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From: Bear Bottoms on 2 Feb 2010 09:08 On Feb 2, 5:24 am, occam <oc...(a)127.0.0.1> wrote: > On 02/02/2010 01:17, Bear Bottoms wrote: > > > Here is a .NET program that does something very easily that other > > freeware programs lack or have a difficult time of. It is a simple 1,2,3 > > process of a scan, review of new drivers, and download and install. > > > The developers claim 1,000,000 drivers and after a few cautious tests and > > checks of the drivers it found, I went through the entire process without > > any glitches. > > > It found 157 drivers on my system and 35 were out of date. I downloaded > > and installed the drivers it offered (after a full backup and a cross > > check with double driver of the drivers found) and had no issues > > whatsoever. Simple, fast and did the job. > > >http://www.drivereasy.com/ > > Bear > > Question - after the download (step3) is the install automatic or do you > get to choose which driver to update and which not to?
From: Bear Bottoms on 2 Feb 2010 09:11 On Feb 2, 5:24 am, occam <oc...(a)127.0.0.1> wrote: > On 02/02/2010 01:17, Bear Bottoms wrote: > > > Here is a .NET program that does something very easily that other > > freeware programs lack or have a difficult time of. It is a simple 1,2,3 > > process of a scan, review of new drivers, and download and install. > > > The developers claim 1,000,000 drivers and after a few cautious tests and > > checks of the drivers it found, I went through the entire process without > > any glitches. > > > It found 157 drivers on my system and 35 were out of date. I downloaded > > and installed the drivers it offered (after a full backup and a cross > > check with double driver of the drivers found) and had no issues > > whatsoever. Simple, fast and did the job. > > >http://www.drivereasy.com/ > > Bear > > Question - after the download (step3) is the install automatic or do you > get to choose which driver to update and which not to? It gives you a list and you can update what you want to.
From: REM on 2 Feb 2010 15:27 > Za Kat <s74k74(a)gmail.com> wrote: >We need a report on whether these downloaded drivers make for a fubar >computer. >We have lots of previous posts on the issues of updating drivers, and >concensus seems to be: don't update, its asking for trouble. Comments? I grab new drivers when I get the chance. I've never regretted it. It's no big deal anyway; uninstall and reinstall the old, roll it back, system restore, or whatever floats your boat.
From: Dave Doe on 2 Feb 2010 16:00 In article <7b940fec-c526-45ac-b3aa-b93b2e08ebb7 @w27g2000pre.googlegroups.com>, usspskghws(a)mailinator.com says... > > On Feb 2, 11:17�am, Bear Bottoms <bearbotto...(a)gmai.com> wrote: > > Here is a .NET program that does something very easily that other > > freeware programs lack or have a difficult time of. It is a simple 1,2,3 > > process of a scan, review of new drivers, and download and install. > > Sounds great, but all I got is an exception error. I then realized it > required .NET 2.0 - I have 1.1 and 3.5 SP1. Downloaded 2.0 and the > install was aborted because of an incompatibility with a previously > installed version. All too hard I'm afraid. Try running Windows Update - and see what that shows up. -- Duncan.
From: Franklin on 2 Feb 2010 16:09
REM wrote: > >> Za Kat <s74k74(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >>We need a report on whether these downloaded drivers make for a fubar >>computer. > >>We have lots of previous posts on the issues of updating drivers, and >>concensus seems to be: don't update, its asking for trouble. Comments? > > I grab new drivers when I get the chance. I've never regretted it. > It's no big deal anyway; uninstall and reinstall the old, roll it > back, system restore, or whatever floats your boat. The worst driver conflicts give a BSOD on boot up. I usually spend time figuring out the cause because any recovery can take a lot of work to bring it up to date. |