Freeware Driver Updater?

Thore

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Nov 10, 2011, 9:22:10 AM11/10/11

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Is there any decent Driver Updater around?

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Duddits

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Nov 10, 2011, 9:40:01 AM11/10/11

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On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:22:10 +0100, Thore <din...@mail.invalid>
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>Is there any decent Driver Updater around?

IME, if they ain't broke, don't fix em. YMMV.

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Thore

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Nov 10, 2011, 10:12:46 AM11/10/11

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On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:40:01 -0500, Duddits <Dud...@Dreamcatcher.com>
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>On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:22:10 +0100, Thore <din...@mail.invalid>
>wrote:
>
>>Is there any decent Driver Updater around?
>IME, if they ain't broke, don't fix em. YMMV.
>
>regards
>
>Dud

That have been my politic for several years too, but it's not for me,
but one of my friends, that have a problem (a MSI motherboard with some
missing SM-bus driver). He hope such a program can help... :)

Stephen Wolstenholme

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Nov 10, 2011, 10:27:46 AM11/10/11

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On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:22:10 +0100, Thore <din...@mail.invalid>
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>Is there any decent Driver Updater around?

The last time I used a generic driver updated it went through my
system and then checked the driver vendors for more recent drivers. It
found some and told me what I needed but then it wanted to charge for
each driver! I declined.

Steve

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wasbit

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Nov 10, 2011, 10:45:07 AM11/10/11

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>>On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:22:10 +0100, Thore <din...@mail.invalid>
>>wrote:
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> one of my friends, that have a problem (a MSI motherboard with some
> missing SM-bus driver). He hope such a program can help... :)
>
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MSI have an online auto update for their motherboards & it's brilliant. I used it for several years.

- http://www.msi.com/service/Live-Update-5-Manual/

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Thore

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Nov 10, 2011, 10:51:25 AM11/10/11

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I'll give him the link... thank you..

Bear Bottoms

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Nov 10, 2011, 10:49:32 AM11/10/11

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On 11/10/2011 8:22 AM, Thore wrote:
> Is there any decent Driver Updater around?
>

I needed to update my graphics card driver recently. If it ain't broke
don't fix it is good advice, but sometimes it is
beneficial/necessary...so answers as such are not helpful.

http://www.slimwareutilities.com/products.php
http://www.boozet.org/dd.htm
http://www.innovative-sol.com/drivermax/

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Bear Bottoms

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Nov 10, 2011, 11:00:40 AM11/10/11

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If IRC, DriverMax may charge for the download, but it gives you an idea
of what updates are available. Most of the time, I will go to the vendor
website and get the download. Windows will automatically find and update
the drive for you much of the time also. Go to device manager, find your
device and double-click on it and the properties window will open. There
you have a choice to allow windows to find and update the drive for your
system. This is how I updated my graphics card driver and it worked well.

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Duddits

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Nov 10, 2011, 2:55:34 PM11/10/11

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On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:12:46 +0100, Thore <din...@mail.invalid>

wrote:

>On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:40:01 -0500, Duddits <Dud...@Dreamcatcher.com>
>wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:22:10 +0100, Thore <din...@mail.invalid>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>Is there any decent Driver Updater around?
>>IME, if they ain't broke, don't fix em. YMMV.
>>
>>regards
>>
>>Dud
>
>That have been my politic for several years too, but it's not for me,
>but one of my friends, that have a problem (a MSI motherboard with some
>missing SM-bus driver). He hope such a program can help... :)

I'd start on MSI's website and d/l install every driver they have for
the board. IIRC, I had a problem with one of those on a MSI board
(last MSI board I'll *ever* purchase) and ended up reinstalling sata
drivers fixed it.

best of luck

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milsabords

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Nov 10, 2011, 6:01:03 PM11/10/11

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Thore a formulé la demande :

> Is there any decent Driver Updater around?

Try www.ma-config.com, select the english version. It will tell you to
DL and install a plug-in.