Not having your Windows drivers up to date can be quite disastrous for you personal computer. Your system performance may be lower than usual and crashes may appear. With a user-friendly interface and quick scan ability, Driver Support (formerly known as Driver Detective) is the best driver software you can download.
Driver Detective Review
You can use driver Detective to update your drivers to the latest versions available. Although hyped by many users, it is just a driver detection software: it does not solve problems with intrusions like viruses or malware.
Driver Detective utilizes an extensive driver database device to locate, download and install the right device drivers for one’s computer. The installation of this program is fast and painless.
Driver Support Features
After installation, Driver Support allows you to scan your computer for updated drivers. As it is only a shareware program, you will not be able to actually update the drivers unless you register for the full version. Just like other driver updaters, Driver Support manages to display the scan results in a succinct and easy to read mode. The results are group by driver category: Sound, Video and Game Controllers, Monitors, Universal Serial Bus Controllers, Storage Devices, etc which tend to mimic the default Windows Device Manager categories. Each out of date driver comes with installed driver date as well as the date for the updated driver release.
If you decide to update your video card with Driver Support, make sure to test the results using Gpu-z.
Driver Support has 2 more important features. One of them is ‘System Restore’. If you run into problems with your updated driver or you are not satisfied with the performance of the latest drivers on your system, you can use System Restore to revert to older and more stable drivers. The other feature, ‘Easy Migrator’, eases the Operating System upgrade process. If you plan to upgrade or downgrade your operating system, you can use this feature to create a device driver migration CD. You can even use other external media storage for backup like USB, flash or network drives.
PROS
- easy to install and use
- Driver Support reliably recognizes as well as updates all important drivers on a system.
- system restore
- easy migrator
CONS
- even though shareware in nature, the program requires registration before fixing any drivers
Conclusion
With its simple and user-friendly interface, Driver Support is the best driver updater software money can buy. It can update your system’s drivers to the latest compatible versions with a click of a button.
