Driver update services

[mij]

I have attemted to update my drivers and am in contact with the necessary bods to try and resolve the problems I am encountering. The utility is not recognizing any updated drivers. What do the peeps here use? This must be a first step if something doesn't work as expected?

cheers

jim

Edited January 14, 2010 by mij

[RandyL]

I don't use driver update utilities. What I do IF I need a driver update is get it from the manufacturer.

 

For instance if you have a HP computer you can see if newer drivers are available at the HP site. Or if say you need newer drivers for a Nvidia graphics card you can go to the Nvidia site for them.

 

Personally I don't trust such utilities to be accurate.

[mij]

I don't use driver update utilities. What I do IF I need a driver update is get it from the manufacturer.

 

For instance if you have a HP computer you can see if newer drivers are available at the HP site. Or if say you need newer drivers for a Nvidia graphics card you can go to the Nvidia site for them.

 

Personally I don't trust such utilities to be accurate.

 

Thanks for the response. I found when I changed from win 98 to XPpro that most drivers were useless and I did use a site that gave me all that was necessary, all in one place. What's more they also told me which ones needed updating so I paid for the convenience I suppose. I was also able to use the utilities they provided for all other computers that I happen to be asked to sort.

 

Now I have left XP and gone to vista and thought the same convenience would suit again. It seems I was wrong .... it's not doing it at all.

 

Maybe I'll have to go to the original manufacturer's sites after all. What a pain.....

cheers

jim

Edited January 15, 2010 by mij

[Match]

It seems I was wrong .... it's not doing it at all.

 

This is quite often the case, or even worse they give you the wrong drivers, I Don't know any good techs or computer experts that will use the many available utilities that claim to update your drivers and or installed software.

 

But Generally the main Drivers that will get updates are display drivers and sound card drivers the rest only seem to get an update if their is a specific problem.

[mij]

This is quite often the case, or even worse they give you the wrong drivers, I Don't know any good techs or computer experts that will use the many available utilities that claim to update your drivers and or installed software.

 

But Generally the main Drivers that will get updates are display drivers and sound card drivers the rest only seem to get an update if their is a specific problem.

 

Ok thanks. That confirms it then. I'll have to do a belarc advisor list and then do a round of the manufacturers to find the updates - I assume that's what peeps would otherwise do.

cheers

jim

[Match]

Also once you have found the right sites with the right drivers just Bookmark them for future reference ;)

[mij]

Also once you have found the right sites with the right drivers just Bookmark them for future reference ;)

 

That is an idea!

Ok will do, many thanks.

cheers

jim

[dazzac1965]

I down graded from Vista to XP, and I needed all new drivers. Going round the different manufactures is good, BUT, the web sites don't always have the correct drivers that you need. I used Driver Genius to update my drivers - It worked OK for most. I also found some on microsoft update website.

I've now backed them up incase of this problem. You could also try the computer manufacturer web site. It may not be the same model as yours, but often the hardware is the same.