Updating drivers can be a tedious job. One has to monitor the websites of the hardware manufacturers to keep up to date with new driver versions. Using a program to scan a computer system and check the driver versions against the latest drivers can help in the maintenance of the system.
One free driver update software is RadarSysnc 2009. It can be downloaded freely from the developers website and does not require registration to download or update drivers on the computer system. The software was not completely free in the past which has changed with this year’s version.
The process is as simply as it sounds. The option to scan a computer system will be available after starting the driver updater. All components that updates were found for are displayed in a list afterwards. The list contains the name of the component, the status and a link to details about the update.
The very same menu contains a button to Download all driver updates at once which will change the status to Ready To Install. A click on that will install the selected driver.
The Detail window is important as it displays information about the installed driver and the updated driver such as versions of both so that it is possible to compare them before installing them. It furthermore contains information about the driver that has been downloaded including links to the developer’s website. The menu contains additional links and options like reporting a bad download, sending a link to a friend or downloading a different driver (other operating system or version).
A scan of a test system was mostly successful. One problem that was encountered was that the software found an updated video card driver which turned out to be a Windows Vista update. Unfortunately the test system was running Windows XP. Could be a one time blunder but it could eventually lead to installations of the wrong drivers on a system. So its best to always check the information the program is providing before installing any drivers on the system.
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Be careful. I used DriverGenie recently and updated several out-of-date drivers. Updating slowed my machine to a crawl and reduced my broadband speed.
Make sure you have a FULL backup of your PC – including data and drivers – before using one of these tools.
you know Pootle, you can roll back drivers in xp, making these tools fairly safe.
i’ve used Driver Genius numerous times on several machines with no ill effects…
Yes, I did that. But I was very surprised that Driver Genius made my PC *worse*.
I have just tried RadarSync, and it recommends updating my SoundBlaster Creative drivers even though I don’t use them, I replaced them with kx drivers.
Just to repeat – BE CAREFUL. I would recommend updating drivers one at a time and checking the impact on your system over a few hours before installing the next one.
I tried this one too, but on notebooks like Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Pro V3515 it says i have a lot of out-of-date drivers even if all my drivers are updated, kinda weird though :O !!
What makes you think this is free. Its another scam, purporting to be free and you have to pay.
Not Free!!!