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Old 06-25-2008   #1 (permalink)
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Drivers & Hardware

This thread contains information on running System Information and Assessment tools and also provides links to the latest official manufacturer Drivers and Software provided for your computer including the place for your System Support.

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  You should always have the latest Official Drivers for the best Performance, Security, Compatibility & Bug-Fixes for your Hardware, Software and Operating System.


Devices Identification and System Information

VistaForums SysInfo Utility
Designed to help you find Information about your system and enable other users to identify problems and help you quicker!
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/17...info-tool.html

GPU-Z
Graphics Card utility designed to give you all information about your video card and GPU.
GPU-Z Video card GPU Information Utility

CPU-Z
System information tool for Microsoft Windows that detects the CPU, RAM, Motherboard Chipset and other hardware features used in your computer.
CPUID

System Requirements Lab
Looks at your computer's hardware and software to determine whether or not your current system can run a product. Each of your computer's components is evaluated to see how well it meets the minimum and recommended requirements. Recommendations are made on how to update or upgrade each component which does not meet the listed requirements. Sometimes, a simple, free software download is all that is needed.
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Vista has two built-in System Information & Analysis Tools


Hardware & System Information
Click the Start-Menu and type msinfo32

Windows System Assessment Tool
Click the Start-Menu and cut/paste the link into the searchbox and run:
winsat formal -v -xml %userprofile%\Desktop\WinSATResults.xml



System Manufacturer websites for Drivers and System Support:

2WIRE - Drivers, Software, Support & Documentation

3COM - Drivers, Software, Support & Documentation

ACER - Drivers, Software, Support & Documentation

AMD GAME - Drivers, Software, Support & Documentation

ASUS - Drivers, Software, Support & Documentation

ATI/AMD - Drivers, Software, Support & Documentation

BROADCOM - Drivers, Software, Support & Documentation

BROTHER - Drivers, Software, Support & Documentation

CANON - Drivers, Software, Support & Documentation

CONEXANT - Drivers, Software, Support & Documentation

CREATIVE - Drivers, Software, Support & Documentation

DELL - Drivers, Software, Support & Documentation

Download details: DirectX WebSetup Update (Online Installer)

Download details: DirectX Standalone Update (Offline Installer)

DLINK - Drivers, Software, Support & Documentation

Epson - Drivers, Software Support & Documentation

FUJITSU - Drivers, Software, Support & Documentation

GATEWAY - Drivers, Software, Support & Documentation

GIGABYTE - Drivers, Software, Support & Documentation

HP - Drivers, Software, Support & Documentation

IBM - Drivers, Software, Support & Documentation

INNO3D - Drivers, Software, Support & Documentation

INTEL - Drivers, Software, Support & Documentation

KODAK - Drivers, Software, Support & Documentation

LaptopVideo2Go NVIDIA Laptops - Drivers, Software, Support & Documentation

LG - Drivers, Software, Support & Documentation

LINKSYS - Drivers, Software, Support & Documentation

http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/support_downloads/&cl=us,en

Micorosft - Mouse and Keyboard Drivers, Software, Support & Documentation

NETGEAR - Drivers, Software, Support & Documentation

NVIDIA Drivers, Software, Support & Documentation

PANASONIC - Drivers, Software, Support & Documentation

REALTEK - Drivers & Software, Support & Documentation

S3 - Drivers, Software, Support & Documentation

Saitek - Drivers, Software, Support & Documentation

SAMSUNG - Drivers, Software, Support & Documentation

SANDISK - Drivers, Software, Support & Documentation

SiS - Drivers, Software, Support & Documentation

Synaptics - Drivers, Software, Support & Documentation

TOSHIBA - Drivers, Software, Support & Documentation

TRIDENT - Drivers, Software, Support & Documentation

Trust - Home

VIA - Drivers, Software, Support & Documentation

VIEWSONIC - Drivers, Software, Support & Documentation

WESTERN DIGITAL - Drivers, Software, Support & Documentation


Last edited by roy69; 12-11-2008 at 12:40 PM..
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Old 07-30-2008   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Drivers & Hardware

Good info, I may compile it into a web page for my system at home. .
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Old 07-30-2008   #3 (permalink)
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Good info, I may compile it into a web page for my system at home. .

Cheers Roy, It looks good
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Old 07-30-2008   #4 (permalink)
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Windows System Assessment Tool
Click the Start-Menu and cut/paste the link into the searchbox and run:
winsat formal -v -xml %userprofile%\Desktop\WinSATResults.xml
Noob q for ya: how best to read the created xml file? Default is IE, which makes it look like I'm debugging machine code. Can we do better (for free)?

Thanks for the info so well organized and concise, dmex.
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Windows System Assessment Tool
Click the Start-Menu and cut/paste the link into the searchbox and run:
winsat formal -v -xml %userprofile%\Desktop\WinSATResults.xml
Noob q for ya: how best to read the created xml file? Default is IE, which makes it look like I'm debugging machine code. Can we do better (for free)?

Thanks for the info so well organized and concise, dmex.
Hi Hogtowner,

I have been thinking about that for the last 4 weeks...The only way I can think of is using the PowerShell pipe commands to either write to HTML or TXT using variables...

winsat formal | ConvertTo-Html -title "PageTitle" > results.htm

Theres infomation about Powershell here: PowerShell Toolbox

Steven
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Old 09-02-2008   #6 (permalink)
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Re: Drivers & Hardware

I will have to check this out. Thanks for the thought, Steven.
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Old 09-04-2008   #7 (permalink)
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Re: Drivers & Hardware

Hi Steven,

Here is another link for you to add to your post:

Trust - Home
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Old 11-13-2008   #8 (permalink)
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Re: Drivers & Hardware

Sorry Mate,

but your System Manufacturers websites for Drivers etc. link for
'LOHITECH (sic) - Drivers, Software etc,'

just opens up a blank page.

I did find a good link for all Logitech stuff here at;

http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/su...oads/&cl=us,en

Apart from that, a great resource. Cheers
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Re: Drivers & Hardware

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Sorry Mate,

but your System Manufacturers websites for Drivers etc. link for
'LOHITECH (sic) - Drivers, Software etc,'

just opens up a blank page.

I did find a good link for all Logitech stuff here at;

http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/su...oads/&cl=us,en

Apart from that, a great resource. Cheers
Fixed.
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Old 12-11-2008   #10 (permalink)
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Re: Drivers & Hardware

How can I find All drivers of my VAIO Laptop (model:VGN-FW25G) ?
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