If you update a dozen things in one go and something goes wrong it can be hard to tell which update caused the trouble. By updating only one thing at a time you can easily identify which update is guilty if there is a problem. Programs like this might offer you many updates when first run. I would strongly advise that one only update one thing at a time. Somewhere between "never update anything" and "always update everything" lies a point of sanity.
It is therefore entirely possible that many will find updates to drivers with software like this which will produce positive results. and that it can take time to get the minor bugs worked out. I'm guessing that has to do with W 10 being new. It's been my experience in the last six months using Windows 10 that there have been a large number of updates which have significantly enhanced performance of a number of peripherals. It is also true that SOMETIMES updating software (of all kinds) will eliminate pesky little problems you'd grown accustomed to, improve device speed and reliability and/or enable new features. So always set a restore point before updating so that you can undo the most recent change if that happens. It is true that SOMETIMES updating software of any kind will result in undesired consequences. There are two schools of thought about "updating." One is to always update everything and the second is "if it ain't broke don't fix it." My conclusion - if you don't have an intimate knowledge of your computer and its drivers it is easy to get in trouble with this program if you do have that knowledge then you don't need this program.
I ended up just having to block that particular driver from being scanned and replaced.
While it did work for me at the time, Iobit is very, very sneaky in trying to install other software programs onto your machine and unless you are extremely alert you could end up with their uninstaller and advanced system care (and a few others) installed on your computer before you realize what is going on.īut while this program did help in one case, on another laptop it kept insisting on installing a driver for the touch screen that made the screen non-touch, causing me to have to rewind my machine to an earlier restore date to undo the mistake. I've used the free version of this program in the past to update a few older drivers on a machine that was having problems after a Windows upgrade (specifically with the video drivers). The gaming updates may be useful and to serve as a cross-check, we'll keep Driver Booster Pro too.ĭriver Booster Installed Driver Easy found that outdated and replaced it with ĭriver Booster Installed Driver Easy found that outdated and replaced it with Save | Cancel Having no instability problems so far, (As warned in GOTD posts) I declare Driver Easy the winner! In this case Driver Easy can be updated every week or so without loss!) Itself to latest ver 5.1.6 and continues to work! (Updating GOTD offered software can kill it but Now the GOTD Driver Easy Pro has been updated twice since it was offered and currently has updated
Like OpenAL, Adobe Flash Player and several Microsoft Visual C components on my Win 10 pcĭriver Easy, which by luck was already installed from the earlier GOTD, does not do game components.Īfter updating everything with Driver Booster I then did a Driver Easy scan.ĭriver Easy found two drivers Driver Booster had only just installed, to be out of date!ĭriver Easy updated the two outdated drivers and another scan using Driver Booster 4.1 foundĪlthough Driver Booster 4.2 Pro update is offered by notifications it seems only if you pay!Īs paying for ver 4.2 would likely have offered the same outdated drivers, I refrained! (both recent GOTD offerings within a week or so of each other)ĭriver Booster Pro downloaded and updated 7 drivers it also updated or installed 10 game components