This is (i.m.h.o) recommended and try not to worry about using this as there are help files included with this utility to read where you require help. This is a useful and safe utility that works to update Windows. You can set the utility when to work at a time you select, and weekly and monthly intervals or whenever you require this. There is a freely downloadable - although crippled - version to allow you to test and show how many drivers may be updatable on your machine to show if it's worth the money for you to buy this utility. Driver Genius Pro 16 still discovered over 50 updates, based on using it four times with a few months between each updating sessions. I have subsequently upgraded to Windows 10. I bought my computer the day Windows 8 was released. * Number of driver updates found by this utility Don't respond to video updates requesting a reboot if some of the other updates have not completed as this will mess up these updates big time! Or else in easy terms, If it's busy don't reboot! Some updates included were motherboard chipset updates. The process proved easy to feel in control and felt safe using this utility. This is in my case my suggested video driver update was invalid. If your driver update process fails, you can select and restore the previous driver you had before. To start this utility, select the icon, then right-click the desktop ' Driver Genius' icon and select 'Run as Administrator.' Or from the list of 'All Apps.' Basically, you select the button to scan for newer drivers, and backup your current computer driver's manifest, then apply these updates. I had to take this update from my PC as it was inappropriate. Why? It installed a newer driver, but of VGA form. Please note that when this utility has installed all the driver updates it can and it's not finding many more to update, then uninstall this utility. Then following its installation of the video driver, turn both the antivirus and software firewall back on as normal. It seems that I need to turn the anti-virus off and turn off the firewall to complete this task. I have been unable to install an updated video driver this utility discovered and has let me down on several occasions. Watch out for a Mobius loop to install needing another reinstallation. It's just stalled and did nothing for several minutes. It came to pass that I needed to reinstall this utility to repair issues connected to backing up all my computer drivers. I installed the software on my PC administrator account by placing the CD in the drive and clicked on 'start.exe' shown in File Explorer. I chose to have a Cd disk rather than download. It's possible to undertake the updating of hardware devices using nothing more than the internet and your computer complete manifest of the hardware equipment you're using, but why do this manually when this utility is helpful and do it for you? This utility is a lot quicker to do the same job! This started in Windows 95 and has come on in leaps and bounds since. It works by applying 'Plug and Play', technology to steer the search for drivers. If however, you apply this utility to a computer that's four or more years old, then you will collect most of the drivers in one or more go. If you have a computer of a few years old, then taking a year to collect its updates is the way you will experience the collection and installation of drivers. This automated utility is compatible with Windows Vista, 7, 8, and 10 in 32 or 64 bits form. But I misunderstood just how many drivers are included in Windows, I thought of only in terms of Video drivers! So it's only when I reassessed just how many drivers are used in Windows and the paramount need to apply these updates to reduce the possibility of potential conflicts and crashes. My brother put me on to this utility a few years ago. As Windows 10 is having updates left, right, and centre, I want to update my computer's drivers to lessen the chances of failure when these newer updates are applied.
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