Device drivers can be tough to handle without any prior knowledge or some kind of help. But, a driver is a crucial software component of a desktop or laptop that lets the device communicate with an operating system.
Drivers are something which need to be installed on a freshly bought PC or laptop, from the official manufacturer website. For the installation, you must know the exact model of your device and your operating system guidelines.
Moreover, the drivers have to be regularly updated to make the PCC hardware function in the right way. While some of the drivers get updated automatically on their own, some are updated with the Windows OS update. There is also a default Windows updater app that helps to install the essential drivers automatically to your device as the need arises.
Given that this option pretty slow and time consuming, you can find some dedicated software that can check all the drivers installed and update them automatically without any complication. Here’s a list of some of the best driver update software for Windows devices (PCs and laptops) for your convenience.
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Driver Booster
Driver Booster tops the list due to the fact that it makes the driver update a lot simple and that it’s free. You can schedule the app to automatically find any drivers that are outdated. On the discovery of new updates, the user can easily start downloading them from within the program ensuring that you do not need to open a web browser to access them.
One of its strong advantages is that, before the driver is installed, you can see how the new version of the driver compares with the newly installed driver. The fact that the program creates a restore point before the driver installation if in case there’s a problem with the installation, is something that makes the app stand out.
Price: Free
Driver Talent
Driver Talent is an extremely easy and user-friendly driver updater that scans your device for all the available drivers. The software then identifies the outmoded ones, the ones that are broken, or if any missing drivers and fixes the issues accordingly, in just one simple click.
As you install and run the software and click the “Scan” option, it gives all the details related to your drivers. The program can also check the drivers for graphics card for video, sound card for audio, network wired and/or wireless adapter, motherboard, USB, printer, mouse, keyboard, scanner, and other devices.
Additionally, the program can also create a driver pack for the existing PC or for the one you want to use. For this, you must select the Pre-download option and select the required option. But, if you want to create a driver for another device, you need to import its hardware profile.
Price: Free
Advanced Driver Updater
Advanced Driver Updater is a neat and stylish software, designed by Systweak Software that helps to update your drivers on your device. All you need to do is to scan your device once the software installation is done, and the program would identify the outdated drivers. After this, it will request for your permission to update them and that’s how it’s done.
Moreover, the program lets you take backup of drivers on your device which can be regained/restored any time. The best part is, that it’s available in different languages across the world such as, French, Spanish, Italian, and more. It’s compatible with all Windows XP and above.
Price: $29.95
Ninite Updater
If you are looking for a free driver updater software, then you can definitely give Ninite Updater a try. Some of its major features involve, checking for updates to more than 90 programs in the background as you work, alerting you of updates and accordingly install clusters of them in just a few clicks, and skipping and ignoring specific updates or app completely.
Sandro says
Thanks for the article. I was looking for “ninite” app just for Drivers.
It was very useful.
Thanks!