rest. If not, then go into the device in DM and find the hardware ID, Google this and find the device in question. Likely exists on motherboard manufacturer site.

Stoner81 · 23 Dec 2022 at 10:57

darael said:
Snappy Driver Installer Origin

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^^

Been using this for years, superb software!

Stoner81.

Orcvader · 23 Dec 2022 at 15:51

darael said:
Snappy Driver Installer Origin

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I have to admit, I still use this, but only for machines too old for W10 and above. For 32 bit Win 7 and XP it works well (I don't know why work keeps making me recycle these PCs...)

demonix · 23 Dec 2022 at 20:33

darael said:
Snappy Driver Installer Origin

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I wouldn't recommend that as it can still get things wrong and install incompatible drivers.

If it ain't broken then don't fix it (unless it's for graphics drivers which you should get from the source)