Windows 7 drivers

[Lither]

I'm going to reinstall Windows 7 on my old computer and laptop but the drivers on the manufacturer's website are quite old dated back to 2010/11 so I'm wondering does Windows do a good job of downloading the latest or is there a tool that can find the latest drivers?

 

[Big Frank]

You can get certain drivers for your computer from microsoft but you really need to get them from the motherboard / graphics cards etc manufacturers website.

 

[Lither]

You can get certain drivers for your computer from microsoft but you really need to get them from the motherboard / graphics cards etc manufacturers website.

The drivers from the motherboard/laptop manufacturer's website are quite old and I believe there are newer ones available but they haven't updated their website with them.

I know for display drivers, I can get the latest from Nvidia/Intel's website.

 

[Big Frank]

If you have a branded laptop you could probably get all of them from the laptop manufacturers website.

As long as the hardware works without issue then old drivers will be fine.

 

[jpaul]

If you have a branded laptop you could probably get all of them from the laptop manufacturers website.

agree, at least for a dell laptop, thats the only place to get a reliable chipset driver
on a laptop, I have had more problems(blue-screens) for nvidia not taking the ones Dell have qualified/published
Equally have always stuck to web published driver install order.

The drivers from the motherboard/laptop manufacturer's website are quite old

what is your specific example ? email them (check their foreign language/usa web sites)

 

[Casterina]

@darael recommended Snappy Driver Installer tool in the Windows 10 thread which I have used and the driver versions are higher than the ones on the manufacturer's website so maybe give that a try and hopefully someone with more knowledge/information can comment on how the tool works.