![]() ![]() I don't know if driverfix is a scam but it did find drivers without me having to search for the files that did work and were newer then what i could find. My point is that these kinds of tools that can check id's on the hardware and compare them to a database that shows os and driver versions could make it quick to locate everything so you don't have to start looking up id strings one at a time pulled from device properties and search the net for all files related to that id and sorting through them all to find what one works if any for the os you are trying to install them on. You can also find cases where the original developers are long gone for older things but are supported and maintained by a community and these are drivers you can't find via Windows or a vender homepage. Otherwise they don't bother to go through the process of submission. They will probably only ever submit one unless there is a widespread problem that is common and enough of those units actually sold to matter. With a modern OS and any recent hardware if it is a major brand it should install without you having to do much to at least the last time the company bothered to submit to Microsoft a driver to WHQL certify and make available through the windows update service. This is really only for really old things that you might have sitting around in your attic from ten years ago. For older hardware and lack of any vender actually showing to support at least all related forum, manuals, specs, and software for the rest of time tools like these will probably be very useful if you are looking for Nic chipset or ATA and audio drivers. These tools are no different then what windows update would have done to find matching device drivers only windows has a process to approve WHQL drivers to be available on Windows update. ![]() You extract the folder and then using device manager update and specify the folder to install the driver for that specific component. ![]() You can manual a single diver at a time and it will download a zip with a bunch of drivers to a folder on your c: that will contain the diver for the device in it and probably a bunch that are not for you also. Didn't pay for anything or update all but it did manage to find the latest working nforce drivers for a old pc that worked in windows 10 that I couldn't find via search engine as older hardware gets tossed into a 'legacy' section on most vender sites these days if they didn't just stop hosting any support to an old product they consider should no longer be usable by someone who has one but no software for it. ![]()
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