Driver Boost

This is interesting. Thank you.
 
I wonder, however, how this software knows something is outdated, and how does it install an updated version, especially to a Windows device, when even Windows Update does not detect an outdated driver?
 
Upon Driver Booster updating a USB driver, I did notice the icon changed for an SD card that is located in my multi-format card reader. It now is labeled with a big Helvetica "SD" logo and a non-Windows-esque icon. So did it load its own set of drivers? A trick perhaps?
 
As of now, I am talking the "updates" with a grain of salt.

Holy cow, I posted that 5 weeks ago  http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/2909231 I do not (and will never) endorse anything I do not use, or isn't effective.
 
Iobit has a nice suite called "Advanced System Care" which also includes a free version that is about 75% functional. I have used it now for 2 years (pro version), and is very effective and loaded with machine optimization goodies. The Driver Booster release just happened to coincide with X3 and my return to the forum, and seemed it would help out a lot of folks.
 
The "Driver Booster" was launched with ASC 7, and is free (for now). As with all software, I don't install the "garbage" and often disable it from startup in msconfig. Depending on how new an OS or hardware is, it may not need to be run more than once (newer OS and hardware probably weekly or so).

I have the entire suite ASC 7 Pro. I used IObit years ago on my internet PC but never installed it on my audio PC till now. It's good stuff.

Absolutely.....

Well it's useful enough for me just to have something to detect there may be updated drivers. I don't mind installing them manually but it's a pain having to go site to site just to see if an upgrade exists.

I read this post before, and today I decided to dl it and run it.
Well, my computer's graphic is so fast now.
Windows always told me before that I had nothing to upgrade.  But DB dl another driver and also for my DLink wireless adapter too, eventhough I just bought this thing like 1 month ago.
Thank you Alex.  I recomment this highly.
dan
 

Yeah - great for Intel chipsets, however Driver Booster will look at Intel software, and the Intel autoupdate won't work on Windows 8.1 last time I looked.
 
One thing I noticed today, you need to go to Windows task scheduler and get rid of the tasks once  installed...
Go to Task scheduler and delete anything to do with Driver boost. Updating the original thread now.

I can't go to Win8 without the serious probability of having to replace my interface. So no dice.
 

I tried Driver Booster and was surprised to find an AD on my desktop the next time I booted the computer up. Took me a little while to realize it was Driver Booster but then quickly uninstalled it.

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I tried Driver Booster and was surprised to find an AD on my desktop the next time I booted the computer up. Took me a little while to realize it was Driver Booster but then quickly uninstalled it.

You didn't follow the instructions in the OP (or the updated instructions). That would have been the scheduled task or a setting such as: "Automatically launch at program startup" and "Minimize to system Tray when closed.

Well I did this before reading this thread. Even so when I install anything I'm very careful to make sure all crapware/spyware options are disabled. Just goes to show that doing that by itself isn't enough anymore (I did decline the second prompt, but missed the automatic startup and Task Scheduler steps).
 
But you give good advice in this case, so it would have been nice to have read this before I did it.

> Same thing for the Intel utility, it leaves a task behind.
 
From memory the software actually gets installed on add/remove programs. Can't remember what they call it.

I guess I must be imaging it works  Everybody thinks this software is the bogey man...
 
This is very vague.... Seems like a little bit too much of a coincidence that two entirely different products detects the same things. Something is going on at your end..
 
Now this software actually tells you what driver versions it will update it to. Right click on the device it detects as needing updating, click details, and it will give you the details about the latest version it wants to upgrade to. You can then find out if this is a work of fiction or not.
 
You can tell what the current version is in Windows device manager.
 
So what exactly did it detect wrong?
The specific device name , the current version, and the version it wants to update to .... Can you give just two examples of what it is "lying" about ? :)
 
I not saying what you are saying is wrong, it's just the coverage your have given is rather blanket :)
 
Thanks... :P

Well that's weird, I have no idea... You aren't using virtualization or hyper-V or anything?
You followed my exact steps in the original thread?

Windows update for devices often is way out of date, and sometimes wrong. It continuously shows NVidia cards for instance as needing update even when the drivers installed are later. If you install them you revert.
 
That's not that I wouldn't discourage windows update, far from it. Absolutely the best thing for Microsoft products. But all these things work of databases often updated by humans, therefore prone to user error or infrequent updating...

The best place to get the latest drivers is from the hardware manufacturers site. If you have an nvidea graphics card go to their site, a Hewlett Packard printer, go to their site. Intel PC? Go to their site. And so on.....
 
I find Driver Booster works better than windows update for drivers though myself. Reason why I encourage it is because some people don't realise that other drivers need updating, i.e. often chipset firewire drivers get ignored...
 
Cheers...

Thanks for asking Lynn...

I knew Steve (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Dior), through as friend of mine was his guitarist I went to their gigs and I really digged his songs, Steve is probably the best song writer I know.

I bumped into Dave Allen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_M._Allen), the last time we worked together was at RAK studios (Mickie Mosts outfit) 20 years ago. I persuaded him to produce his album, and I basically backed it $$$ and did all the leg work. We worked as a team. The band just rocks, Elliot Mortimer from Jim Jones Revue on keyboards, James Simmins on bass who is currently working with Youth (Killing Joke). We also had JC Caroll from The Members ("Sound of the Suburbs"), Michael Giri (Stephen Duffy's drummer) doing percussion, Will Spurling is the drummer who's band is now being producer by Rat Scabies (The Damned). I did a bit of synths myself and some BV's - everybody does BV's  . All done in a proper studio not somebodies bedroom.)

The album is done but currently having difficulty getting out for reasons I cannot go into (it is gut wrenching but we are still trying). Anyway we have just three tracks out exclusively on youtube and that's it. This is just the tip of the album (there are no fillers).  but giving birth to this project has been exhausting.

Plug over!
http://www.stevedior.com

Cheers
:)